Sir
Thomas
Knollys
Born about in Grey's Court, Oxfordshire, England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Brother of
Henry Knollys MP, Mary Knollys, Lettice (Knollys) Blount, William Knollys KG, Edward Knollys, Elizabeth (Knollys) Leighton, Robert Knollys KB, Richard Knollys, Francis (Knowles) Knollys, Anne (Knollys) West, Catherine (Knollys) FitzGerald, Cecilia Knollys and Dudley Knollys
Husband of
Odelia (de Morada) Knollys
— married
about 1588 [location unknown]
Father of
Penelope Knollys
Died about [location unknown]
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Biography
According to his father, Thomas was born on the Wednesday before Candlemas Day 1558. [1] He was the seventh, and youngest, of Francis and Catherine's sons.[2]
Sir Thomas Knollys was a commander in the Low Countries under Maurice, Prince of Orange during the Eighty Years' War, and, in 1568, was subsequently appointed as Governor of Ostend. [3] At about the same time as the receipt of his governorship, Thomas was knighted in the Low Countries by Lord Willoughby. [4]
In 1588 he was prominent in his aid to Peregrine Bertie at the seige of Bergen. In about 1589 Thomas married Odelia de Morada, daughter of the Marquis of Bergen,[5] and they had one known daughter, Penelope. [3]
Sources
- ↑ Varlow, Sally Sir Francis Knollys's Latin dictionary: new evidence for Katherine Carey Historical Research, Volume 80, Issue 209, August 2007, Pages 315–323,Oxford Academic
- ↑ A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, John Burke and John Bernard Burke. Published 1838.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nicola Tallis, Elizabeth's Rival: The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester Michael O'Mara Books, 2 Nov 2017 Google Books
- ↑ Shaw, William Arthur, 1865-1943; Burtchaell, George Dames, 1853-1921 The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland London Sherratt and Hughes 1906 pg. 87 archive.org
- ↑ The Diplomatic Correspondence of Thomas Bodley, 1585-1597 Bodley
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- WikiTree profile Knollys-58 created through the import of Newmans.ged on Nov 14, 2011 by Kathryn Newman. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kathryn and others.
* WikiTree profile Knollys-54 created through the import of Newmans.ged on Nov 14, 2011 by Kathryn Newman. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kathryn and others.
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