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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Paternal Family Tree: Knollys
Francis Knollys was appointed Treasurer of the Royal Household to King Henry VIII of England and Ireland.
Around 1510 [his father] Robert Knollys (age 29) and [his mother] Lettice Peniston (age 25) were married.
Around 1512 Francis Knollys was born to Robert Knollys (age 31) and Lettice Peniston (age 27) at Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire.
Around 1521 [his father] Robert Knollys (age 40) died. He was buried at St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate.
After 1521 [his step-father] Robert Lee (age 38) and [his mother] Lettice Peniston (age 36) were married.
On 26th April 1540 Francis Knollys (age 28) and Catherine Carey (age 16) were married.
Around 1541 [his daughter] Mary Knollys was born to Francis Knollys (age 29) and [his wife] Catherine Carey (age 17).
Around 1542 [his son] Henry Knollys was born to Francis Knollys (age 30) and [his wife] Catherine Carey (age 18).
On 8th November 1543 [his daughter] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex was born to Francis Knollys (age 31) and [his wife] Catherine Carey (age 19).
Around 1544 [his son] William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury was born to Francis Knollys (age 32) and [his wife] Catherine Carey (age 20).
In 1546 [his son] Edward Knollys was born to Francis Knollys (age 34) and [his wife] Catherine Carey (age 22).
In 1547 Francis Knollys (age 35) was knighted.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1548 [his son] Richard Knollys was born to Francis Knollys (age 36) and [his wife] Catherine Carey (age 24).
In 1548 [his son] Robert Knollys was born to Francis Knollys (age 36) and [his wife] Catherine Carey (age 24).
After 1548 [his son] Robert Knollys and [his daughter-in-law] Catherine Vaughan were married.
On 15th June 1549 [his daughter] Elizabeth Knollys was born to Francis Knollys (age 37) and [his wife] Catherine Carey (age 25).
On 19th June 1555 [his daughter] Anne Knollys Baroness De La Warr was born to Francis Knollys (age 43) and [his wife] Catherine Carey (age 31).
Before 10th July 1557 [his mother] Lettice Peniston (age 72) died.
Before 10th July 1557 [his step-father] Thomas Tresham (age 57) and [his mother] Lettice Peniston (age 72) were married.
On 15th November 1558 John Digby died. He was buried at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Coleshill [Map]. His son George Digby (age 8) became a ward of Francis Knollys (age 46).
On 21st October 1559 [his daughter] Catherine Knollys Baroness Offaly was born to Francis Knollys (age 47) and [his wife] Catherine Carey (age 35).
Around 1561 [his son-in-law] Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex (age 19) and [his daughter] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex (age 17) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Hereford. They were fourth cousins.
On 9th May 1562 [his son] Dudley Knollys was born to Francis Knollys (age 50) and [his wife] Catherine Carey (age 38).
In June 1562 [his son] Dudley Knollys died.
On 16th July 1566 [his son] Henry Knollys (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Cave (age 7) were married.
On 15th January 1569 [his wife] Catherine Carey (age 45) died at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map].
On 19th November 1571 [his son-in-law] Thomas West 2nd Baron De La Warr (age 15) and [his daughter] Anne Knollys Baroness De La Warr (age 16) were married.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 21st September 1578 [his son-in-law] Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester (age 46) and [his daughter] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex (age 34) were married secretly much to the anguish of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 45) who developed a deep hatred of Lettice Knollys Countess Essex. She by marriage Countess of Leicester. Roger North 2nd Baron North (age 48) was present. He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland. They were fifth cousins.
In October 1578 [his son-in-law] Gerald Fitzgerald Baron Offaly (age 18) and [his daughter] Catherine Knollys Baroness Offaly (age 18) were married. She by marriage Baroness Offaly. He the son of Gerald "Wizard Earl" Fitzgerald 11th Earl of Kildare (age 53) and Mabel Browne Countess Kildare (age 42). They were sixth cousins.
In 1580 [his son] Edward Knollys (age 34) died.
