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Richard Knollys (c. 1548^[1]–1596) was an English Member of Parliament.^[2]

Life edit

He was the 5th son of Sir Francis Knollys and the brother of Edward, Francis, Robert, William and Henry Knollys, who were all MPs. He entered the Middle Temple in 1571.

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Wallingford in 1584 and 1586, and for Northampton in 1589.

He married Joan, the daughter of John Heigham of Gifford, Suffolk and had 3 sons and 2 daughters. His second son, Robert, was also an MP.

Ancestors of Richard Knollys (died 1596)

Sir Richard Knollys

Robert Knollys

Margaret D'Oyley

Sir JohnTroutbeck

Elizabeth Troutbeck

Margaret Hulse

Sir Richard Penystone

Sir Thomas Penystone

Margaret Herris

Lettice Penystone

Richard Bulstrode

Alice Bulstrode

Alice Knyffe

Richard Knollys

Sir William Carey

Sir Thomas Carey

Alice Furford

Sir Robert Spencer

^ http://thepeerage.com/p34149.htm#i341490 gives 1552 as the year of his birth.
^ "KNOLLYS, Richard (c.1548-96), of Stanford in the Vale, Berks". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 13 March 2019.