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Sir Thomas Knollys 1554–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1554

Birth Location: Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 21 Aug 1596

Death Location: Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Francis Hampshire,

Mother: Lady I

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Sir Thomas Knollys was born in 1554 in Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Francis I Sir Knollys Knowles Of Rotherfield Grey Son Of Robert Ii 2Nd Lord De La War Kg Pc Mp Knight Oxford U Cambridge U Vice Chamberlain Of Queen Elizabeth I S Household Sheriff Of Hampshire And Lady Mary Catherine Kate The Illegitimate Tudor Knollys Carey Cary Lady Of The Queen S Privy Chamber To Queen Elizabeth I. Sir Thomas Knollys passed away in 1596 in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Thomas Knollys was born in 1554 in Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Francis I Sir Knollys Knowles Of Rotherfield Grey Son Of Robert Ii 2Nd Lord De La War Kg Pc Mp Knight Oxford U Cambridge U Vice Chamberlain Of Queen Elizabeth I S Household Sheriff Of Hampshire And Lady Mary Catherine Kate The Illegitimate Tudor Knollys Carey Cary Lady Of The Queen S Privy Chamber To Queen Elizabeth I.
  • Sir Thomas Knollys passed away in 1596 in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Francis Hampshire,
1526–1596
Birth Location: Rutherfield Greys Caversham, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Lady I
1524–1569
Birth Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
LI

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Children(s)

Sir Knollys's Ancestors

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Sir Knollys
1554–1596
Birth Place: Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Francis I, Sir Knollys Knowles of Rotherfield Grey, son of Robert II, 2nd Lord de La War KG, PC, MP, Knight, Oxford U, Cambridge U Vice Chamberlain of Queen Elizabeth I's Household, Sheriff of Hampshire,
1526–1596
Rutherfield Greys Caversham, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Mary Catherine 'Kate, The Illegitimate Tudor,' Knollys Carey (Cary), Lady of The Queen's Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth) I
1524–1569
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
*Sir (William E Carey of Aldenham Knight, Baron of Clovely, Sheriff & Mayor of Bristol.) LORD
1491–1528
Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England
Lady (Mary Catherine Countess of Wiltshire Boleyn Royal Mistress to King Henry VIII) Stafford
1504–1543
Chilton, Witshire, England (or Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England)
Great-Grandparents
*Thomas Kent
1477–1539
*Lady (Bristow)
1480–1538
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Knollys's Timeline

2 Records

1554
1554
Birth of Sir Thomas Knollys in Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1596
21 Aug 1596
Age 42
Death of Sir Thomas Knollys in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England
Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1554
    Event Place: Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Aug 1596
    Event Place: Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England
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