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KIRK (KIRKEBY), Gilbert (by 1484-1546), of Exeter, Devon.

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b. by 1484. m. (1); (2), 2s. 1da.; (3) by 1532, Agnes, 1s. 2da., 1s. illegit.Date of birth estimated from admission as freeman. PCC 6 Alen; C142/74/29
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Bailiff, Exeter 1515 – 16, member of the Twenty-Four 26 Sept. 1524 – d., receiver 1528 – 29, mayor 1531 – 32, 1539–40.R. Izacke, Exeter (1681), 108, 115, 116, 120; LP Hen. VIII, xiii; Exeter act bk. 1, f. 105; 2, f. 75v.

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KIRK (KIRKEBY), Gilbert (by 1484-1546), of Exeter, Devon.
Main residence: Exeter, Devon.
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A.D.K.H.
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Commons 1509-1558
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KIRK (KIRKEBY), Gilbert (by 1484-1546)

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KINGSTON, Sir William (by 1476-1540), of the Blackfriars, London and Elmore and Painswick, Glos.

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b. by 1476. m. (1 or 2) by 1517, Anne, wid. of Sir John Guise (d.1501) of Elmore; (2 or 1) Elizabeth; (3) by 1534, Mary, da. of Richard Scrope, wid. of Edward Jerningham (d.1515) of Somerleyton, Suff.; 1s. Anthony 1 or 2da. Kntd. 1513. KG nom. 24 Apr., inst. 18 May 1539.Date of birth estimated from first reference. DNB; C142/83/274; E36/150, f. 21; Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. vi. 284-7; LP Hen. VIII, vii; D. Verey, Glos: the Cotswolds, 358; Mill Stephenson, Mon. Brasses, 157.
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Yeoman, the chamber 1497, gent. usher 1504; j.p. Glos. 1506 – d.; yeoman of the guard 1509; esquire of the body 1510; sheriff, Glos. 1514 – 15; jt. sewer and harbinger 1514; knight of the body 1519; carver l521; steward, duchy of Lancaster, Glos. and Herefs. 20 Mar. 1521 – d., chief steward, south parts of the duchy and Wales 29 Sept. 1525 – d.; constable, Thornbury castle. Glos. 29 Jan. 1522, the Tower 28 May 1524 – d.; capt, of the guard 1523; commr. subsidy, Glos. 1523, 1524, tenths of spiritualities 1535; Councillor by 1533; v.-chamberlain, the Household 1536 – 39, comptroller 12 Mar. 1539–d.CPR, 1494–1509, pp. 109, 354, 641; Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. vi. 285; LP Hen. VIII, i-xiv; G. R. Elton, Tudor Rev. in Govt. 339, 348; Somerville, Duchy, i. 430, 637.

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KINGSTON, Sir William (by 1476-1540), of the Blackfriars, London and Elmore and Painswick, Glos.
Main residences: the Blackfriars, London; Elmore; Painswick, Glos.
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L.M.K.
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Commons 1509-1558
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KINGSTON, Sir William (by 1476-1540)

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KINGSTON, Anthony (by 1512-56), of Cadleigh, Devon and Painswick, Glos.

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b. by 1512, o.s. of Sir William Kingston of London, and Elmore and Painswick, Glos. m. (1) by 18 Oct. 1524, Dorothy, da. of Robert Harpur; (2) Mary, da. of Sir John Gainsford of Crowhurst, Surr., wid. of Sir William Courtenay I (d. 23/24 Nov. 1535 of Powderham, Devon; 2s. illegit. Kntd. 2 May 1540; suc. fa. 14 Sept. 1540.Date of birth estimated from first shrievalty. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. vi. 292; xix. 312; Vis. Devon, ed. Vivian, 246; Wriothesley’s Chron. i. (Cam. Soc. n.s. xi), 117; LP Hen. VIII, iv.
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Steward of the King 1528; keeper, Sedbury park, Glos. 1528, New park, Thornbury, Glos. 1533, town and castle of St. Briavels, Glos. 1547; steward, castle and lordship of Berkeley, Glos. 1531-d., duchy of Lancaster, Glos. and Herefs. 5 Feb. 1541 – d., town and hundred of Tewkesbury, Glos. 1541 – d.; sheriff, Glos. 1533 – 34, 1550 – 51; sewer extraordinary by 1533; sergeant of the King’s hawks 5 Aug. 1536; j.p. Glos. 1537 – d.; esquire of the body by 1539; commr. musters, Glos. 1539, 1542, chantries 1546, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; custos rot. 1546; chief steward, former lands of Cirencester abbey owned by Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley, by 1547 – 49; member, council in the marches of Wales 1551; knight marshal 1555.LP Hen. VIII, ii, iv, vi-viii, xi, xii, xvi, xvii, xx, xxi; CPR, 1550–3, p. 394; 1553, pp. 351, 413; 1553–4, p. 19; Somerville, Duchy, i. 637; Strype, Eccles. Memorials, iii(1), 469; information from A.J.A. Malkiewicz; C60/35 m. 10; SC6 Edw. VI, 188, f. 4.

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KINGSTON, Anthony (by 1512-56), of Cadleigh, Devon and Painswick, Glos.
Main residences: Cadleigh, Devon; Painswick, Glos.
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A.D.K.H.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
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KINGSTON, Anthony (by 1512-56)

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KING, Matthew (by 1520-66 or later), of Malmesbury, Wilts.

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b. by 1520, prob. s. of William King of Bremhill. m. at least 1da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. G. D. Ramsay, Wilts. Woollen Industry in 16th and 17th Cent. 37-39.
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High collector of subsidy, Malmesbury and neighbouring hundreds in 1549; alderman, Malmesbury 1554–5.E179/198/255; C219/23/142.

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KING, Matthew (by 1520-66 or later), of Malmesbury, Wilts.
Main residence: Malmesbury, Wilts.
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T.F.T.B.
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Commons 1509-1558
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KING, Matthew (by 1520-at least 66)

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