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Portrait of Lettice Knollys c.1541-1634) by Sarah Essex, c.1825. Over Christmas 1569, one of the keepers at Bolton Castle – recently abandoned by a fleeing Queen of Scots – was Sir Francis Knollys, a kinsman of Elizabeth I. Tasked with ‘pressing’ the queen-in-exile into abdicating her claim to the Scottish crown, Francis had other ...
Lettice Knollys was born on 8 November 1543 at Rotherfield Greys in Oxfordshire. She was the eldest of sixteen children born to Sir Francis Knollys and his wife, Katherine Carey. Lettice’s mother was the daughter of Mary Boleyn, meaning that Lettice was the great niece of Anne Boleyn. She was also a kinswoman of Elizabeth I. Francis and Katherine Knollys departed for the Continent in the mid ...
On 26 April 1540 she married Sir Francis Knollys. Her husband was named a Knight of the Garter in 1593, although he had already been knighted in 1547. He was also Treasurer of the Royal Household. From the time of her marriage, Catherine became known as Mistress Knollys, and from 1547 as Lady Knollys.
15 de sept. de 2018 · Sir Francis Knollys was a member of Parliament and Master of the Horse under King Edward VI. Her mother, Catherine Carey, was the daughter of Mary Boleyn, which made Lettice Knollys and Elizabeth I first cousins once removed. The Knollys were Protestants and in 1556, during the reign of Mary I, they fled with five of their children to Frankfurt ...
Sir Francis Knollys (1592–1643) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1643. Knollys was the son of Sir Francis Knollys of Battle Manor at Reading in Berkshire and his wife, Lettice, daughter of John Barrett of Hanham in Gloucestershire .
The Knollys Baronetcy, of Grove Place in the County of Southampton, was created in the Baronetage of England on 6 May 1642 for Henry Knollys. The title became extinct on his death in 1648. The Knollys Baronetcy , of Thame in the County of Oxford, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 1 April 1754 for Francis Knollys , subsequently Member of Parliament for Reading .
English politician (1514-1596) Sir Francis Knollys; Sir Francis Knollys the Elder
