Edward Onslow (died 1615)

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Sir Edward Onslow or Anslow of Knowle (1562-1615) was an English landowner.

He was a son of the lawyer and Recorder of London Richard Onslow (1528-1571) and Catherine Harding (died 1574). His parents are buried at St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury.[1] His older brother Robert died young.[2]

Onslow is said to have either bought the estate of Knowle or Knoll, Cranleigh, in 1605, or inherited it from his father.

He died on 2 April 1615.

Marriage[]

Edward Onslow married Elizabeth or Isabel Shirley (died 1630) at St Anne Blackfriars in November 1584. She was a daughter of Sir Thomas Shirley of Wiston or Westmeston, Sussex. Their children included:

  • Thomas Anslow (1596-1616), who married Mary Lennard in 1616 but died soon after.[3]
  • Richard Anslow of West Clandon

References[]

  1. ^ John Maclean, The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor, Cornwall, vol. 3 (London, 1879), p. 394.
  2. ^ Arthur Collins, Peerage of England, vol. 7 (London, 1768), p. 206.
  3. ^ John Maclean, The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor, Cornwall, vol. 3 (London, 1879), p. 395.
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