KNOLLYS, Sir Francis II (c.1592-1643), of Abbey House, Reading, Berks.

b. c. 1592, 2nd s. of Sir Francis Knollys I* (d.1648) and Catherine, da. of William Carey of Aldenham, Herts.; bro. of Robert*. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1604, aged 12, BA 1607; M. Temple 1610.Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 26 Dec. 1611, Ellen (bur. 3 Oct. 1629), da. and h. of Richard Milles of Lower Winchendon, Bucks. 3s. (at least 1 d.v.p.); C. Coates, Hist. and Antiqs. of Reading, 230; F.G. Lee, Hist. Church of Thame, 595-6. (2) 8 Aug. 1633, Cicely (bur. 12 Sept. 1677), da. of Richard Browne of Betchworth Castle, Kent, wid. of Robert Edolph (d.1631) of St. Anne, Blackfriars, London and Hinxhill, Kent, ?s.p. GL, ms 4509/1; Allegations for Mar. Lics. issued by Bp. of London 1611-1828 ed. J. Chester, 806; P. Parsons, Monuments and Painted Glass in Kent, 49; Coates, 231; PROB 11/355, f. 174. Kntd. by 5 Mar. 1623. Reading Recs. ed. J.M. Guilding, ii. 117. bur. 17 May 1643. Coates, 230.