KYNASTON, Sir Francis (1587-c.1649), of Oteley, Ellesmere, Salop; later of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster and Covent Garden, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. 1587, 1st s. of Sir Edward Kynaston of Oteley and 1st w. Isabel, da. of Sir Nicholas Bagnall† of Newry, co. Down and Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffs.Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 299. educ. Oriel, Oxf. 1601, aged 14, BA (from St. Mary Hall) 1604; L. Inn 1604, called 1611. Al. Ox.; Al. Cant.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 141. m. (1) settlement 13 Apr. 1611 (with £1,500), Margaret (d. 23 July 1623), da. of Sir Humphrey Lee, 1st bt. of Langley, Salop, 1s., 4da. (2 d.v.p.); Vis. Salop, 299; C78/400/12. ?(2) Margaret (d. 23 Nov. 1661), sis. of Charles Mainwaring, s.p.PROB 11/306, f. 331v. Kntd. 21 Dec. 1618 or 1 Jan. 1619; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 170. suc. fa.(?) 1640/1. PROB 11/147, f. 327. admon. 13 Nov. 1649. PROB 6/24, f. 127. sig. Fra[ncis] Kinaston.

Offices Held

?Cupbearer to King James; esq. of the body by 1624–42. N and Q, cxcvii. 34; E179/70/131; SP16/154/76; LC3/1.

Regent, Musaeum Minervae, Covent Garden 1635–7. C66/2691/14; N and Q, cxcvii. 33–7; Survey of London xxxvi. 254–8.

Commr. array, Salop 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

Parlimentarian

KYNASTON, Sir Francis (1587-c.1649), of Oteley, Ellesmere, Salop; later of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster and Covent Garden, Mdx.

Main residences: Oteley, Ellesmere, Salop; St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster; Covent Garden, Mdx.

Author

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

KYNASTON, Sir Francis (1587-c.1649)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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