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Paternal Family Tree: Knollys
Maternal Family Tree: Emma de Dinan 1136-1208
1599 Robert Devereux Returns from Ireland
1613 Marriage of Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset and Frances Howard
On 26 Apr 1540 [his father] Francis Knollys (age 28) and [his mother] Catherine Carey (age 16) were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1544 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury was born to Francis Knollys (age 32) and Catherine Carey (age 20).
In 1546 Edmund Brydges 2nd Baron Chandos (age 24) and [his future wife] Dorothy Braye Baroness Chandos and Knollys (age 22) were married.
On 15 Jan 1569 [his mother] Catherine Carey (age 45) died at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map].
In 1571 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 27) was elected MP Stafford.
In 1572 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 28) was elected MP Tregony.
In 1583 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 39) was elected MP Oxfordshire.
In 1586 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 42) was knighted by Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester (age 53).
In 1592 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 48) was elected MP Oxfordshire.
Before 1595 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 50) and Dorothy Braye Baroness Chandos and Knollys (age 70) were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years; she, unusually, being older than him.
Around 1595 Mary Fitton (age 16) was appointed Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 61). Her father Edward Fitton (age 47) recommended her to the care of the married William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 51) who developed a crush on her to the amusement of the court. In Jan 1599 she left court.
In 1596 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 52) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire.
On 19 Jul 1596 [his father] Francis Knollys (age 84) died.
Before 08 Dec 1597 [his step-daughter] Katharine Brydges (age 42) died.
On 29 Sep 1599 Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex (age 33) was compelled to stand before the Council during a five-hour interrogation. The Council, which included his uncle William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 55), took a quarter of an hour to compile a report, which declared that his truce with O'Neill was indefensible and his flight from Ireland tantamount to a desertion of duty. He was committed to the custody of Sir Richard Berkeley (age 68) in his own York House [Map] on 1 October.
In 1601 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 57) was elected MP Oxfordshire.
In 1602 [his step-son] William Brydges 4th Baron Chandos (age 50) died. His son Grey (age 22) succeeded 5th Baron Chandos of Sudeley. Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 21) by marriage Baroness Chandos of Sudeley.
In 1603 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 59) was created 1st Baron Knollys. [his wife] Dorothy Braye Baroness Chandos and Knollys (age 79) by marriage Baroness Knollys.
On 31 Oct 1605 [his wife] Dorothy Braye Baroness Chandos and Knollys (age 81) died.
On 23 Dec 1605 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 61) and Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 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 (age 44) and Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 41). They were third cousin once removed.
On 01 Dec 1608 William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 17) and [his sister-in-law] Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury (age 18) were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 47) and Mary Dacre. He the son of Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury (age 45) and Elizabeth Brooke.
In 1610 [his brother-in-law] Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk (age 27) by writ of acceleration 2nd Baron Howard de Walden.
In 1612 [his brother-in-law] Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk (age 29) and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk (age 13) were married. She the daughter of George Home 1st Earl Dunbar and Elizabeth Gordon Countess Dunbar (age 37). He the son of [his father-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 50) and [his mother-in-law] Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 48).
On 24 May 1612 Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury (age 48) died at Marlborough, Wiltshire [Map]. His son William (age 21) succeeded 2nd Earl Salisbury. [his sister-in-law] Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury (age 22) by marriage Countess Salisbury.
On 25 Sep 1613 Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex (age 22) and [his sister-in-law] Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset (age 23) marriage annulled by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 47). She married Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset (age 26) three months later.
On 26 Dec 1613 Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset (age 26) and [his sister-in-law] Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Somerset. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 52) and [his mother-in-law] Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 49).
Her marriage with her first husband Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex (age 22) had been annulled on the grounds of his impotence three months before causing something of a scandal.
In 1614 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 26) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 18) were married. She the daughter of William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter (age 48) and Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter (age 35). He the son of [his father-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 52) and [his mother-in-law] Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 50). They were fourth cousins.
In 1615 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 71) was appointed 411th Knight of the Garter by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 48).
In 1616 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 72) was created 1st Viscount Wallingford. [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 33) by marriage Viscountess Wallingford.
