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KIRTON, James I (1559-1620), of Almsford Park, Som. and Rosemary Lane, London.

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bap. 21 Dec. 1559, Almsford par. reg. (Soc. Gen. transcript). 4th s. of Edward Kirton (d.1601) of Almsford Park and Lettice, da. of one Gillbank of London. Vis. London (Harl. Soc. cix-cx), 87. educ. New Inn; M. Temple 1585; ?travelled abroad. MTR, 280; HMC Bath, iv. 346. m. (1) by 1596, Ann (d. 7 Sept. 1603), da. of Henry Bodenham of Fugglestone St. Peter, Wilts., s.p.; PROB 11/83, f. 266v; 11/87, f. 160; H. David, Historical Account of Curiosities of London and Westminster (1759), pt. 2, p. 74. (2) 12 Feb. 1607, GL, St. Giles Cripplegate par. reg. Elizabeth (bur. 28 Nov. 1618), F. Brown, Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills ed. F.A. Crisp, i. 44. da of John Morley I† of St. Botolph-without-Aldersgate, London and Halnaker, Boxgrove, Suss. s.p. Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 140. Kntd. 6 July 1618. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 169. bur. 28 Aug. 1620 28 Aug. 1620. Almsford par. reg. sig. James Kirton.
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Servant to Edward Seymour, 1st earl of Hertford from c.1592-d, steward, 1599–1608. HMC Bath, iv. 200, 346.

Commr. sewers, Som. 1603-at least 1615; C181/1, f. 70v; 181/2, f. 246. j.p. Som. by c. 1612 – c.15, 1618–d. C66/1898; 66/2047; C231/4, f. 59; Q. Sess. Recs. for County of Som. ed. E.H. Bates. (Som. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 263.

Member, earl of Hertford’s embassy to Spanish Neths. 1605. HMC Bath iv. 200.

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KIRTON, James I (1559-1620), of Almsford Park, Som. and Rosemary Lane, London.
Main residences: Almsford Park, Som.; Rosemary Lane, London.
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KIRTON, James I (1559-1620)

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KIRTON, Edward (1585-1654), of Westminster, Almsford Park and Castle Cary, Som.

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bap. 15 May 1585, s. of Daniel Kirton of Almsford Park and Frances.Som. RO, Almsford Par. Reg.; F. Brown, Abstracts of Som. Wills ed. F.A. Crisp, i. 44. educ. MA Oxf. 1643. Al. Ox. m. by 1618, Margaret. C2/Chas.I/D58/46; Som. Incumbents ed. F.W. Weaver, 434. suc. fa. c.1591. PROB 6/4, f. 156v. bur. 30 Jan. 1654 30 Jan. 1654. Coll. Top. et Gen. v. 39. sig. Edw[ard] Kyrton.
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Clerk to Sir Robert Vernon c. 1604 – 11, 1614–15, E.T. Bradley, Life of Lady Arabella Stuart, ii. 269; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 613; C2/Jas.I/D12/77. servant to Lady Arbella Stuart c.1611, APC, 1616–17, p. 134. servant to William Seymour*, Lord Beauchamp, subsequently 2nd earl of Hertford c.1619–d. C2/Chas.I/D58/46; Coll. Top. et Gen. v. 39.

J.p. Som. 1625 – 26, 1641–6; C231/4, f. 193, 231/5, f. 479; Som. RO, DD/PH 219/66. commr. depopulation, Som. 1635; C181/5, f. 1. treas. for hospitals, Eastern div. of Som. 1638, Som. Q. Sess. Recs. Charles I ed E.H. Bates-Harbin (Som. Rec. Soc. xxiv), 296. grand jury, Som. 1638; Som. Assize Orders ed. T.G. Barnes (Som. Rec. Soc. lxv), 61. commr. array, Som. 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. sequestrations (roy.) 1643, Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 55. recvr. composition money (roy.) by 1644. CSP Dom. 1644, p. 108.

Dep. gent. of the robes to the prince of Wales ?1641–6. HMC Portland, ii. 133; CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 260.

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KIRTON, Edward (1585-1654), of Westminster, Almsford Park and Castle Cary, Som.
Main residences: Westminster; Almsford Park, Som.; Castle Cary, Som.
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KIRTON, Edward (1585-1654)

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KIRKE, George (d.1675), of Whitehall; later of Charing Cross, Westminster.

