Knollys, William (1545 - 1632)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 5
Properties - 7
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1545
Death Date: 1632-05-25

Siblings

Male

Knollys, Henry (1542 - )
Knollys, Edward (1546 - )
Knollys, Robert (1547 - )
Knollys, Richard (1548 - )
Knollys, Thomas ( - )

Female

Knollys, Lettice (1543 - 1634) (patron)
Knollys, Anne ( - )
Knollys, Katherine ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Bray, Dorothy (1530 - 1605)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: after 1573-3
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Probably married in this year
  2. Howard, Elizabeth (1586 - 1658)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1605-12-23
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union also produced one daughter who died in childhood. Elizabeth was openly involved with Edward Vaux, her second husband, during this marriage, causing some doubt about the paternity of her two sons, the younger of whom was born at Vaux's home

Offspring

From Howard, Elizabeth (1586 - 1658)

  1. Male offspring: Knollys, Edward (1627 - 1645)
  2. Male offspring: Knollys, Nicholas (1631 - 1674)

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1586
    Vacated 1632-05-25
  • Baron Knollys of Greys
    Assumed 1603-05-13
    Vacated 1632-05-25
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1615-04-24 (date elected; installed 22 May 1615)
    Vacated 1632-05-25
  • Viscount Wallingford
    Assumed 1616-11-07
    Vacated 1632-05-25
  • 1st Earl of Banbury
    Assumed 1626-08-18
    Vacated 1632-05-25

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Staffordshire 1571 n.d.
MP, Cornwall 1572 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire Circa 1577 1587
JP, Wiltshire Circa 1582 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire Circa 1583 n.d.
Keeper, Oxfordshire 1584-6-25 n.d.
MP, Oxfordshire 1584 n.d.
Keeper, London By 1586 n.d.
Deputy Lieut, Oxfordshire 1587 n.d.
Deputy Lieut, Berkshire 1593 n.d.
MP, Oxfordshire 1593 n.d.
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Oxfordshire ca. 1594 n.d.
Comptroller of the Household, England 1596-8-30 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Oxfordshire 1596-10-26 n.d. Held jointly.
Lord Lieut, Berkshire 1596-10-26 n.d. Held jointly.
Privy Councillor, England 1596-8-30 n.d.
MP, Oxfordshire 1597 n.d.
High Steward, Berkshire 1601 n.d.
High Steward, Berkshire 1601 1630
Lord Lieut, Berkshire 1601-7 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Oxfordshire 1601 n.d.
MP, Oxfordshire 1601 n.d.
Treasurer of the Household, England 1602-12-22 1616-12-22
Comptroller of the Household, England 1603-5-3 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England 1603-5-3 n.d.
Constable, Oxfordshire 1604 n.d.
Steward, Oxfordshire 1604 n.d.
Cofferer to the Prince of Wales, England by 1606-8-8 n.d.
High Steward, Berkshire By 1607 (probable date) n.d.
High Steward, Oxfordshire 1608 n.d.
High Steward, Oxfordshire 1611 n.d.
Master of the Court of Wards, England 1614-10-10 1618-12
Keeper, Hampshire 1625-7-2 n.d. Held jointly
Keeper, Hampshire 1625-7-2 1629-06-19 Held jointly
JP, Kent 1626 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Oxfordshire 1627/8-2-7 1632-05-25 Held jointly
Lord Lieut, Berkshire 1627/8-3-7 1632-05-25 Held jointly

General Lands Note

Succeeded to father's estates 19 July 1596

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Caversham, Berkshire
  • Tiltyard house, London (city-county)
    Sold to George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
    Divested: 1662
  • Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire
    Granted; sold
    Acquired: 1621-03-16
    Divested: 1630/1-03-01

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Hampshire: Holt Forest
  • Oxfordshire
  • Wales

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1582-1583 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Mr Nowell's Musicians

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Nowell's Musicians Knollys, William (1545 - 1632) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)