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b. c.1627 (aged 37 in Sept. 1664), 1st s. of Roger Kenyon of Parkhead, nr. Blackburn, Lancs. by Jane, da. of Richard Assheton of Chadderton, Lancs. educ. G. Inn 1650. m. 17 June 1657, Alice, da. and h. of George Rigby of Peel Hall, 6s. (3 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1636. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. ser. 1, lxxxv), 166; VCH Lancs. v. 31.
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Clerk of the peace, Lancs. 1663–d.; bailiff, Clitheroe 1671; receiver of duchy of Lancaster, 1680–93, of forfeitures of popish recusants, Lancs. and Cheshire 1680–?d.; burgess, Wigan by 1684; chamberlain of Chester, by 1688; commr. lands given for superstitious uses, Lancs. 1689; gov. Isle of Man 1691–?3. Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Official Lists, 107–8, 133; Lancs. RO, Kenyon mss DDKe 9/42/78, Henry Marcer to Kenyon, 23 Oct. 1671; DDKe 9/61/1, John Tench to same, 16 Feb. 1687[–8]; Cal. Treas. Bks. vi. 583; viii. 988–9; ix. 155–6; NLS, Crawford mss 47/3/78, list of burgesses, 1684; HMC Kenyon, 252; J. R. Dickinson, Lordship of Man under the Stuarts (Chetham Soc. ser. 3, xli), 356.

Dep. warden of the Mint 1695–d. Cal. Treas. Bks. x. 979.

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KENYON, Roger (c.1627-98), of Parkhead and Peel Hall, Lancs.
Main residence: Parkhead and Peel Hall, Lancs.
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E.C.
R.D.H.
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Commons 1690-1715
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KENYON, Roger (c.1627-98)

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