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s. of George Kirke, gent. of the robes to James VI of Scotland by 1600. educ. Court; G. Inn 1631. GI Admiss. m. (1) 4 Jan. 1627, Anne (d. 6 July 1641), da. of Sir Robert Killigrew* of Kempton, Mdx., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 26 Feb. 1646, Mary (d. May 1701), da. of Aurelian Townsend, gent. of the privy chamber, of the Barbican, London, 4s (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, i. 185; Westminster Abbey (Harl. Soc. Reg. x), 134, 218; St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxvi), 96, 125; W. Hamper, Life of Sir William Dugdale, 34. bur. 20 May 1675. Westminster Abbey, 295.
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Groom of the bedchamber to Prince Charles by 1608 – 10, 1613–25; LS13/280, f. 227; Archaeologia, xv. 8; T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Jas. I, i. 256–7; LC2/6, f. 69. page to Prince Henry 1610–12; LC2/4/6, f. 37. groom of the bedchamber to King Charles 1625–46; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 16; J. Philippson, The Key of Historie (1627), ded.; Hamper, 34. gent. of the robes 1630–46; E401/2640. kpr. Whitehall Palace 1662–d. CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 375.

Commr. enclosure, Gillingham forest, Dorset 1624, Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 649. sewers, Northants., Lincs. and Norf. 1629, Lincs. and Hunts. 1635; C181/4, ff. 30v, 40; 181/5, f. 10. ‘burgess’ and guildsman, Edinburgh 1633. Edinburgh Burgesses (Scot. Rec. Soc. lix), 293.

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KIRKE, George (d.1675), of Whitehall; later of Charing Cross, Westminster.
Main residences: Whitehall; Charing Cross, Westminster.
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Commons 1604-1629
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KIRKE, George (-d.1675)

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KIPPAX, Richard (fl.1616-1624), of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.

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m. Anne, da. of Thomas Fleetwood of Colwich, Staffs., at least 2s.Vis. Staffs. ed. H.S. Grazebrook, 129-30.
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Servant to Sir John Dackombe* to 1618; C2/Jas.I/K1/38. v.-chan., palatinate of Lancaster 1616–17; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 94. freeman, Preston, Lancs. by 1622. Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 83.

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KIPPAX, Richard (fl.1616-1624), of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.
Main residence: St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.
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R.C.L.S.
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Commons 1604-1629
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KIPPAX, Richard (fl.1616-1624)

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KINGSWELL, Sir William (c.1554-1613), of Shalden, Hants.

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b. c. 1554,STAC 8/204/13. 1st s. of Swithin Kingswell of Shalden and Avis, da. of John Hunt of Bentworth, Hants. Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 114. m. by 1586, Ambrosia (d. by 1599), C142/358/97. da. of Henry Macwilliam† of Stambourne, Essex, and coh. to her bro. Henry, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. Morant, Essex, ii. 345; PROB 11/122, f. 281. suc. fa. c.1560; PROB 11/43, f. 223v; REQ 2/231/42. Kntd. 11 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 106. d. 27 Aug. 1613. C142/347/49.
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J.p. Hants by 1596–d., SP13/Case F/no. 11, f. 30b; SP14/33. escheator 1600–1; C142/259/35; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 150. kpr. Freemantle forest, Hants 1604–d.; Lansd. 1217, f. 11. commr. subsidy, Hants 1608, SP14/31/1. concealed lands, 1608, C181/2, f. 70. aid 1609, 1612. SP14/43/107; Harl. 354, f. 68.

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KINGSWELL, Sir William (c.1554-1613), of Shalden, Hants.
Main residence: Shalden, Hants.
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V.C.D.M.
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KINGSWELL, Sir William (c.1554-1613)

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KILLIGREW, Sir William II (1606-1695), of Pendennis Castle, Cornw.; later of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London and Kempton Park, Mdx.

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bap. 28 May 1606, 1st s. of Sir Robert Killigrew* of Kempton Park and Mary, da. of Sir Henry Woodhouse† of Hickling, Norf. D. Lysons, Mdx. Par. 99; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 270. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 1623; travelled abroad c.1624-6; DCL, Oxf. 1642. Al. Ox.; APC, 1623-5, p. 202. m. c.1625-6, Mary (admon. 16 Sept. 1690), da. of John Hill of Honiley, Warws. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (3 d.v.p.). Kntd. 12 May 1626; suc. fa. 1633; bur. 17 Oct. 1695 17 Oct. 1695. Add. 21423, f. 193; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 270; J.P. Vander Motten, Sir William Killigrew, 29-30; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 190. sig. W[illia]m Killigrew.
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Capt. Pendennis Castle 1628–33 (jt.), 1633–5 (sole); CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 31; 1635, p. 72. j.p. Cornw. 1630-at least 1640; C231/5, p. 26; C66/2859. commr. sewers, E. Lincs. fens 1634–42. C181/4, f. 155; 181/5, f. 224.

