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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 ...
Hace 6 días · Katherine was the daughter of William Carey and Mary Boleyn and was born about 1524. In about 1540 she married Francis, elder son of Robert Knollys. Francis was a politician, master of the horse to Prince Edward and fought at the battle of Pinkie in 1547, when he was knighted. He was later a Privy Councillor and for a time guardian of Mary ...
Biografia. Francis, nacque nel 1514 e studiò all' Università di Oxford. Enrico VIII estese a lui il favore che aveva dimostrato per suo padre Robert Knollys, assegnandogli la rendita delle proprietà paterne di Rotherfield Greys nel 1538. Questo fatto è attestato da atti ufficiali del Parlamento del Regno Unito del 1540–1541 e del 1545–6.
1 de sept. de 2006 · A Latin dictionary once owned by Sir Francis Knollys has come to light containing his records of his marriage to Katherine Carey, daughter of Mary Boleyn, and the births of their fourteen children. These previously unpublished details (here transcribed) strengthen the argument that Katherine was an illegitimate child of Henry VIII, born during his affair with Anne Boleyn's sister.
Knollys' contribution reappeared as 'Speeches used in the Parliament by Sir Francis Knoles' in William Stoughton's 'Assertion for True and Christian Church Policie' (London, 1642). Throughout 1589 and 1590, Sir Francis was seeking, in correspondence with Burghley , to convince the latter of the impolicy of adopting Whitgift 's theory of the divine right of bishops.
Sir Francis Knollys was fifth in decent from him. Henry VIII extended to Francis Knollys the favour that he had shown to his father and, in 1538, secured for him his the estate of Rotherfield Greys. Acts of Parliament in 1541 and in 1546 attested to this grant, in the second act making his wife joint-tenant with him.
Death: Catherine Knollys died on 15 January 1569 at the age of approximately 45 years at Hampton Court Palace and was buried at St Edmund's Chapel in Westminster Abbey. Children: 16 (Mary, Henry, Lettice, William, Edward, Robert, Richard, Elizabeth, Thomas, Francis, Anne, Catherine, Maud, Dudley) Marriages: Married to Sir Francis Knollys
