Family and Education
b. Hepple, Northumb. 2 Feb. 1350, s. and h. of Sir Henry Tailboys (d. 23 Feb. 1369) of Hepple by Eleanor, da. and h. of Sir Gilbert Burradon of Burradon, Northumb., niece and h. of Gilbert Umfraville (d.s.p. 6 Jan. 1381), 3rd earl of Angus and 3rd Lord Kyme, de jure Baroness Kyme. m. bef. 1396, Margaret, 3s. inc. Walter 1da. Kntd. by Oct. 1386.CP, i. 149-51; vii. 358-60; CFR, ix. 252; Hist. Northumb. ed. Dodds, xv. 404; CIPM, xii. 422; xiii. no. 140; xv. nos. 431-6; CCR, 1413-19, p. 465; Reg. Repingdon (Lincoln Rec. Soc. lvii), 98-99; Scrope v. Grosvenor, i. 177; ii. 402-4. Lincs. Peds. ed. Maddison, 945, states that the MP married twice, his second wife being Mary, the sister of Adam Tirwhit (and thus daughter of (Sir) William Tirwhit* of Kettleby). This is highly unlikely, both on chronological grounds and because Tailboys was survived by his only known wife, Margaret, to whom dower was assigned in November 1417 (CCR, 1413-19, pp. 406-7). The Mary, widow of Walter Tailboys, who died in 1447 (CIPM (Rec. Comm.), iv. 234), was almost certainly married to the MP’s grandson Walter Tailboys the younger (CCR, 1422-9, p. 395; 1429-35, p. 110). This member of the family is omitted by Maddison from his pedigree, presumably because he predeceased his father.
Offices Held
Commr. of oyer and terminer, Northumb. Dec. 1378 (disorder at Whittingham), Leics. Apr. 1383 (withdrawal of labour services by the tenants of Newstead priory), Lincs. July 1383 (attack on Richard Ravenser, archdeacon of Lincoln), Feb. 1389 (murder of John Rouceby, canon of Lincoln), Mar. 1393 (civic unrest in Lincoln); inquiry Feb. 1387 (extortions at Torksey), May 1389 (alleged usurpation of the franchises of Grimsby), June 1406 (wastes and concealments); array (Lindsey) Dec. 1399, Sept. 1403, May 1415; to proclaim the King’s intention to rule justly May 1402; raise a royal loan June 1406.
Collector of a tax, Northumb. Mar. 1380.
Sheriff, Lincs. 13 Dec. 1389–7 Mar. 1390.
Main residences: Sotby; Skellingthorpe, Lincs.
Tailebois, Talboys, Tayllebois
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Commons 1386-1421
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TAILBOYS, Sir Walter (1350-1417)
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