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Topic: William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury


  
 Stall-Plates of the Knights of the Garter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Afterwards 1st Earl of Somerset and Marquess of Dorset.
1855 (711) Francis (Leveson-Gower), 1st Earl of Ellesmere.
Earl of Hereford, K.G. Married Thomas of Woodstock, Earl of Buckingham, K.G., afterwards Duke of Gloucester.
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 List of the Knights of the Garter (1348-present)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
105 (inv 1402) Ralph (Nevill), 1st Earl of Westmorland.
575 (inv 1757) Francis (Seymour-Conway), 1st Earl of Hertford.
711 (inv 1855) Francis (Leveson-Gower), 1st Earl of Ellesmere.
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 Berkshire History: Biographies: Sir Francis Knollys (1514-1596)
In spite of his friendly relations with the Earl of Leicester, he did not approve the Royal favourite's intrigues with his daughter, Lettice, widow of Walter Devereux, the 1st Earl of Essex, and he finally insisted on their marriage at Wanstead on 21st September 1578.
The wayward temper of his grandson, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (son of the same daughter by her first husband), was a source of trouble to him in his later years and the Queen seemed inclined to make him responsible for the youth's vagaries.
Knollys married Catherine, the daughter of William Carey, Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII, by Mary, the daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, and sister of Queen Ann Boleyn.
www.berkshirehistory.com /bios/fknollys.html   (2593 words)

  
 KNOLLYS - Online Information article about KNOLLYS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
A speech which Knollys delivered in parliament against some claims made by the bishops was printed in 16o8 and again in W.
Woods (1727-1793), were successively titular earls of Banbury, but they took no steps to prove their title.
British army, asked for a writ of summons as earl of Banbury, but in 1813 the House of Lords decided against the claim.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /KHA_KRI/KNOLLYS.html   (1700 words)

  
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The countenance given to the movement by persons of such high rank, and the accession of this military force, greatly raised the courage of Simnel's Irish adherents, and led them to conceive the project of invading England, where they believed the spirit of disaffection to be as general as it was in their own island.
On the 1st of August 1773, a horseman, who was approaching the town of Peronne in France, discovered by the wayside a boy, apparently about eleven years of age, clad in rags, evidently suffering from want, and uttering piercing cries.
After the death of the earl various claims were advanced to the peerage, one of them being preferred by a person of the name of John Crawfurd, who came from Dungannon, in the north of Ireland.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/6/4/8/16486/16486.txt   (20265 words)

  
 List of the Knights of the Garter
(inv 1366) Henry (Percy), 1st Earl of Northumberland.
(inv 1377) Henry (Plantagenet),styled "of Bolingbroke, " Earl of Derby.
(inv 1402) Ralph (Nevill), 1st Earl of Westmorland.
www.bibliotecapleyades.net /sociopolitica/sociopol_garter04a.htm   (4908 words)

  
 Family History of Margaret Macculloch and David Hall c1150-2006 - Person Page 199
She married Sir John Carey 2nd Earl of Dover, son of Sir John Carey 1st Earl of Dover and Judith Pelham, on 9 May 1628.
She married Sir John Carey 2nd Earl of Dover, son of Sir John Carey 1st Earl of Dover and Judith Pelham, on 2 December 1630.
She married Sir John Carey 1st Earl of Dover, son of Sir John Carey 3rd Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon and Mary Hyde, on 6 July 1630.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~macculloch/p199.htm   (3036 words)

  
 swuklink: Searchable Time-Line     (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Earl of Ossory, Lord Deputy of Ireland, succeeded (-1534) by Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Succeeded as joint Lord Lieutenant of Essex by Lord Maynard (Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick, jointly held the office of Lord Lieutenant of Essex from 1625 until 1642); succeeded as Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire by the Duke of Lennox and the 2nd Earl of Portland
1659), 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (1694-); succeeded as Earl of Macclesfield by Fitton Gerrard; as Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire (1696-) by the Earl of Derby; as Custos Rotulorum of Montgomeryshire (1700-) by Viscount Newport
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 Francis KNOLLYS (Sir Knight)
In Apr 1571, Knollys strongly supported the retrospective clauses of the bill for the better protection of Queen Elizabeth, by which any person who had previously put forward a claim to the throne was adjudged guilty of high treason.
Knollys was interested in the voyages of Frobisher and Drake and took shares in the first and second Cathay expeditions.
The wayward temper of his grandson, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, was a source of trouble to him in his later years and the Queen seemed inclined to make him responsible for the youth's vagaries.
www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/FrancisKnollys.htm   (2189 words)

