Family and Education
b. by 1458, 1st s. of Sir Robert Tyrwhitt of Kettleby by Jane, da. of Richard Waterton of Great Corringham. m. by 1476, Anne, da. of Sir Robert Constable of Somerby, Lincs. and Flamborough, Yorks., 2s. 3da. suc. fa. 1457/58. Kntd. 16 June 1487, banneret 17 June 1497.Date of birth estimated from fa.’s death. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lii), 1019; Vis. Lincs. ed. Metcalfe, 69; Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 65; R. P. Tyrwhitt, Fam. Tyrwhitt, 17; E150/556/23.
Offices Held

Sheriff, Lincs. 1481 – 82, 1494 – 95, 1500 – 01, 1517 – 18; esquire of the body by 1482, knight by 1491; j.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) 1483 – d.; commr. array, Lincs. 1484, musters 1488, subsidy 1504, 1512, 1514, 1515, enclosures 1517; other commissions 1482 – d.; keeper, manor of Swallowfield, Berks. 1 Mar. 1485; steward, lordship of Caistor, Lincs. 1484, bailiff 1491, steward, duchy of Lancaster, Lincs. 4 Mar. 1499 – d., Castle Donington, Leics. 27 June 1504 – d., steward, manor of Barton upon Humber, Lincs. 1509–d.CPR, 1476–85 to 1494–1509 passim; CFR, 1471–85, pp. 274–5; LP Rich. III and Hen. VII, i. 410; ii. 291; LP Hen. VIII, i-iii; Rot. Parl. vi. 539–40; Statutes, iii. 89, 119, 172; Domesday of Inclosures, ed. Leadam, i. 84, 248, 255; Somerville, Duchy, i. 573, 577.

Main residence: Kettleby, Lincs.
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Commons 1509-1558
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TYRWHITT, Sir William (by 1458-1522)

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