Sir Robert Knollys (1588–1659) was an English politician who sat in the

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between 1614 and 1629. Greys Court

Knollys was the 2nd son of Richard Knollys of Stanford-in-the-Vale in

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(now

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). He matriculated at

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on 13 May 1603, aged 15. He was knighted on 12 January 1613. In 1614, he was elected

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for Abingdon. He was elected MP for

in 1621. In 1624 he was elected MP for Abingdon again, and was re-elected in 1625 and 1626. In 1628 he was elected MP for Wallingford and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Kandruth-Kyte', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 837-867. Date accessed: 19 November 2011
/ref> Knollys bought

Greys Court Greys Court is a Tudor country house and gardens in the southern Chiltern Hills at Rotherfield Greys, near Henley-on-Thames in the county of Oxfordshire, England. Now owned by the National Trust, it is located at , and is open to the public. ...

from his uncle, William Knollys, Earl of Banbury,who died at the age of about 70 and was buried on 26 June 1659. He married Joan, the daughter of Sir John Wolstenholme and left a son and several daughters; one child was Lettice Knollys or Laetitia Knowles, who married Sir John Corbet (1619-64), second of the Corbet baronets of Stoke.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Knollys, Robert 1588 births 1659 deaths Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford People from Rotherfield Greys People from Vale of White Horse (district) Robert 1659 Members of the Parliament of England for Berkshire English MPs 1614 English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 English MPs 1628–1629