Letters of John Chamberlain Volume 2 243. 243. To Sir Dudley Carleton (age 43). [S. P. Dom., Jac. I, lxxxvii, 51.] London, June 8, 1616.
My very goode Lord: When I wrote last I left the earle of Somerset (age 29) pleading for his life, but that he saide for himself was so litle that he was found guilty by all his peeres: which did so litle appall him that when he was asked what he could say why sentence shold not be pronounced, he stoode still upon his innocence, and could hardly be brought to refer himself to the Kinges mercie: upon which termes he stands still, and having leave to write to the King, hath only required that his judgement of hanging shold be chaunged to heading, and that his daughter might have such of his lands as the King doth not resume and reserve in his owne handes. The [his wife] Lady Knolles (age 33) and some other frends have had accesse to the [his sister-in-law] Lady (age 26) divers times since her conviction, and caried her younge daughter to her twise or thrise; but I heare not of any that comes at him. He hath ben much urged and fayre offered to confesse the offence both before his arraignment and since, but he stands firme in denial: though by all circumstances and most pregnant, (yea almost infallible) probabilities he be more faulty and fowle then any of the companie, which makes the King marvayle that all the rest that have gon before having so franckly confessed the matter after theyre condemnation, he only shold continue so confident. Whether this or any other reason be the cause of stay of execution I know not, but they live yet and for ought I can learne so are like to do many a day. Sir Thomas Mounsons (age 51) arraignment which shold have ben yesterday, was then put of again till the Tewsday after the terme, which procrastination from time to time makes the world thincke we shall heare no more of this busines, the rather for that the Lord Cooke (age 64) of late is fallen (I know not how) into disfavor, so far foorth that the King hath ben very bitter to him, both in privat and publike, as upon Thursday last when all the Judges were called before the King at Whitehall, to geve a reason of theyre proceeding in the exchecquer chamber to argue a case of commendams contrarie to his commaundment by expresse message, and sending a letter subscribed by them all, not so respectively and reverently written as might become them, they all stoode upon the very words and termes of law and statutes and upon the strictnes of theyre oath: but the heaviest burthen lighted on him, wherin he behaved and caried himself so well and confidently, that the matter goes on, and they argue yt again this day, contrarie to the expectation and hope of all the bishops. But the worst is that the Lord Chauncellor (age 76), the atturny (age 55) and sollicitor (age 49) prosecute him implacablie, and have won so much ground upon him, that there is a commission graunted to the Lord Archbishop, the Lord Knollis (age 72), Sir Thomas Lake (age 48) and Sir Fulke Grivell to call him before them and examine him upon articles and points touching the premunire: and withall, the whole course of his life is like to be ript up and looked into which yf yt be severely followed many men feare yt may be his utter overthrow. But he holdes up his head, and geves no way, which makes his frends thincke he will passe over this storme and tempest well enough. Our goode frend (age 53) stands only firme to him in what he may, which many marvayle at, and sticke not to say he is corrupted, which I thincke is as far from the one as the other: but howsoever, I could wish he shold not presume so much on the strength of his shoulders, as to thincke he alone were able to beare up the ruines of a building that is falling: and to say truth in many such cases I observe he hath more courage then needs, not weighing his owne strength, nor that yt is soma d'altri homeri [the burden of other men], for I perceve he hath litle appoggio [support, baking] to the maine piller (age 23) that now stands upright.
Letters of John Chamberlain Volume 2 252. [14 Nov 1616] Vicount Wallingford (age 72) is willing to make roome for Sir Thomas Edmonds (age 53) advancement to be controller, having besides the dignitie conferred now upon him £2000 a yeare during life out of the court of wardes, or the best ward (saving noble men) that falls every yeare at his owne choise, so that the King is the only gainer by these bargains, except perhaps his [his wife] Lady (age 33) whose ambition they say yt was to have him a vicount that she might have place of certain Ladies, but specially of the Lady Fenton (age 48), whom she did most aime at. The Lord Rosse (age 26) went from Portesmouth the third of this present, having had ever since as fayre a wind as ever blew, so that yt is certainly held that he is before this time arrived at Lisbone. At his parting he sent Secretarie Winwod (age 53) a diamond worth forty pound.
