Anne Knollys, Baroness De La Warr

Biography

Anne West, Lady De La Warr (née Knollys) (19 July 1555 – 30 August 1608) was a lady at the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England.

Anne Knollys was the third daughter of Sir Francis Knollys, Treasurer of the Royal Household (1514–1596) to Queen Elizabeth I, and his wife Lady Catherine Carey.

Her maternal grandparents were Sir William Carey and Mary Boleyn. Mary was a sister of Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England. Anne Knollys' mother was thus a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth, daughter of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII. Mary Boleyn had preceded her more famous sister in the King's affections, and had affairs with both Francis I of France and Henry VIII. Both Catherine Carey and Henry Carey may have been Henry's children, although we are unsure of their exact dates of birth. If true, this would make Anne the granddaughter of Henry VIII.

Anne's eldest sister was Lettice Knollys, chief Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth and the mother of the queen's favourite, Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.

Family

From https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rednlh&id=I10453

Married

1. Thomas WEST W146 b: 1556 in Wherwell, Hauts, England Married: 19 Nov 1571 in Wherell, Hampshire, England. He was the son of William West, 1st Baron de la Warr, and his first wife, Elizabeth Strange.

Their children (6 sons, 8 daughters):

1. Elizabeth WEST b: 11 Sep 1573 in Wherwell, Hampshire, England. Married Herbert Pelham.
2. Robert WEST DNA W146 b: 3 Jan 1574/1575 in Wherwell, Hampshire, England. Married Elizabeth Cock. Did not inherit title as eldest son. Predeceased his father.
3. Thomas Baron De La Warr WEST III b: 9 Jul 1577 in Wherwell, Hauts, England. Married Cecily Sherley.
4. Walsingham WEST b: 13 Nov 1579 in Westover, Hants, England. d.y.
5. Anne WEST b: 21 May 1581 in Westover, Hants, England. Married 1) John Pellatt 2) Christopher Swale 3) Leonard Lechford
6. Penelope WEST b: 9 Sep 1582 in Westover, Hamptonshire, England. Married Herbert Pelham ll.
7. Catharine WEST b: 27 Dec 1583 in Winchester, Hants, England. Married Nickolas Strelby.
8. Francis WEST b: 28 Oct 1586 in Hampshire, England. Married 1) Margaret BLAYNEY 2)Temperance FLOWERDEW 3) Jane DAVYE
9. Helena WEST b: 15 Dec 1587 in Wherwell, Hants, England. Married Sir William Savage
10. Letitia WEST b: 24 Nov 1589 in Clarington-Parke, Wiltshire, England. Married Henry Ludlow.
11. John WEST Governor b: 14 Dec 1590 in Testwood, Wiltshire, England. Married Anne Percy.
12. Nathaniel WEST b: 30 Nov 1592 in Lansium, Hants, England. Married Frances Greville.
13. Anne West (again)
14. Elizabeth WEST (again) b: 1593 in Lansium, Hants, England. Married Sir Richard Saltonstall.

Links

another possible/alternate birth date is 19/11/1553

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_West,_Lady_De_La_Warr
• http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=277368
• http://gen.cookancestry.com/getperson.php?personID=I41804&tree=1
• https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p510.htm#...
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/KNOLLYS.htm
• http://thepeerage.com/p10305.htm
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/West,_Thomas_(1577-1618)
• https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/w...
• http://www.baileybrandsberg.com/genealogy/bailey/ind00881.htm

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• Anne's birth and death information are available at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/K6QH-XB8
• Anne and Thomas were married on 19 November 1571 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.

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