In 1520, what was the name given to the meeting held between Henry VIII and Francis I?
Richard Tempest 1513, he followed King Henry VIII there and was knighted at the Siege of Tournai. In 1520 at the meeting between King Henry and King Francis I of France on the Field of the Cloth of Gold, he was one of three knights in charge of security and was also at Gravelines during the meeting between King Henry and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. In national politics, he was elected a member of the Parliament of England for Appleby in 1529, but records do not show how long he held the seat. Despite the influential positions he held in
Francis Knollys (the elder) Francis Knollys (the elder) Sir Francis Knollys, KG of Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire (c. 1511 / c. 1514 – 19 July 1596) was an English courtier in the service of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Elizabeth I, and was a Member of Parliament for a number of constituencies. Francis Knollys was born 1511, the elder son of Sir Robert Knollys (d. 1520/1) and Lettice Peniston (d. 1557/8), daughter of Sir Thomas Peniston of Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, henchman to Henry VIII. He appears to have received some education at Oxford. He married Catherine Carey, first cousin (or possible half-sister) of Queen Elizabeth I.