Margaret (Knollys) Belknap

Born [date unknown] in England

Wife of Henry Belknap Esq — married before 1471 in Romford, Essex, England

Descendants

Died after 3 Jul 1488 in England

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Biography

Margaret Knollys married Henry Belknap, Esq., son of Hamon Belknap, Esq. and Joan Boteler, before 1471.^[1]

They had 1 son (Sir Edward) and 6 daughters (Alice, wife of William Shelley; Anne, wife of Sir Robert Wotton; Elizabeth, wife of Sir Philip Cooke; Mary, wife of Gerard Dannet; Margaret, wife of John Boteler, Esq; & Griselde, wife of John Caryl).^[2]

Margaret Knollys died after 3 July 1488.^[3]

Family

• Henry Belknap, Esq. b. c 1419, d. 3 Jul 1488

Children

• Sir Edward
• Alice, wife of William Shelley
• Anne, wife of Sir Robert Wotton
• Elizabeth, wife of Sir Philip Cooke
• Mary, wife of Gerard Dannet
• Margaret, wife of John Boteler, Esq
• Griselde, wife of John Caryl

Research Notes

The parents of Margaret have been long thought to be Richard Knollys and Margaret D'Oyley. However Douglas Richardson, the main source for this expresses some doubt that this is the case. What follows are his words:

Henry (or Harry) Belknap (died 1488) is alleged in secondary sources to have married Margaret Knolles (or Knollys), daughter of Richard Knolles, Knt., by Margaret, daughter of William d'Oyley, of Hughenden, Buckinghamshire. For example, Wotton, English Baronetage 1 (1741): 62 and Betham, Baronetage of England 1 (1801): 68 both identify Margaret, wife of Henry Belknap, as the "daughter of Sir Richard Knowles, Knt." Dallaway, Hist. of the Western Div. of Sussex 2(2) (1830): 77 similarly identifies Margaret as the "daughter of sir Rd. Knolles." While this may be true, the only evidence I know of Margaret's parentage is a miscellaneous pedigree included in the published Visitations of Essex which reads as follows:

"Henry Belknap. = Margaret d. of Ric...." END OF QUOTE.

Reference: Hawley et al., Vis. of Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 & 1634 2 (H.S.P. 14) (1879): 563-565 (Misc. Essex Peds.) (Cooke ped.).

As we can see, the last name of Margaret Belknap's father, Richard, is omitted from the pedigree. And, as best as I can determine, there is no reliable pedigree of the Knolles family in print that addresses this issue. ^[4]

The only thing we can be certain of is that Margaret Belknap was the daughter of Richard, last name not known at this stage.

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 141.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 232-233.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 90
4. ↑ Soc Gen Med

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