Robert Knollys 1548-1619

On 26th April 1540 [his father] Francis Knollys [aged 28] and [his mother] Catherine Carey [aged 16] were married.

In 1548 Robert Knollys was born to Francis Knollys [aged 36] and Catherine Carey [aged 24].

After 1548 Robert Knollys and Catherine Vaughan were married.

On 15th November 1558 John Digby died. He was buried at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Coleshill [Map]. His son George Digby [aged 8] became a ward of [his father] Francis Knollys [aged 46].

Around 1561 [his brother-in-law] Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex [aged 19] and [his sister] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Hereford. They were fourth cousins.

On 15th January 1569 [his mother] Catherine Carey [aged 45] died at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map].

On 28th January 1571 Anne Bourchier 7th Baroness Bourchier [aged 54] died from a fall from a horse at Benington, Hertfordshire. Her first cousin twice removed [his brother-in-law] Walter [aged 29] succeeded 8th Baron Bourchier. [his sister] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 27] by marriage Baroness Bourchier.

On 19th November 1571 [his brother-in-law] Thomas West 2nd Baron De La Warr [aged 15] and [his sister] Anne Knollys Baroness De La Warr [aged 16] were married.

In 1572 Robert Knollys [aged 24] was elected MP Reading.

On 4th May 1572 [his brother-in-law] Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex [aged 30] was created 1st Earl Essex. [his sister] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 28] by marriage Countess Essex.

On 21st September 1578 [his brother-in-law] Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 46] and [his sister] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 34] were married secretly much to the anguish of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 45] who developed a deep hatred of Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester. She by marriage Countess of Leicester. Roger North 2nd Baron North [aged 48] was present. He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland. They were fifth cousins.

In October 1578 [his brother-in-law] Gerald Fitzgerald Baron Offaly [aged 18] and [his sister] Catherine Knollys Baroness Offaly [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Baroness Offaly. He the son of Gerald "Wizard Earl" Fitzgerald 11th Earl of Kildare [aged 53] and Mabel Browne Countess Kildare [aged 42]. They were sixth cousins.

After June 1580 [his brother-in-law] Philip Boteler [aged 20] and [his sister] Catherine Knollys Baroness Offaly [aged 20] were married.

In 1589 Robert Knollys [aged 41] was elected MP Breconshire.

Around April 1589 [his brother-in-law] Christopher Blount [aged 24] and [his sister] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 45] were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

Before 1595 [his brother] William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 50] and [his sister-in-law] Dorothy Braye Baroness Chandos and Knollys [aged 70] were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

On 30th December 1595 William West 1st Baron De La Warr [aged 69] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Thomas [aged 39] succeeded 2nd Baron De La Warr. [his sister] Anne Knollys Baroness De La Warr [aged 40] by marriage Baroness De La Warr.

On 19th July 1596 [his father] Francis Knollys [aged 84] died.

In 1597 Robert Knollys [aged 49] was elected MP Breconshire.

In 1601 Robert Knollys [aged 53] was elected MP Breconshire.

In 1603 [his brother] William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 59] was created 1st Baron Knollys. [his sister-in-law] Dorothy Braye Baroness Chandos and Knollys [aged 79] by marriage Baroness Knollys.

On 23rd December 1605 [his brother] William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 61] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Baroness Knollys. The difference in their ages was 39 years. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 44] and Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk [aged 41]. They were third cousin once removed.

On 30th August 1608 [his sister] Anne Knollys Baroness De La Warr [aged 53] died.

Before 24th September 1612 [his son-in-law] Framlingham Gawdy of West Harling [aged 23] and [his daughter] Lettice Knollys were married.

In 1616 [his brother] William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 72] was created 1st Viscount Wallingford. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 33] by marriage Viscountess Wallingford.

In January 1619 Robert Knollys [aged 71] died.

[his daughter] Lettice Knollys was born to Robert Knollys and Catherine Vaughan. She married before 24th September 1612 Framlingham Gawdy of West Harling and had issue.

[his daughter] Frances Knollys was born to Robert Knollys and Catherine Vaughan. She married Charles Vaughan of Porthamal and had issue.