Martyn Family History

Scott H. Martyn
Glen Ellyn, IL  60137
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Sir Richard KNOLLYS [6644]
(1402-1485)
Margaret D'OYLEY [6645]
(-1449)
John TROUTBECK [6656]
(1412-1459)
Lady Margareth HULSE [6657]
(1413-1457)
Robert KNOLLYS [6642]
(Abt 1449-)
Elizabeth TROUTBECK [6643]
(Abt 1452-1485)
Sir Robert KNOLLYS [6623]
(1481-1521)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lady Lettice PENISTON [6624]

Sir Robert KNOLLYS [6623] 1544

  • Born: 1481, North Mymms, Hertfordshire, England 1544
  • Marriage (1): Lady Lettice PENISTON [6624] about 1514 1565
  • Died: 1521, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England at age 40 1544
  • Buried: St Helen Bishopsgate, London, England, United Kingdom 1544

   FamilySearch ID: LBNZ-GBF.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He worked as an and late in that year was appointed to wait on ‘the king's dearest son the prince’ (Arthur), he received £5 ‘by way of reward’ for each of the three years 1488 to 1490 in 1488. 1565

2. He worked as a when Henry VII met Archduke Philipin 1500, Knollys accompanied the English king as one of the ushers of the chamber. In 1500. 1565

3. He worked as a He continued in the same office under Henry VIII, and received an annuity of £20, on 15 November 1509, and a grant of Upclatford, called Rookes Manor, in Hampshire — part of the confiscated property of Sir Richard Empson — on 10 February 1510/11. On 15 November 1509. 1565

4. He signed a will his will, dated 13 November 1520 on 13 November 1520. 1565

5. Will Proved: on 19 June 1521,. 1565

6. He owned land On 9 July 1514 the usher and his wife were jointly granted the manor of Rotherfield Greys, near Henley-on-Thames, on 9 July 1514. 1565


Robert married Lady Lettice PENISTON [6624] [MRIN: 5424], daughter of Thomas PENISTON [6648] and Alice BULSTRODE [6649], about 1514.1565 (Lady Lettice PENISTON [6624] was born in 1481 in England,1544 died in 1558 in England 1544 and was buried in Rothwell, Northamptonshire, England 1544.)