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 KHOCKYN — TCN UTSFOBT). 423 KNOCKYX, or KNOKYN, See "Strange" Barony (Strcniffe), cr. 12!)'J, the writ in 1809 being directed " Johanni Lc Strange de Knol-in " [co. Siilopj ; in abeyance since 1594. KNOLE. See "Sackvtli.e of Knoi.e, co. Kent," Barony (Sackw'lle-West), n: 1S70. XNOLLYS OF GREYS. i.e., " Kxollys of Greys, co. Oxford," Barony (Knollys), cr. 1603; Beg " Banbliiy " Earldom, rr. 1620. These peerages lave not been acknowledged by the House o£ Lords since 1682. KNOVILL. Barony by /. IJ C c;o de Knovill, oi lilanehniinster (now Oswestry), "Writ Salop, probablv s. and b. of Bogo, orBevis, de Kuovill, of Horseil, CO. Cambridge, -c., was Sheriff of Salop and Staffordshire (1275-78), 3 to I. 1 205. 6 Kd. t. ; Gov. of Dolvoron Castle on the Welsh Hardies, 127$, and was mm. to Pail, as a Karon (LOUD KNOVILL) by writs from 23 June (1296), -'3 Kd. I., to 3 Nov. (1806), 34 Kd. [., and possibly (by mistake, it lieing A year after his death) 26 Aug. (1307), 1 Ed. II. He was one of the Barons whose signature as •' //o</u de Knnvill, J.iius de AlbvmonnsUrlo " is annexed to the Famous letter to the Pope in 1801.(») He m. before (1296), 24 Ed. T.. Alhrnor, by whom he acquired a moiety of the manor of Blanchniinster nfsd. He (i. 1300. In.j. post mortem (1306-07), 35 Ed. t II. 130G. 2. Booo he Knovill, s. and h., ngeil 30 at his fa tiler's death, to whom the writ of summons, 26 Aug. (1307). 1 Kd. II. (i£ not intended for his father) may refer( b ) tho' none subsequent to that date occur. He served against Scotland, 1310-15, but joining in the lebellion of the Karl of Lancaster (1321-22) was lined i'i,0u0. His lands were in Cambridgeshire, Wilts, and Gloucestershire. He d. (1838), 12 Kd. III., leaving Joan, his wife, surviving. III. 133S. J. John iie Knovill, s. an 1 h., ngetl 23 at his father's death. Of him nothing more is known. ( c ) KNXJTSFORD. Barcny. J. The Rt. IIox. Sm Henry-Tiiurstax Holland, 1 l&Hf! Bart., 1st s. and h. of Sir Henry Holland, Bart, (so cr. 10 May 1853), Physician in Ordinary to the Queen, by his first wife, Margaret Emma, 4th da. of James Caldwhll, of Linley Wood, co. Stafford, was I. 3 Aug. 1825, at Brook street, St. Geo. Han. sq. : ed. at Harrow and at Trin. Coll., Camb. ; B.A., 1847 ; Banister (Inner Temple), 1849, being a Bencher in 1SS1 : Ligal Adviser at the Colonial office, 1867-70 ; Assistant Under Sec. for the. Colonies, 1870-74 ; sue. his father (who d. aged 85) 27 Oct. 1873, as a Jiuronct ; M.P. lor Midhurst, 1874-85, and for Hampstead, 1885-88 ; K.C.M.G., 1877 ; Financial ( ,l ) Sec " Nicolas," pp. 761 — 809. for a full account of this letter and the signatories thereto. { b ) It is conjectured by Mr. Townsend (Coll. Top. tt Sen., vol. viii, p. 176), that this Bogo was his father's son by a wife previous to Alianor, the heiress or coheiress of Blanchminster, and that the tenure of this manor was the reason for the father's summons which accordingly would cease to his posterity. ( c ) Guy de St. Aubyn (ancestor of Sir John St. AuLyn of Clowance, co. Cornwall er, a Mart 1671) is said to have agreed (3 Slay 1339) to marry Eleanor, da. and coheir of Sir John de Ruovill.