?Farmer, seal office of k.b. and c.p. from 1633; PROB 11/164, ff. 90–1. gent. usher of privy chamber 1638 – 46, 1660 – 62; v.-chamberlain, Queen Catherine’s Household 1662–82. LC5/134, p. 269; CCC, 1557; Ath. Ox. iv. 691; HMC 13th Rep. V, 463.

Cdr. servants’ tp. of king’s bodyguard 1642–3. Clarendon, Hist. of the Rebellion ed. W.D. Macray, ii. 348; Mercurius Aulicus, 14 July 1643.

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KILLIGREW, Sir William II (1606-1695), of Pendennis Castle, Cornw.; later of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London and Kempton Park, Mdx.
Main residences: Pendennis Castle, Cornw.; Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London; Kempton Park, Mdx.
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P.M.H.
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Commons 1604-1629
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KILLIGREW, Sir William II (1606-1695)

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KILLIGREW, Sir Joseph (1593-1616), of Low Ham (Netherham), Som. and London.

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bap. 4 Feb. 1593, GL, ms 4448, f. 86. 1st s. of Sir Henry Killigrew† of St. Margaret Lothbury, London and Jaél de Peigne. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 268; A.C. Miller, Sir Henry Killigrew, 227. m. c.1611, C2/Jas.I/K2/65. Elizabeth (admon. 16 May 1657), PROB 6/33, f. 116. da. and h. of (Sir) Edward Hext* of Netherham, 1da. suc. fa. 1603; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 268. Kntd. Jan. 1613. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 152. d. 19 Apr. 1616. C142/356/100.
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Havenor and butler, duchy of Cornw. Devon and Cornw. 1603–d.; C66/1608; SP38/7, f. 1. commr. sewers, Som. Feb. 1616–d. C181/2, f. 246.

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KILLIGREW, Sir Joseph (1593-1616), of Low Ham (Netherham), Som. and London.
Main residences: Low Ham (Netherham), Som.C2/Jas.I/K2/65; PROB 11/130; f. 48.; London.
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P.M.H.
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Commons 1604-1629
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KILLIGREW, Sir Joseph (1593-1616)

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KENT, William (d.1632), of Dinton, Wilts.; later of Durrington and Boscombe House, East Boscombe, Wilts.

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1st s. of Thomas Kent of Dinton and Elizabeth. m. by 1604, 1s. suc. fa. 1607. d. 21 Dec. 1632.Wilts. N and Q, vii. 230; Wilts. RO, archdeacon of Sarum wills. sig. William Kent.
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Burgess, Devizes, Mar. 1614, member of the Twelve, Sept. 1614–d.; Wilts. RO, G20/1/16, ff. 272, 275; G20/1/17, f. 95. estate commr. Wilts. for William Herbert, 3rd earl of Pembroke by 1616 – 30, for Philip Herbert*, 4th earl of Pembroke 1630 – d.; steward, Wylye manor, Wilts. by Sept. 1632–d. Surveys of the Manors of Philip, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery 1631–2 ed. E. Kerridge (Wilts. Rec. Soc. ix), 1, 84–5, 138; CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 463.

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KENT, William (d.1632), of Dinton, Wilts.; later of Durrington and Boscombe House, East Boscombe, Wilts.
Main residences: Dinton, Wilts.; Durrington; Boscombe House, East Boscombe, Wilts.
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H.J.L.
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KENT, William (-d.1632)

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KENT, Thomas (1590-1656), of Winsley and Devizes, Wilts.

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bap. 27 Oct. 1590,Wilts. RO, 1597/1, f. 6v. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Kent* of Devizes and Mary, da. of Thomas Wyatt of Calne, Wilts. Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 47. m. (1) 8 June 1612, Wilts. RO, 883/1, unfol. Katherine (bur. 25 Jan. 1623), da. of Thomas Reade of Bradford, minister, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.; (2) by 1625, Margaret (bur. 2 Jan. 1656), 2s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1630. PROB 11/159, ff. 204-6v. d. 1656. Wilts. Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. Lib. Devizes, Kite, Wilts. Peds. ii. 246; Wilts. RO, 1597/1, f. 32; 1597/2, unfol. sig. Thomas Kent.
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Burgess, Devizes 1617, member of the Twelve 1622, common councilman 1625-c.1640, Wilts. RO, G20/1/16, f. 296v; G20/1/17, ff. 6v, 35. mayor 1626, 1632, 1639, Wilts. RO, G20/1/17, ff. 42, 93v; C231/5, f. 345. steward of ct. of record (jt.) 1626 – 29, (sole) 1629-c.1640. Wilts. RO, G20/1/17, ff. 36, 65v, 82.

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KENT, Thomas (1590-1656), of Winsley and Devizes, Wilts.
Main residences: Winsley; Devizes, Wilts.
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H.J.L.
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Commons 1604-1629
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KENT, Thomas (1590-1656)

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