Robert Knollys (courtier) (died 1521), also known as Knolles, English courtier in the service of Henry VII and Henry VIII of England Robert Knollys (MP for Breconshire) (1547–1619), MP for Reading and Breconshire and grandson of the above Robert Knollys (politician, died 1626), MP for Reading (UK Parliament constituency)
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Sir Robert Knolles’ chevauchée through northern France between August and December 1370 is arguably the most fascinating English expedition of the fourteenth century.
Sir Robert Knolles ( c. 1325 – 15 August 1407) was an important English knight of the Hundred Years' War, [1] who, operating with the tacit support of the Crown, succeeded in taking the only two major French cities, other than Calais and Poitiers, to fall to Edward III. [citation needed]
Robert Knollys (courtier) (died 1521), also known as Knolles, English courtier in the service of Henry VII and Henry VIII of England Robert Knollys (MP for Breconshire) (1547–1619), MP for Reading and Breconshire and grandson of the above Robert Knollys (politician, died 1626), MP for Reading (UK Parliament constituency)
Sir Robert Knolles or Knollys (c. 1325 – 15 August 1407) was an important English knight of the Hundred Years' War, who, operating with the tacit support of the crown, succeeded in taking the only two major French cities, other than Calais and Poitiers, to fall to Edward III. His methods, however, earned him infamy as a freebooter and a ravager: the ruined gables of burned buildings came to ...
Knollys, the name of an English family descended from Sir Thomas Knollys (d. 1435), Lord Mayor of London. Robert Knollys, or Knolles (d. 1521), a courtier in the service and favour of Henry VII and Henry VIII. (Wikipedia) Robert Knollys, or Knolles, (died 1521) was an English courtier in the service and favour of...
Knolles’s appointment as one of the four treasurers for the wars chosen by Parliament to supervise government expenditure in March 1404 is an indication of his standing and reputation for administrative skill, as well as his importance as a royal creditor.
It was this that allowed men such as du Guesclin and Sir Robert Knolles to gain positions of respect and authority despite their relatively humble beginnings. But still, by the end of the war the high nobility was seeing a resurgence, and at no point were armies being led by commoners.
Robert Knollys (abt. 1416 - aft. 1484) Robert Knollys Born about 1416 in North Mymms, Hertfordshire, England Ancestors Son of Thomas Knollys and Isabell Knollys Brother of John Knollys, Beatrice Knollys, Joan (Knollys) Baron, Isabell (Knollys) Knolles and Richard Knollys Husband of Elizabeth (Seman) Knollys — married 1436 [location unknown]
Robert Knolles married Elizabeth Troutbeck of Dunham, Cheshire, widow of Sir Hugh Venables and daughter of Sir William Troutbeck, Chamberlain of Chester. Elizabeth's brother, Sir John Troutbeck, was killed at the battle of Blore Heath in 1459 (the first battle of the War of the Roses), fighting on the Lancastrian side.
Knolles [Knollys], Sir Robert (d. 1407), soldier, was probably the sonof Richard, who was of burgess or yeoman stock from Tushingham in theparish of Malpas, Cheshire. His mother is frequently named as EvaCalveley, sister of Sir Hugh Calveley, with whom Robert had a lifelongfriendship.