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LEY, alias KEMPTHORN, William (by 1532-77 or later), of Cornw.

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LINE, John (by 1519-58), of Cambridge.

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Family and Education

b. by 1519. m. Joan, 2s. 4da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. PCC 61 Noodes.

Offices Held

Comptroller of customs, port of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. Nov. 1543; alderman, Cambridge, common councilman 1546, 1552, mayor 1558.LP Hen. VIII, xviii; PCC 61 Noodes; C. H. Cooper, Cambridge Annals, i. 440; ii. 65; F. Blomefield, Coll. Cant. 224.

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LINE, John (by 1519-58), of Cambridge.

Main residence: Cambridge.

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D.F.C.

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Commons 1509-1558

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LINE, John (by 1519-58)

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Oxford 1644

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LINCH, Simon (by 1521-74), of Cranbrook, Sandwich and Staple, Kent.

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Family and Education

b. by 1521, 1st s. of William Linch of Cranbrook. m. Joan, da. of one Courthope of Cranbrook, 4s. 5da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 6; Berry, Kent Peds. 282.

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Customer, Sandwich 6 Dec. 1547 – 16 Feb. 1554, jurat 5 Dec. 1549–54, 1557 – 65, auditor 1549, 1552, 1558 – 59, mayor 1560 – 61, keeper of the chest 1560 – 61, of the orphans 1549 – 50, 1551 – 53, 1560 – 61; commr. sewers, Kent 1566, 1568.CPR, 1553, p. 314; 1569–72, pp. 217, 220; E122/131/7; Sandwich old red bk. passim; Sandwich little black bk. passim.

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LINCH, Simon (by 1521-74), of Cranbrook, Sandwich and Staple, Kent.

Main residences: Cranbrook; Sandwich; Staple, Kent.

Author

H.M.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

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LINCH, Simon (by 1521-74)

Will

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Oxford 1644

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LEYBURN, Sir James (by 1490-1548), of Cunswick, Westmld.

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Family and Education

b. by 1490, 1st s. of Thomas Leyburn of Cunswick by Margaret, da. of Sir John Pennington of Muncaster, Cumb. m. (1) by 1516, Eleanor, da. of Sir Thomas Curwen of Workington, Cumb., 2s. 2da.; (2) Helen, da. of Thomas Preston of Preston Patrick, Westmld. 3da. suc. fa. 5 Aug. 1510. Kntd. by Apr. 1532.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s. i.p.m., E150/116/1. Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. x. 124; LP Hen. VIII, v.

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Escheator, Cumb. and Westmld. Feb. 1518–19, Feb. – Nov. 1522; j.p. Westmld. 1524, 1525, liberty of Furness Lancs. 1538, northern circuit 1540; dep. steward, Kendal, Westmld. by Apr. 1532; commr. for survey of monasteries, Lancs. 1536.LP Hen. VIII, iv, xiii, xv.

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LEYBURN, Sir James (by 1490-1548), of Cunswick, Westmld.

Main residence: Cunswick, Westmld.

Author

M.J.T.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

LEYBURN, Sir James (by 1490-1548)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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LEY, alias KEMPTHORN, William (by 1532-77 or later), of Cornw.

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b. by 1532, prob. s. of John Ley of Kempthorne in Clawton, Devon, prob. bro. of alias Kempthorn I" class="involume">John Ley alias Kempthorn I. m. Anne.Presumed to be of age at election. Vis. Cornw. ed. Vivian, 288; St.Ch.5/B5/9.

Offices Held

Commr. i.p.m. Cornw. 1570, Devon 1574.CPR, 1569–72, p. 33; 1572–5, p. 439.

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LEY, alias KEMPTHORN, William (by 1532-77 or later), of Cornw.

Main residence: Cornw.

KEMPTHORN

Author

J.J.G.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

LEY ALIAS KEMPTHORN, William (by 1532-at least 77)