Family and Education
b. c.1620, 1st s. of Sir Robert Knollys of Rotherfield Greys by Joanna, da. of Sir John Wolstenholme, farmer of the customs, of Stanmore, Mdx. and Nostell Priory, Yorks. educ. St. Edmund Hall, Oxf. matric. 25 Nov. 1636, aged 16; M. Temple 1639. m. 23 May 1642, Margaret, da. of John Saunders, counsellor at law, of Reading, Berks., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1659.F. G. Lee, Church of Thame, 595; Rotherfield Greys par. reg.
Offices Held
J.p. Oxon. July 1660 – d., Berks. 1661 – d.; commr. for assessment, Oxon. Aug. 1660 – d., Oxford 1663 – d.; dep. lt. Oxon. c. Aug. 1660 – d., commr. for corporations 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers 1662; freeman, Oxford 1662; jt. farmer of excise, Oxon. 1662–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Rotherfield Greys, Oxon.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
KNOLLYS, William (c.1620-64)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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