KEMPE, Francis, of Yedding, Mdx., Plumstead, Kent, and Mitcham, Surr.

Family and Education

Yr. s. of Sir William Kempe of Wye, Kent by Eleanor, da. and h. of Robert Browne of Betchworth Castle, Surr.; bro. of Sir Thomas and Anthony. m. Eleanor, da. and coh. of Henry Carew, at least 1da.Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 62-3; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 9; F. H. Kemp, Gen. Hist. Kemp and Kempe Fams. i. 14, 20-8; ii. 25; iv. 20-1.

Offices Held

Servant, household of Stephen Gardiner by 1555; jt. (with Sir Ralph Sadler) clerk of hanaper Aug. 1557 – ?64; macebearer to Nicholas Heath, ld. chancellor and abp. of York by Dec. 1557; jt. (with Sadler) prothonotary in Chancery 1573.CPR , 1557–8, pp. 191–2; 1560–3, p. 62; Lincoln common council bk. 1541–64, f. 135; M. G. Price, ‘English borough Representation 1509–58’ (Oxf. DPhil. thesis 1959), 466–7.

Parlimentarian

KEMPE, Francis (by 1534-97 or later), of London and Yedding, Mdx.

Main residence: Yedding, Mdx., Plumstead, Kent, and Mitcham, Surr.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

KEMPE, Francis

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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