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KENT, John II, of Bedford.

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Bailiff, Bedford 1408; mayor 1414 – 15, 1416–17.Beds. RO, DDW 18, DDTW 11/254, 374. Kent should not be confused with a royal servant of the same name, who in 1409 shared in the fines due to the King for the escape of prisoners from Bedford gaol, and five years later obtained a pension chargeable to the issues of Beds. and Bucks., in consideration of his loyal service. Despite these strong local connexions, it is clear from the letters patent confirming the pension in 1444 that most of the recipient’s early life had been spent in France, although he may well have been related to the subject of this biography (CPR, 1408–13, p. 96; 1413–16, p. 235; 1441–6, p. 286; see also SC8/55/2701).

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KENT, John II, of Bedford.
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KENT, John II

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KENT, John I (d.1413), of Reading, Berks.

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m. Joan.C. Kerry, Hist. St. Laurence, 158.
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Tax collector, Berks. May 1379, Mar., Oct. 1393, May 1398, Mar. 1401, Dec. 1402.

Mayor, Reading Mich. 1391–2, 1393 – 94, 1401 – 02, 1405 – 06, 1409 – 10; bailiff 1403–4.VCH Berks. iii. 373; Reading Pub. Lib. deeds 79, 80, 90, 91; C219/10/5; CAD, i. A554.

Coroner within the abbot of Reading’s liberty 1395 – 97; Berks. at d. JUST 2/10 m. 3; CCR, 1413–19, p. 5.

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KENT, John I (d.1413), of Reading, Berks.
Main residence: Reading, Berks.
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KENT, John I (-d.1413)

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KENELME, William.

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KENELME, William.
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According to c. Coates, Hist. Reading, app. xiv. one William Kennet was mayor in 1402-3 and 1415-16. Coates’s list is not reliable, and it would, in any case, be unwise to identify ‘Kennet’ with ‘Kenelme’.

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KENELME, William

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KENDALE, Stephen, of Lostwithiel and Treworgey, Cornw.

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s. and h. of John Kendale.C241/217/44. m. Christine, at least 2s. inc. Richard† and prob. Thomas†.
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Mayor, Lostwithiel Mich. 1418–19, 1427 – 28, 1429 – 30, 1436–8.C241/212/22, 213/22, 44, 221/2, 18, 228/16, 78, 117, 132; HMC Var. i. 336.

Tax collector, Cornw. Mar. 1442.

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KENDALE, Stephen, of Lostwithiel and Treworgey, Cornw.
Main residences: Lostwithiel; Treworgey, Cornw.
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KENDALE, Stephen

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KENDALE, John (d.c.1402), of Lostwithiel and ’Bodmalgan’ in Lanlivery, Cornw.

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s. of John Kendale (d.c.1372), of Restormel and Trenode in Morval, Cornw. by his w. Alice. m. 2s.The pedigree given in Vivian’s Vis. Cornw. 258-61, is not reliable. The MP has been distinguished from a namesake and close kinsman, John, son of Richard Kendale (d.c.1390) of Treworgey. That John Kendale (whose father, MP for Lostwithiel in 1365 and 1377, Launceston in 1369, and Liskeard in 1377 and 1380, served as receiver of the Cornish estates of the duchy in 1365-9, and as sheriff of Devon in 1382-3 and of Cornw. in 1384-5), inherited substantial properties not only in south Cornw. but also in Devon (Cornw. Feet of Fines (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. 1914), 639-41; CPR, 1364-7, p. 406; 1377-81, p. 427; SC6/820/9). He was reported in 1399 to have been a ’mere idiot from his birth’ (CIMisc, vii. 11), and although this misfortune did not prevent him from inheriting his father’s estate, from marrying, or from bringing suits at the assizes over various Cornish properties (in which John Kendale the MP had a reversionary interest), it would account for his lack of involvement in public affairs. He d. bef. 1429 leaving a da. Christine, wife of John Malerbe, as his heir (JUST 1/1502 mm. 169d. 203d, 1540 m. 90). inc. Stephen.
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Mayor, Lostwithiel Mich. 1376–7, 1381 – 84, 1385–6.C241/164/33, 168/39, 46, 170/4, 93, 171/80, 173/5, 55, 90, 174/17, 43, 79, 122, 175/10, 37, 56; J. Maclean, Trigg Minor, ii. 244; CCR, 1381–5, p. 284; CPR, 1381–5, p. 285.

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KENDALE, John (d.c.1402), of Lostwithiel and ’Bodmalgan’ in Lanlivery, Cornw.
Main residences: Lostwithiel; 'Bodmalgan' in Lanlivery, Cornw.
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L.S.W.
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KENDALE, John (-d. c.1402)

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