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Knollys soon refused to acknowledge Sir Humphrey"s authority and, together with the pirate John Callis, took three ships (later joined by more) to the Spanish Coast on a privateering expedition. The planned voyage across the Atlantic never came to pass and Gilbert complained to Sir Francis Walsingham of Knolly"s “unkind and ill dealing”.
5 de may. de 2018 · 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 ...
25 de abr. de 2018 · Lettice was the third of sixteen children born to Catherine Carey (Mary Boleyn’s daughter; maybe Henry VIII’s illegitimate daughter) and a totally average courtier named Sir Francis Knollys. I will now just mention how interesting it is that Henry was so obsessed with having legitimate children, meanwhile his possible illegitimate children were just having tons of kids all over the place.
Catherine Carey was born in 1524, the daughter of William Carey of Aldenham in Hertfordshire, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII, and his wife Mary Boleyn, who had once been a mistress of the king. Catherine was thus Elizabeth I's maternal first cousin.
Henry Knollys (died 1583) was an English politician and diplomat. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Grampound in 1547, New Shoreham in 1563, Guildford in 1571 and Christchurch in 1572.
Captain. Died: 21st December 1582 in the Netherlands. Henry Knollys was the eldest son of the Treasurer of the Royal Household, Sir Francis Knollys Senior, and his wife, Catherine Carey, a maternal cousin of Queen Elizabeth I. He was apparently educated at Magdalen College, Oxford and, after accompanying his father to Germany, is said to have ...
Francis Knollys was born 1511, the elder son of Sir Robert Knollys (d. 1520/1521) and Lettice Peniston (d. 1557/1558), daughter of Sir Thomas Peniston of Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, henchman to Henry VIII. [1] He appears to have received some education at Oxford. He married Catherine Carey, first cousin (as well as possible half-sister) of Queen ...
