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KNOLLYS, William (c.1545-1632), of Rotherfield Greys and Caversham, Oxon.

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b. c. 1545, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Francis Knollys and bro. of Edward, Francis, Richard, Robert and Henry Knollys II. educ. Eton 1560; Magdalen Coll. Oxf.; M. Temple 1565. m. (1) aft. Mar. 1573. Dorothy (d.1605), da. of Edmund, 1st Baron Bray of Eaton Bray, Beds., wid. of (Sir) Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos of Sudeley, s.p.; (2) 1605, Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, 2s. 1da. Kntd. 1586; suc. fa. July 1596. KG 1615; cr. Baron Knollys 1603, Visct. Wallingford 1616, Earl of Banbury 1626.
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Capt. in army in the north 1569; gent. pens. 1570 – 96; emissary in Scotland 1585; keeper of the Marshalsea by 1586; capt. in Netherlands and gov. Ostend 1586 – 87; comptroller of the Household and PC 30 Aug. 1596; delegate to the estates of Holland 1599; treasurer of the Household 1602 – 16; cofferer to Prince of Wales 1606; commr. of the Treasury 1614; master of the ct. of wards 1614 – 19.

J.p. Glos. from c. 1577, q. from c. 1583, rem. c. 1581; j.p. Wilts. from c. 1582, q. from c. 1583, rem. c. 1587; j.p.q. Oxon. from c. 1583, dep. lt. 1587, custos rot. c. 1594; j.p.q. Berks. from c. 1593, dep. lt. 1593; jt. (with Sir Henry Norris I) ld. lt. Berks. and Oxon 1596, sole 1601.

High steward, Reading 1601, Abingdon ?1601 – 30, Banbury 1608, Oxford 1611, Wallingford prob. by 1607; constable Wallingford castle and steward of honour of Ewelme and keeper of park 1604.DNB; CP; Salisbury State Pprs. ed. Murdin, 770; E407/1/6; HMC Rutland, i. 185; Harl. 2143, f. 45; CSP For. 1586–7, pp. 85, 111; 1589 (Jan.-July), p. 181; APC, xxiv. 31; xxvi. 135, 290, 469; xxxii. 75, 490; HMC Hatfield, xi. 372; A. Beesley, Hist. Banbury, 254–8; Oxf. Council Acts (Oxf. Hist. Soc. lxxxvi), 205; Berks. RO, Wallingford minute bk. f. 98v; J. K. Hedges, Hist. Wallingford, ii. 241; B. Challenor, Abingdon Recs. 141; HMC 13th Rep. IV, 381; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 328; Add. 1580–1625, p. 544.

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KNOLLYS, William (c.1545-1632), of Rotherfield Greys and Caversham, Oxon.
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KNYVET, Thomas I (c.1545-1622), of Westminster, Mdx. and Escrick, Yorks.

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b. c. 1545, 2nd s. of Sir Henry Knyvet by his w. Anne; bro. of Henry Knyvet and half-bro. of Sir Henry Weston. educ. Jesus, Camb. 1565; G. Inn 1566. m. 1597, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Rowland Hayward, wid. of Richard Warren of Claybury, Essex. Kntd. by 1601; cr. Baron Knyvet of Escrick 1607.
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In the privy chamber by 1572; seneschal of Penrith castle and other royal manors in Cumb. 1577; j.p.q. Mdx. 1583, Yorks. (E. Riding) 1596; commr. musters, Mdx. 1595 – 98, sewers, Westminster 1596; keeper of Whitehall palace and of Shere and Whitehall parks by 1597; steward and receiver of lordship of Pickering 1597 – 99; keeper, St. James’s park; warden of the Tower mint 1599.OR, i. 438; CPR, 1569–72, pp. 427–8; PRO Index 16774, f. 29; APC, xxv. 156; xxvi. 386, 388; xxviii. 359; Lansd. 47, f. 41; 81, f. 70; 83, f. 216; Somerville, Duchy, i. 534–5; CP, vii. 351.

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KNYVETT (KNEVETT), Sir Thomas (c.1545-1622), of St. James’s Park, King Street West, Westminster, and Stanwell, Mdx.
Main residences: Westminster, Mdx.; Escrick, Yorks.
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KNYVET, Henry (c.1537-98), of Charlton, Wilts.

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b. c. 1537, 1st s. of Sir Henry Knyvet by Anne, da. and h. of Sir Christopher Pickering of Killingdon, Westmld. wid. of Sir Francis Weston (exec. 1536), aft. w. of John Vaughan (d.1577); bro. of Thomas Knyvet I and half-bro. of Sir Henry Weston. m. (1) 1563, Elizabeth (d.1585), da. and sole h. of Sir James Stumpe of Malmesbury by Bridget, 2nd da. of Sir Edward Baynton, 2s. 4da.; (2) by June 1595, Mary, da. of Sir John Sydenham of Brinton, Som., wid. of John Fitz of Fitzford, Devon. suc. fa. 1546. Kntd. 1574.Genealogist, n.s. xi. 248; xiii. 237-8; Wilts. N. and Q. viii. 448-9; Lansd. 78, f. 91.
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Gent. pens. 1560 – c.63; j.p. Wilts. by 1573 – d.; surveyor, south parts, duchy of Lancaster 1577 – 80; seneschal, Galtres forest, Yorks. 1577; sheriff, Wilts. 1578 – 79, dep. lt. by 1585 – d.; receiver, Glos., Hants., Wilts. by 1587; dep. warden, Braydon forest, Wilts. by 1595.Somerville, Duchy, i. 447; PRO Index 16774, 19 Eliz. p. 29; SP12/179; Lansd. 55, f. 19 seq.; VCH Wilts. iv. 435.

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KNYVET, Henry (c.1537-98), of Charlton, Wilts.
Main residence: Charlton, Wilts.
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KNYVET, Thomas II (d.1605), of Ashwellthorpe, Norf. and Stradbroke, Suff.

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1st s. of Sir Thomas Knyvet of Ashwellthorpe (d.1617) by Muriel (d.1616), da. of Sir Thomas Parry. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1584; M. Temple 1591. m. Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, Norf., 2s. 1da. Kntd. 1603.
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Purveyor, Tower mint 1600; commr. sewers, Norf. by 1602.

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KNYVET, Thomas II (d.1605), of Ashwellthorpe, Norf. and Stradbroke, Suff.
Main residences: Ashwellthorpe, Norf.; Stradbroke, Suff.
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KNYVET, Thomas II (-d.1605)

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