In 1619 Daniel Mijtens (age 29). Portrait of William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 75) wearing his Garter Collar and Leg Garter.
In 1621 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 33) was created 1st Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 1st Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire. Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 25) by marriage Baroness Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.
Letters of John Chamberlain Volume 2 315. [19 Jan 1622] The Marquis Buckingam (age 29) hath contracted with the Lord (age 78) and [his wife] Lady Wallingford (age 39) for their house neere White-hall, for some monie, and the making of Sir [his brother-in-law] Thomas Howard baron of Charleton and Vicount Andover (age 34), and some thincke the deliverie of the Lord of Somerset (age 35) and his [his sister-in-law] Lady (age 31) out of the Towre was part of the bargain. I heare they came out severally on Thursday in the evening and lay that night at Northampton House. Then they are to go to Master Gibbes by Otelands, and so to Grayes a house of the Lord of Wallingfords in Oxfordshire where they are to continue.
In 1625 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 37) was appointed 422nd Knight of the Garter by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 24).
In 1626 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 82) was created 1st Earl Banbury. [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 43) by marriage Countess Banbury.
On 07 Feb 1626 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 38) was created 1st Earl Berkshire. Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 30) by marriage Countess Berkshire.
On 28 May 1626 [his father-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 64) died at Charing Cross [Map]. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Theophilus (age 43) succeeded 2nd Earl Suffolk. Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk (age 27) by marriage Countess Suffolk.
In 1627 [his son] Edward Knollys 2nd Earl Banbury was born to William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 83) and [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 44). The true father is believed to be Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden (age 38) who Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury married shortly after the death of Edward Knollys 2nd Earl Banbury.
In 1627 [his brother-in-law] Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk (age 44) was appointed 426th Knight of the Garter by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 26).
In 1631 [his son] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury was born to William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 87) and [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 48). The true father is believed to be Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden (age 42) who Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury married shortly after the death of [his son] Edward Knollys 2nd Earl Banbury (age 4).
On 25 May 1632 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 88) died. His eldest son His brother [his brother] Edward de jure 2nd Earl Banbury, 2nd Viscount Wallingford, 2nd Baron Knollys. Parliament disallowed the succession on the basis that [his son] Edward (age 5) had been born when William was some eighty-two years old and Edward was, in fact, the son of Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden (age 43) whom Edward's [his wife] mother (age 49) subsequently married around a month after William's death.
Around 30 Jun 1632 Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden (age 43) and [his former wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 49) were married some five weeks after the death of her first husband William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (deceased) on 25 May 1632. They, Edward and Elizabeth, when teenagers, had been subject to marriage negotiations which broke down as a consequence of the Gunpowder Plot and she had married William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury some forty years her senior. She the daughter of [his former father-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk and [his former mother-in-law] Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 68).
On 17 Apr 1658 [his former wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 75) died.
Letters of the Court of James I 1618. There is, I hear, a new commission granted; first, to inquire what jewels of the crown have been embezzled; whereby the Earl of Suffolk is like to be called to a further account. There is heating at the Lord Knollys's also; but he resolves stoutly to stand upon his own just position, and hath directly told the marquis as much; with putting him in mind, further, that these precedents may one day prove leading cases to himself.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Knollys
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Knollys
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Knollys
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Knollys
Great x 3 Grandfather: William D'Oyley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Doyley
GrandFather: Robert Knollys
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Troutbeck
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Troutbeck
Father: Francis Knollys
GrandMother: Lettice Peniston
William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Carey
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Carey 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Courtenay 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Orchard
Great x 3 Grandmother: Christiana Orchard
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Fulford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Fulford
GrandFather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Spencer
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Winstone Churchill Spencer
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Spencer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Mother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bracton
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Hoo 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wychingham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Butler 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Hankford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Montagu Duchess Exeter 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Howard 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Moleyns 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Tilney
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lawrence Cheney
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cockayne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England