After June 1580 [his son-in-law] Philip Boteler (age 20) and [his daughter] Catherine Knollys Baroness Offaly (age 20) were married.
On 21st December 1582 [his son] Henry Knollys (age 40) died. Monument at St Nicholas' Church, Stanford-on-Avon [Map].
The inscription: "Sacred to the Memory Here rest in Christ, awaiting the resurrection, Henry Knollys, son and heir of Francis Knollys (age 70), Knight Bachelor, Privy Counsellor to Queen Elizabeth, Treasurer of her Household, and of [his daughter-in-law] Margaret (age 23), his wife, daughter and heir of Ambrose Cave, Knight Bachelor, also a Privy Counsellor to Queen Elizabeth and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Margaret bore to Henry: [his granddaughter] Elizabeth (age 3), wife of [his grandson-in-law] Henry Willoughby of Risley (age 3), Baronet, and [his granddaughter] Laetitia, wife of [his grandson-in-law] William, Baron Paget of Beaudesert (age 10). Henry died .... Margaret .... To the best and most dearly loved parents, Elizabeth Willoughby, their daughter, set up this monument in loving devotion."
"Memoriæ Sacrum. Resurrectionem in Christo hic expectant Henricus Knollis filius et hæres Frangcisci Knollis Equitis avrati reginæ Elizabthæ a sanctioribus consiliis thesaurarii Hospitti eiusdem reginæ et margaretta vxor eius filia et hæres Ambrosh cave Equitis avrati Reginæ Elizabethæ a sanctioribus consiliis & ducatus Lancastriæ Cancellarii quæ eidem Henrico Peperit Elizabetham uxorem Henrici Willoughby de Risely Baroneetti & Lætitiam uxorem Guilielmi baronis Pagett de Beaudesert Henricus obit die .... Margarete .... Optimis & perquam Dilectis, Parentibus Elizabetha Willoughby, Filia Pietatis ergo hc monumentum, posuit"
Henry Knollys: he was appointed Esquire to the Body to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland. Around 1542 he was born to Francis Knollys and Catherine Carey. On 16th July 1566 Henry Knollys and Margaret Cave were married.
Elizabeth Knollys: In 1579 she was born to Henry Knollys and Margaret Cave at Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire. After 6th February 1605 Henry Willoughby 1st Baronet and she were married.
Lettice Knollys Baroness Geneville Beaudasert: In 1583 she was born to Henry Knollys and Margaret Cave at Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire. Before 19th June 1602 William Paget 4th Baron Paget Beaudasert and she were married. She by marriage Baroness Paget Beaudasert. In 1655 Lettice Knollys Baroness Geneville Beaudasert died.
In or before 1588 [his son] Richard Knollys (age 39) and [his daughter-in-law] Joan Heigham were married.
Around April 1589 [his son-in-law] Christopher Blount (age 24) and [his daughter] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex (age 45) were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years; she, unusually, being older than him.
In 1593 [his daughter] Mary Knollys (age 52) died.
On 23rd April 1593 Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 59) created three new Garter Knights ...
380th Thomas Burgh 9th Baron Cobham 7th Baron Strabolgi 3rd Baron Burgh (age 35).
381st Edmund Sheffield 1st Earl Mulgrave (age 27).
382nd Francis Knollys (age 81).
Before 1595 [his son] William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 50) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy Braye Baroness Chandos and Knollys (age 70) were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years; she, unusually, being older than him.
In 1596 [his son] Thomas Knollys died.
In 1596 [his son] Francis Knollys died.
On 19th July 1596 Francis Knollys (age 84) died.
[his son] Francis Knollys was born to Francis Knollys and Catherine Carey.
[his son] Thomas Knollys was born to Francis Knollys and Catherine Carey.
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Knollys
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Knollys
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Knollys
GrandFather: Robert Knollys
Great x 2 Grandfather: William D'Oyley
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Doyley
Father: Robert Knollys
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Troutbeck
GrandMother: Elizabeth Troutbeck
Mother: Lettice Peniston