KNOLLYS, Francis (c.1550-1648), of Reading Abbey, Berks.

Family and Education

b. c. 1550, 6th s. of Sir Francis Knollys, and bro. of Edward, Richard, Robert, William, and Henry Knollys II. educ. ?Eton 1561; Magdalen Coll. Oxf. c.1564; G. Inn 1565. m. 26 Dec. 1588, Lettice, da. of John Barrett of Hanham, Glos., 2s. 4da. Kntd. Dec. 1587.DNB; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 103.

Offices Held

Rear-adm. under Sir Humphrey Gilbert 1578, under Francis Drake 1585; col. of militia, Herts. 1588; j.p.q. Berks. from c. 1593, dep. lt. 1596.CSP Span. 1580–6, pp. 75–6, 306; Hakluyt’s Voyages, x. 98; CSP Dom. 1581–90, p. 519; 1591–4, p. 186, 1595–7, p. 296.

Parlimentarian

KNOLLYS, Sir Francis I (1553-1648), of Abbey House, Reading, Berks.

Main residence: Reading Abbey, Berks.

Author

A.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

KNOLLYS, Francis (c.1550-1648)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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