- Thomas Knollys
Sir Thomas Knollys, d. 1435 was
Lord Mayor of London in 1399 and 1410. cite web | last =Boase | first =G. C.| authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Knollys, Sir Francis (1511/12–1596), politician | work =Dictionary of National Biography Vol. XXXI | publisher =Smith, Elder & Co. | date = 1892 | url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/olddnb.jsp?articleid=23633 | format = HTML | accessdate = 2007-12-31]Biography
Lord-mayor Knollys was a member of the Grocers' Company. He directed in 1400 the rebuilding of the Guildhall, and he also rebuilt St. Antholin's Church in
Watling Street , where he was buried with his wife Joan. His will, dated 20 May 1435, was proved 11 July 1435 atLambeth , where it is still preserved.Knolleys was a forebear of
Robert Knollys (great-great-grandson) andFrancis Knollys (Robert's son).Knollys is said by Dugdale to have been descended from Sir Robert Knollys or Knolles (d 1407), the soldier, but, according to
Sidney Lee in the [Dictionary of national Biography, this is an error. Discussing Francis knolly's, Lee states: "Sir Francis's pedigree cannot be authentically traced beyond Sir Thomas Knollys ... from whom Sir Francis's father was fifth in descent".ee also
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