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KEPE (KEEP), John (d.1406), of Bishop’s Lynn, Norf.

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m. 1s.His son, William, entered the freedom of Lynn on 2 Dec. 1383 by payment of a fine of £2, as he had been born bef. John’s own admission (Red Reg. King’s Lynn ed. Ingleby, f. 169). William was farmer of Gooderstone (Norf.) for the earl of Arundel bef. 1397 (CIMisc. vi. 263).
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Tronager and pesager of wool, the port and Staple of Lynn 8 May 1374 – d.

Poll tax collector, Lynn Mar. 1377.

Councillor, Lynn Mich. 1378–9, 1380 – 83, 1384 – 86, 1387 – 88; chamberlain 1379–80.Red Reg. ff. 121, 127, 161d, 164, 166–8.

Controller of war subsidies 16 June 1379.RP, iii. 63b; CPR, 1377–81, p. 355.

Commr. of arrest, Lynn Feb. 1384.

Collector of customs and subsidies, Lynn 20 Mar. 1388-July 1389.

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KEPE (KEEP), John (d.1406), of Bishop’s Lynn, Norf.
Main residence: Bishop's Lynn, Norf.
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L.S.W.
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Commons 1386-1421
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KENYAN, Edmund (d.1414), of Oxford.

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m. (1) bef. 1380, Elizabeth, wid. of John Norton (d.1373) of Oxford, 1da.; (2) bef. 1411, Margaret.CPR, 1408-13, p. 252; Oxf. Hist. Soc. xviii. 10; ser. 2, xiv. 121, 181.
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Coroner, Oxford bef. Mich. 1385; bailiff Mich. 1385–6, 1389 – 90; alderman 1399 – 1400, 1402 – 03, 1405 – 07, 1408 – 10, 1411 – 12, 1413 – 14; mayor 1401 – 02, 1404 – 05, 1410 – 11, 1412–13.Oxf. Hist. Soc. xxxvii. 18–20; lxiv. no. 307; lxvi. no. 609; xc. no. 771; Merton Coll. ms 365.

Commr. to recruit workmen for the repair of Wallingford castle, Nov. 1389; of inquiry, Oxford Feb. 1391 (forgery of a will).

J.p. Oxford 6 Dec. 1397-c.1408.

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KENYAN, Edmund (d.1414), of Oxford.
Main residence: Oxford.
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Commons 1386-1421
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KENYAN, Edmund (-d.1414)

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KENTWOOD, Sir John (d.1393/4), of Kentwood in Tilehurst, Berks.

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m. by 1364, Alice, prob. da. of Sir Gerard Braybrooke (d.1359) of Colmworth, Beds., sis. of Sir Gerard Braybrooke I, and wid. of John Carbonel of Burston, Bucks., ?1s.CCR, 1377-81, p. 333; VCH Bucks. iii. 329; Reg. Chichele, ii. 660. Kntd. by 1368.
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J.p. Berks. 15 Feb. 1375 – May 1380, Cornw. 28 Aug. 1378 – July 1389, Wilts. July 1391 – d.

Commr. of arrest, Oxon. Oct. 1375, Som., Dorset, Devon, Cornw. Feb. 1382, Cornw. Nov., Dec. 1382, Feb., May, July 1383, Feb., July 1384, Mar. 1388; array, Berks. Apr., July 1377, Aug. 1378, Cornw. Jan. 1379, Mar. 1380, Feb. 1385, Berks. Apr. 1385, Mar. 1392; kiddles, river Thames May 1377; to lease out duchy lands, Cornw., Devon Jan. 1379; of inquiry, Cornw., Som., Devon, Glos., Bristol Jan. 1379 (theft of merchandise), Cornw. Mar. 1380 (wrecks), Sept. 1380 (crimes), Plymouth Apr., Aug. 1381 (seizure of a ship), Cornw. May 1382 (piracy), Dec. 1382 (wastes at Trematon), Mar. 1383 (damages in a case of trespass at sea), May 1383 (concealments), Devon May 1383 (expenditure on ships keeping the sea), Cornw. May 1383 (breach of truce at sea), Nov. 1383 (evasion of dues to the King’s mother), May 1384 (services at Trematon), Oct. 1385 (Fitzwalter estates), Dec. 1385 (wrecks), Devon, Cornw. Jan. 1386 (piracy), Cornw. Mar. 1386 (theft of whales), May 1386 (concealments), June 1386 (wastes at St. Michael’s Mount priory), Devon June 1386 (St. Aubyn estates), Cornw. Jan. 1387 (crimes by King’s officers), Devon, Cornw., Hants, Wilts. Mar. 1387 (piracy), Cornw. Oct. 1387 (wrecks), Nov. 1387 (theft of tin), Devon Dec. 1387 (concealments at Sutton Pool), June 1388 (herbage, Dartmoor), Bucks. Feb. 1390 (wastes on Queen Anne’s manor of Salden), Cornw. Feb. 1390 (Tresilian’s estates), Lincs. May 1390 (liberties of Grimsby), Notts. June, Dec. 1391 (complaints by Queen Anne); oyer and terminer, Cornw. Feb. 1381, Dorset Nov. 1389, Feb. 1390 (Queen Anne’s lordship of Gillingham), Berks. May 1393; to put down rebellion, Cornw. June, Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; survey and lease out lands held in dower by the princess of Wales, Cornw., Devon, Sept. 1385; perambulate the boundary between Cornw. and Devon, July 1386; take oaths of allegiance, Cornw. Mar. 1388; evaluate a ship, Devon Mar. 1388; of sewers, Holderness, Yorks. Feb. 1390.

Steward of the duchy of Cornw. in Cornw. 26 Aug. 1378 – Nov. 1388.

Surveyor of a tax, Cornw. Aug. 1379, Devon, Cornw. Mar. 1381.

Surveyor of the estates in Devon, Cornw., Som. and Dorset variously forfeited in the Merciless Parliament Mar. 1388; steward of the same 13 May 1388-c.1389.

Justiciar of S. Wales 25 May 1389–17 Oct. 1390.R.A. Griffiths, Principality of Wales, i. 119.

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KENTWOOD, Sir John (d.1393/4), of Kentwood in Tilehurst, Berks.
Main residence: Kentwood in Tilehurst, Berks.
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L.S.W.
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Commons 1386-1421
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KENTWOOD, Sir John (-d.1393/4)

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