KILLIGREW, Sir William I (d.1622), of Hanworth, Mdx. and St. Margaret Lothbury, London.

Family and Education

5th s. of John Killigrew (d.1567) of Arwennack, Cornw. and Elizabeth, da. of James Trewinard of St. Erth, Cornw.; bro. of Sir John† and Sir Henry†. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 268; R.N. North, ‘Killigrew fam.’, Jnl. Royal Inst. Cornw. iii. 272. m. by c.1579, Killigrew’s s. Robert was born c.1580: Al. Ox. Margery (bur. 18 May 1625), GL, ms 4346/1, unfol. da. of Thomas Saunders of Uxbridge, Mdx. and wid. of Robert Wolman of London, Mercer (admon. 2 Feb. 1571) and John Leigh of Coldrey, Hants (d. 20 Jan. 1576), 1s. 2da. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 268, 270; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 21; PROB 11/53, ff. 57-8; C142/175/82. Kntd. 7 May 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 104. d. 23 Nov. 1622. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 268. sig. Will[ia]m Kyllygrewe. Lansd. 70, f. 66.

Offices Held

Groom of privy chamber by 1576 – 1603, gent. by 1606; CPR, 1575–8, p. 91; LC2/4/4, f. 48; 5/50, p. 185. farmer, seal office of k.b. and c.p. 1578–d.; Lansd. 25, ff. 136, 218; PROB 11/140, f. 271. commr. Spanish prize goods 1592, 1596;APC, 1592, p. 181; CSP Dom. 1595–7, p. 264. acting treas. of chamber 1595–6; E351/542, f. 212; E.K. Chambers, Eliz. Stage, i. 65. chamberlain, Exch. 1606–8. LC5/50, p. 185; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 436.

Feodary and escheator, duchy of Cornw. and constable, Launceston Castle, Cornw. 1576-at least 1601; SP40/1, p. 149; SC6/Eliz.I/393. j.p. Cornw. by 1583 – 87, 1604 – d., Hants by 1583 – 1616, Mdx. by 1593 – d., Devon 1604–d.; Harl. 474, ff. 6v, 33v; Lansd. 121, f. 66; C231/4, f. 17; C66/1421; 66/1662. recvr. Crown lands, Devon and Cornw. 1583–93, C66/1404. feodary, Cornw. 1598–1603, WARD 9/275, unfol. surveyor, London and Mdx. 1603–6; E315/310, ff. 5, 44v. commr. Crown lands, Syon, Mdx. 1603 – 04, swans, Home Counties 1605 – 09, oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1606. C181/1, ff. 65, 89, 113v, 132; 181/2, ff. 3v, 89.

Steward, Stannary Ct. Cornw. from 1585. CPR, 1584–5, p. 69.

Parlimentarian

KILLIGREW, Sir William I (d.1622), of Hanworth, Mdx. and St. Margaret Lothbury, London.

Main residences: Hanworth, Mdx.; St. Margaret Lothbury, London.

Author

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

KILLIGREW, Sir William I (-d.1622)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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