Sir Robert Knolles or Knollys (c. 1325 – 15 August 1407; aged 81–82) 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.
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Sir Robert Knolles or Knollys (c. 1325 – 15 August 1407; aged 81–82) 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.
Robert Knolles (c. 1320–1407), also known as Knollys, English soldier of the Hundred Years' War. 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.
KNOLLES (or Knollys ), SIR ROBERT ( c. 1325–1407), English soldier, belonged to a Cheshire family. In early life he served in Brittany, and he was one of the English survivors who were taken prisoners by the French after the famous “combat of the thirty” in March 1351. He was, however, quickly released and was among the soldiers of ...
Robert Knolles. Robert Knowles, Robert Knolles ou Robert ou Robin Kanolle ( 1325 - 1407) est un chef militaire anglais qui fut l'un des grands capitaines de la guerre de Succession de Bretagne et du début de la guerre de Cent Ans .
Birthplace: North Mimms, Herefordshire, England (United Kingdom) Death: circa 1485 (64-73) North Mimms, Herefordshire, England (United Kingdom) Immediate Family: Son of Thomas ll Knolles and Isabel Knolles. Husband of Elizabeth Knollys. Father of Anne Frowyke and Elizabeth Stracheley.
Sir Robert Knolles. He WAS knighted... after successful siege of Auxerre, in 1359. By his own subordinates who WERE knights. This was unusual but recognized as legitimate. The knights had agreed to fight under command of a mere squire (then 34 years old... probably too poor and lowborn to be knighted before).
“Robert Knolles, By his wife Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of William Troutbeck, chamberlain of Chester (14 Henry IV.), and widow of Sir Thomas, Venables, he left daughters and co-heiresses: Anne, who married Henry Frowyke, esq. of Weld, thereby carrying the manor of North Mimms into the Frowyke family”.
According to Leland, Sir Robert Knolles originally contemplated founding the house in Norfolk, but was persuaded by his wife to place it in Pontefract., where she was born. Further ordinances as to the internal management of the house were confirmed by Archbishop Scrope at Cawood on 5 October 1404.
In 1442, after Margery's death, Reynewell and Hatherley granted the 3 parts of 6 and 7, as described in Halton's will, to Thomas Knolles, citizen and grocer, Robert Knolles, esquire, William Oliver, citizen and mercer, and Robert Newman, clerk.
At the plaza's west perimeter is a triple underpass beneath a railroad bridge, under which the [Robert Knolles] ISBN 978-0-3944-0026-6 Bridges, J. S. C. (1908). "Two Cheshire soldiers of fortune of the XIV century: Sir Hugh Calveley and Sir Robert Knolles".