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Sir Henry Knollys, MP, Privateer, Esquire to the Body of Queen Elizabeth - Sibling of Lady Anne Knollys, Baroness de la Warr 1542–1582 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1542

Birth Location: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 21 December 1582

Death Location: Netherlands

Father: Francis Hampshire,

Mother: Lady I

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

The story of Sir Henry Knollys, MP, Privateer, Esquire to the Body of Queen Elizabeth - Sibling of Lady Anne Knollys, Baroness de la Warr began in 1542 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England. Sir Henry Knollys, MP, Privateer, Esquire to the Body of Queen Elizabeth - Sibling of Lady Anne Knollys, Baroness de la Warr passed away in 1582 in Netherlands.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Henry Knollys, MP, Privateer, Esquire to the Body of Queen Elizabeth - Sibling of Lady Anne Knollys, Baroness de la Warr began in 1542 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England.
  • Sir Henry Knollys, MP, Privateer, Esquire to the Body of Queen Elizabeth - Sibling of Lady Anne Knollys, Baroness de la Warr passed away in 1582 in Netherlands.

Immediate Family

Parents

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

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Warr's Ancestors

Self
Sir Warr
1542–1582
Birth Place: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
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 Warr's Timeline

2 Records

1542
1542
Birth of Sir Henry Knollys, MP, Privateer, Esquire to the Body of Queen Elizabeth - Sibling of Lady Anne Knollys, Baroness de la Warr in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
1582
21 December 1582
Age 40
Death of Sir Henry Knollys, MP, Privateer, Esquire to the Body of Queen Elizabeth - Sibling of Lady Anne Knollys, Baroness de la Warr in Netherlands
Netherlands

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1542
    Event Place: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 December 1582
    Event Place: Netherlands
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