  
 Descendants of Alberic de Vere - ver16.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Aubrey de Vere 20th Earl of Oxford was born 28 Feb 1626/1627 and died 12 Mar 1702.
Thomas Howard Lord Maltravers, Earl of Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk was born 7 Jul 1585 and died 4 Oct 1646.
Elizabeth married (1) William Knollys 1st Earl of Banbury
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(7)He is known as "the musical Earl," his composition and performance on the violin being famous, while his "Coarse joviality made him one of the best known men of his time.
(11) Decision in favour of his right to be "Earl of Kellie, Viscount Fenton, and Lord Dirlton" was given 3 Sep. 1835, in answer to his petition of 23 Mar. 1830.
The Earl of Kellie is undoubtedly heir male thereof, but not heir general, so that his claim thereto (even had it not been forfeited would be doubtful.
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 THE CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION : Sir Francis Drake: A Pictorial Biography by Hans P. Kraus(Rare Book and Special ...
A letter concerning the futile diplomatic negotiations between an English delegation (the Earl of Derby, Sir James Crofts, Lord Cobham, John Rogers, and Dr. Dale), and the Duke of Parma, representing the King of Spain.
The dispatch of these troops tb Ireland was undoubtedly connected with the rebellion of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, which was then in progress, and English fears that Tyrone would be assisted by the landing of a Spanish army (one actually did land in 1600).
As Queen Elizabeth was highly displeased with the Earl's running off on this voyage against her orders, it is perhaps likely that the issue with the passage is the earlier of the two.
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 thePeerage.com - Mary Neville and others
     Nicholas Knollys, 3rd Earl of Banbury was born on 3 January 1630/31 in Lord Vaux's house, Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England.
He was the son of Sir William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury and Lady Elizabeth Howard.
Even though William was aged 84 at his birth, Cokayne claims there are strong arguments in support of his legitimacy, even though Nicholas was born at Lord Vaux's house.
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 thePeerage.com - Sir William Clifford and others
     Callaghan MacCarty, 3rd Earl of Clancarty was the son of Donough McCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty and Eleanor Butler.
     Sir William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury was born circa 1547.
     Sir William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury was educated in Magdalen College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.
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 Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia: Charles Knowles (c.1704-77).
I know little of his early life, other than he was the son of an Earl.
He also, at different points in time, I think, sued, in liable, both Tobias Smollett and a Dr. William Douglas of Boston.
One of my correspondents wrote: "Sir Charles Knowles was the 1st Baronett of Banbury and legal son of Sir Charles Knollys Earl of Banbury.
www.blupete.com /Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Knowles.htm   (1057 words)

  
 Biographical Index of English Drama Before 1660: K
Knollys, Lettice (Lettice Knollys Devereaux Dudley Blount), Countess of Essex (c.1541-1634).
(Sister of William Knollys; wife of Walter Devereaux (II), Robert Dudley, and Sir Christopher Blount; mother of Robert Devereaux (I) and Penelope Devereaux Rich; sister-in-law of Elizabeth Howard Knollys) [ES ii, 102; Peerage v, 141 (1926); REED Cumb./West./Glouc.
(Brother of Lettice Knollys; husband of Elizabeth Howard Knollys Vaux; uncle of Robert Devereaux (I)) [Peerage i, 400 (1910); Hasler, House of Commons ii, 417 (1981); Lindley, Court Masques, 277 (1995)]
shakespeareauthorship.com /bd/bio-k.htm   (931 words)

  
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Joan Heming (dau of William Heming of Worcester)
William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury (b c1547, d 25.05.1632)
Elizabeth's sons by Edward Vaux were born during her marriage to William Knollys.
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 Worldroots.com
William Carey, son of Thomas Cary, of Chilton and Margaret
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, son of Lord William
Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick, 3rd Lord Rich, son of
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 WEST   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Fought at Battle of Crecy, 1346, in 2nd division under the command of the Earl of Arundel, present at Siege of Calais,1346-47.
Reginald West, Lord Ia Warre, died aged nearly fifty-five on 27 Aug 1450 seised of the Manor of Harby, and was buried at Broadwater, Sussex.
Notes: sister and coheir of John West of Firbeck, and 1st daughter of William West, by Catherine, 1st dau.
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 File PLOTTERS.GED: KNOLLYS, Charles - KNOYLE, Thomas
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Two children were borne to Elizabeth, Countess Banbury, in 1520 and 1530.
As William was 80 years old at this time, it was widely supposed that the children's real father was Edward Vaux, 4th Baron Vaux, who had been in love with Elizabeth, Lady Banbury, since before her marriage. S20 
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 Genealogy Data
Father: Fenne, Hugh Sir, Sub Treas of Eng
Father: de Vere, John John, Earl of Oxford 7t
de Vere, John John, Earl of Oxford 7t
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