Sir Francis KNOLLYS ¹⁶⁸¹

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  Christening Notes:

Rotherfield Peppard Court

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Francis served in the military: Participated in Defeat of Spanish Armada. ¹⁰¹²

2. He was Puritan. ¹⁰¹²

3. Title of Nobility: Royal Treasurer,,. ¹⁰¹²

4. He owned Granted in 1538. Henry VIII extended to Francis the favour that he had shown to his father, and secured to him in fee the paternal estate of Rotherfield Greys in 1538. Acts of parliament in 1540\endash 1541 and in 1545\endash 6 attested this grant, making his wife in the second act joint tenant with him.

5. Title of Nobility: Knight, in 1547,. ¹⁰¹²

6. Title of Nobility: Knight Order of the Garter, in 1593,. ¹⁰¹²

7. Will Proved: with his son William as sole executor, on 5 September 1596. The will mentioned:
son William
son Robert
son Richard
son Francis
son Thomas
daughter Lady Leicester
daughter Lady Leighton
daughter Lady Gerald
daughter Lady de la Warr

His will also made provision for a ring of gold, with a diamond worth £40 to be made and given to Her Majesty the Queen.

Francis married Lady Catherine CAREY, daughter of William CAREY and Lady Mary BOLEYN, on 26 April 1540 in , , Hertfordshire, England.¹⁰¹² (Lady Catherine CAREY was born in 1524,¹⁶⁸¹ died on 15 January 1569 in East Molesey, Elmbridge, Surrey, England ¹⁶⁸¹ and was buried in London, City of London, Greater London, England ¹⁶⁸¹.)