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GUNTER, Richard (by 1503-53), of Oxford.

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b. by 1503. m. by 1528, Joan, wid. of one Reeve, 1s. 2da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Oxf. Univ. Arch. T/S cal. chancellor’s ct. reg. EEE, p. 62; PCC 8 Tashe.

Offices Held

Manciple, Gloucester Coll. Oxf. by 1524; chamberlain, Oxford 1525 – 26, bailiff 1529 – 30, alderman 1540 – d., mayor 1545 – 46, 1546 – 47; j.p. Oxford 1541; commr. gaol delivery 1545.Oxf. City Docs. (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xviii), 57; Oxf. Recs. 55, 65, 160, 178, 186; LP Hen. VIII, xvi., xx.

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GUNTER, Richard (by 1503-53), of Oxford.

Main residence: Oxford.

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T.F.T.B.

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Commons 1509-1558

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GUNTER, Richard (by 1503-53)

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Oxford 1644

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GUNTER, James (by 1519-58), of Abergavenny, Mon. and London.

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b. by 1519, yr. s. of Watkin Gunter of Porth-y-parc, Abergavenny by Gwenllian, da. of John Meurig Llwyd of Llangatwg, Mon. educ. G. Inn, adm. 1536. m. by 1544, Anne, da. of Richard Wescott of London, 1s. 1da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Bradney, Mon. ii. 160; Jones, Brec. iii. 46-47; CPR, 1555-7, p. 239; Augmentations (Univ. Wales Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. xiii), 135-6; London Rec. Soc. iii. 139-40.

Offices Held

Keeper of King’s woods, Almondsbury, Glos. by 1540; receiver, former rents of Tewkesbury abbey May 1543, commr. chantries, Mon. and northern and central Welsh counties 1546, relief, Mon. 1550; escheator, Mon. 1550 – 51; dep. surveyor, S. Wales in 1553.LP Hen. VIII, xvi, xviii, xxi; CPR, 1553, p. 360; Augmentations, 244, 476.

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GUNTER, James (by 1519-58), of Abergavenny, Mon. and London.

Main residences: Abergavenny, Mon.; London.

Author

P.S.E.

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Commons 1509-1558

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GUNTER, James (by 1519-58)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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GUILDFORD, Thomas (by 1535-75), of Hemsted, Kent.

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b. by 1535, 1st s. of (Sir) John Guildford by 1st w. educ. G. Inn, adm. 1547. m. by 1560, Elizabeth, da. of John Shelley of Michelgrove, Suss. 1s. 3da. suc. fa. 5 July 1565. Kntd. 12 Aug. 1573.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/141/15. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxiv), 76-77; Pylgrymage of Sir Richard Guylforde (Cam. Soc. li), ped.; PCC 25 Morrison; CPR, 1563-6, p. 526.

Offices Held

J.p. Kent by 1569–d.CPR, 1569–72, p. 225.

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GUILDFORD, Thomas (by 1535-75), of Hemsted, Kent.

Main residence: Hemsted, Kent.

Author

S.R.J.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

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GUILDFORD, Thomas (by 1535-75)

Will

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Oxford 1644

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GUILDFORD, John (by 1508-65), of Hemsted, Kent.

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Family and Education

b. by 1508, o.s. of George Guildford of Hemsted by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Robert Mortimer of Mortimer’s Hall, Essex. educ. G. Inn, adm. 1530. m. (1) by 1534, Barbara, da. of Thomas West, 8th Lord la Warr, 6s. inc. Thomas 6da.; (2) Mary, da. of Sir William Fitzwilliam of Milton, Northants., wid. of John Shelley of Michelgrove, Suss., 1s. suc. fa. ?by 1537. Kntd. 1542.Presumed to be of age at election. Pylgrymage of Sir Richard Guylforde, (Cam. Soc. li), ped.; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxiv), 44, 77; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 37; M. E. Finch, Five Northants. Fams. (Northants. Rec. Soc. xix), ped.; Wards 7/10/123; LP Hen. VIII, xii.

Offices Held

Bailiff, Winchelsea, farmer, Higham, Suss. 1534 – d.; j.p. Kent 1537 – ?38, sheriff 1552 – 53; commr. benevolence 1544/45, chantries 1546, relief, Kent and household of Anne of Cleves 1550, church goods, Kent 1553; other commissions 1539 – d.; chamberlain, household of Anne of Cleves 1546.VCH Suss. ix. 68, 71; LP Hen. VIII, xii, xiv, xv, xx, xxi; CPR, 1550–3, pp. 141, 355; 1553, pp. 355, 363, 414.

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GUILDFORD, John (by 1508-65), of Hemsted, Kent.

Main residence: Hemsted, Kent.

Author

H.M.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

GUILDFORD, John (by 1508-65)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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GUILDFORD, Sir Henry (1489-1532), of Leeds Castle, Kent and London.

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Family and Education

b. 1489, 3rd s. of Sir Richard Guildford, o.s. by 2nd w. Joan, da. of Sir William Vaux of Harrowden, Northants.; half-bro. of Sir Edward Guildford. m. (1) Apr. 1512, Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Bryan of Ashridge, Herts., s.p.; (2) by 1525, Mary, da. of Sir Robert Wotton of Boughton Malherbe, Kent, s.p. Kntd. 30 Mar. 1512, kt. banneret 1513, KG nom. 24 Apr., inst. 6 May 1526.Date of birth given in DNB. Pylgrymage of Sir Richard Guylforde, (Cam. Soc. li), ped.; Cat. Anct. Deeds, iii. 535; LP Hen. VIII, ii, iv.

Offices Held

Bailiff, manor of Sutton Coldfield, Warws. 1512; constable, Leeds castle 1512 – 31, jt. (with Sir Edward Guildford) 1531 – d.; esquire of the body by 1513, knight by 1515; royal standard bearer 1513 – d.; j.p. Kent 1514 – d.; commr. subsidy 1514, 1515, 1523, 1524; other commissions 1523 – d.; master of the horse 1515 – 22, of the henchmen in 1517; Councillor 1516 – d.; comptroller, the Household 1522 – d.; jt. chief steward of abp. of Canterbury’s castles and manors 1524 – d.; chamberlain, receipt of the Exchequer 1525–d.LP Hen. VIII, i-v, add.; EHR, lix. 189; HMC 9th Rep. pt. 1, 120; NRA 10665 (Kingsmill mss), 405; Statutes, iii. 112, 168.