Paternal Family Tree: Knollys
On 16th May 1689 [his father] Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 26] and Elizabeth Lister Countess of Banbury [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Countess Banbury. Said to be at the Nag's Head Coffee-House James Street although this may have been the location of the reception. He the son of [his grandfather] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury and [his grandmother] Anne or Abigail Sherard.
On 30th April 1702 [his father] Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 39] and [his mother] Mary Woods [aged 18] were married at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of [his grandfather] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury and [his grandmother] Anne or Abigail Sherard.
On 26th March 1703 Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury was born to Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 40] and Mary Woods [aged 19]. He was baptised on 14th April 1703 at St James' Church, Piccadilly.
On 9th May 1722 Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury [aged 19] matriculated Christ Church College, Oxford University.
In 1725 Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury [aged 21] graduated with a Master of Arts degree.
In 1725 Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury [aged 21] graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
On 28th December 1725 Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury [aged 22] and Martha Hughes [aged 21] were married at Nursling, Hampshire. He the son of Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 63] and Mary Woods [aged 41].
On 21st October 1726 [his son] William Knollys 6th Earl Banbury was born to Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury [aged 23] and [his wife] Martha Hughes [aged 22].
On 16th December 1727 [his son] Thomas Woods Knollys 7th Earl Banbury was born to Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury [aged 24] and [his wife] Martha Hughes [aged 23]. He married 30th March 1761 Mary Porter and had issue.
On 26th August 1740 [his father] Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 78] died at Dunkirk. His son Charles [aged 37] de jure 5th Earl Banbury, 5th Viscount Wallingford, 5th Baron Knollys.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1750 Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury [aged 46] was appointed Vicar at St John the Baptist Church, Burford which office he held for life.
On 30th March 1761 Thomas Woods Knollys 7th Earl Banbury [aged 33] and Mary Porter [aged 18] were married at St Thomas Church, Winchester. He the son of Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury [aged 58] and Martha Hughes [aged 57].
On 12th May 1762 [his mother] Mary Woods [aged 78] died.
On 13th March 1771 Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury [aged 67] died. He was buried on 19th March 1771 at St John the Baptist Church, Burford. His son William [aged 44] de jure 6th Earl Banbury, 6th Viscount Wallingford, 6th Baron Knollys.
Around September 1771 [his former wife] Martha Hughes [aged 67] died.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Knollys 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Knollys
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Troutbeck
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Knollys
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lettice Peniston
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Spencer 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 
7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard Earl of Surrey 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stumpe
father: Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Sherard
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Sherard
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Sherard
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Poulteney
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rose Poulteney
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Sherard 1st Baron Sherard
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Moore of Bourne in Lincolnshire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Moore
Grandmother: Anne or Abigail Sherard
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cave
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Cave of Stanford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Danvers 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Cecil Cave of Stanford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cecil 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Cecil
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Heckington
Great x 1 Grandmother: Abigail Cave Baroness Sherard
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Bennett of Greenwich
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Bennett
Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: Thomas Woods
mother: Mary Woods
Grandmother: Mary Harwood