The Knollys Family
Sir Thomas Knollys
Lord Mayor of London
married
Isabell
Son of Thomas and Isabel Knollys was
Richard Knollys
born 1414 at Mimms, Hartfordshire
married
Margaret Doyley
Children of Richard Knollys and Margaret Doyley were
(1) Margaret Knollys
born 1432 died 7 October 1488
(2) Robert Knollys
born 1435 at Mimms, Hartfordshire
married
Elizabeth Troutbeck
Son of Robert knollys and Elizabeth Troutbeck was
Robert Knollys
born 1481 died 1521
married
Lettice Catherine Pennystone
Son of Robert knollys and Lettice Catherine Pennystone was
Sir Francis Knollys
Knight of the Garter
born 1514 died 19 July 1596
married
Catherine Carey
Catherine Carey was daughter of William Carey and Mary Boleyn
Mary Boleyn was sister of Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn was 2nd wife of King Henry VIII and mother of Queen Elizabeth I
Children of Sir Francis Knollys and Catherine Carey were
(1) Lettice Knollys
Countess of Essex and Leicester
born 8 November 1543 died 25 December 1634
1st married about 1560 to
Walter Davereux
Viscount Hereford and 1st Earl of Essex
2nd marriage 21 September 1578 to
Robert Dudley
Earl of Leicester
3rd marriage to
Sir Christopher Blount
born about 1556 died March 1601
Executed for High Treason
son of Walter Davereux and lettice Knollys was
Robert Davereux
2nd Earl of Essex
Knight of the Garter
born 10 November 1556 died 25 February 1601
Executed for High Treason
(2) Henry Knollys
born 1541
died 21 December 1583 in Netherlands
married 1565 to
Margaret Cave
daughter and heiress of -
Sir Ambrose Cave
Henry Knollys and Margaret Cave had two daughters -
Elizabeth Knollys
married Sir Henry Willoughby of Risly, Derbyshire
Lettice Knollys
died 15 August 1606
married
William
4th. Lord Pagnet
(3) Mary Knollys
born 1542
(4) Edward Knollys
born 1546
died 1580
(5) Sir William Knollys
Earl of Banbury
born 1547
died 25 May 1632
(6) Maud Knollys
born 1548
(7) Elizabeth Knollys
born 15 June 1549
died about 1605
married -
Thomas Layton
born 1535
died 1609
(8) Robert Knollys
born 1550
died 1625
(9) Richard Knollys
born 1552
died 1596
married
Joan Heigham of Sussex
Son of Richard Knollys and Joan Heigham was
Robert Knollys
died 1659acquired Rotherfield Grays estate from his uncle William Earl of Banbury
(10) Francis Knollys
born 1553
died 1646
(11) Anne Knollys
born 1555
died 30 August 1608
married 19 November 1571 at Wherwell, Hampshire to,
Thomas West
2nd baron de la Warr
born 1556
died 24 March 1602
(12) Sir Thomas Knollys
born 1558
died 1596
Governor of Ostend in 1586. Distinguished himself in the warfare in the Low Countries aiding Peregrine Bertie in the Siege of Bergen in 1588
married 1589 to
Odelia de Morada
born 1571
daughter of
John de Morada
Marquess of Bergan
(13) Catherine Knollys
born 1559
(14) Dudley Knollys
born 1562
son of Thomas Knollys and Odelia de Morada was
Sir Henry Knollys
died 1638
married to
Catharine Cornwallis
children of Sir Henry Knollys and Catharine Cornwallis were
(1) Sir Henry knollys
died 1648
(2) Sir Thomas Knollys
died 1679
married to
Anne Duncombe
(3) Philadelphea Knollys
born 1619
died 1655
daughter of Sir Thomas Knollys and Anne Duncombe was
Philadelphea Knollys
born 1659 at Grove Place, Nursling, Hampshire
Christened 5 November 1659
died 1725
married about 1681 to
Doctor John Speed
born 1628
died 1711