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STARKEY, Oliver (c.1523-83/86).

Family and Education
b. c. 1523, illegit. o.s. of Roger Starkey of London by Elizabeth of Antwerp. educ. Louvain; I. Temple.Date of birth estimated from evidence in lawsuit, C24/9, no. 31; 24/12. PCC 41 Pynnyng; information from K. J. Brookes.
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Member, order of St. John of Jerusalem, commander Quenington, Glos. 1558, lt. turcopolier Feb. 1560, Latin sec. to grand master bef. 1565–?8, titular bailiff of Eagle, Lincs. 1569.CPR, 1557–8, p. 313; H. P. Scicluna, Eng. Tongue 1523–67, p. 50; G. Bosio, Mil. di S. Giov. Gierosalemitano (2nd imp.) iii. 840b; E. J. King, Kts. of St. John, 116.

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STARKEY, Lawrence (by 1474-1532), of Lancaster, Lancs. and London.

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b. by 1474, prob. yr. s. of Geoffrey Starkey of Stretton, Cheshire by Joan, da. and coh. of Roger Darby of Chester, Cheshire and Liverpool, Lancs. m. (1) 1da. (2) c.1519, Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Butler of Bewsey, Lancs., wid. of (?John) Radcliffe (?of Radcliffe Tower, Lancs.) and George Atherton of Atherton, Lancs., 1da.; 1s. illegit.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Trans. Hist. Soc. Lancs. and Cheshire, lxxiii. 188, 192, 194-5.
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Mayor, Lancaster 1495, 1523; dep. or acting sheriff, Lancs. 1497–1523 and 1524–?d.; bailiff, serjeanty of Halton fee in 1501 – 02; receiver, duchy of Lancaster, Lancs. and Cheshire July 1509–23; commr. subsidy, Lancs. 1512, 1514, 1515; attorney-gen. for city of London in duchy of Lancaster 1515.Ibid. lxiii. 176; lxxiii. 190, 193; Somerville, Duchy, i. 462, 495, 513; Statutes, iii. 87, 118, 171; City of London RO, Guildhall, jnl. 11, f. 208v.

Main residences: Lancaster, Lancs.; London.
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STARKEY, John (by 1503-54), of Canterbury, Kent.

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b. by 1503, s. of Thomas Starkey of Canterbury. m. Agnes, 1s.Date of birth estimated from admission as freeman. Canterbury prob. reg. A13, f. 92; A29, f. 82.
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Common councilman, Canterbury by 1529, sheriff 1529 – 30, alderman by 1534, chamberlain 1534 – 37, mayor 1538 – 39; commr. relief 1550.Canterbury chamberlains’ accts. passim; CPR, 1553, p. 361.

Main residence: Canterbury, Kent.
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STAPLETON, William (c.1495-1544), of Wighill, Yorks. and London.

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b. c. 1495, 5th s. of Sir Brian Stapleton of Wighill by Jane, da. of Sir Lancelot Threlkeld of Threlkeld, Cumb. m. Margaret, at least 1s.Date of birth estimated from that of eldest brother Christopher (b.c.1485). Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ed. Clay, i. 170-1.
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Feodary, lands in Yorks. of Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland 1533.M. E. James, Change and Continuity in Tudor North (Borthwick Pprs. xxvii), 13 and n; R. B. Smith, Land and Politics, 141.

Main residences: Wighill, Yorks.; London.
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STAPLETON, William (c.1495-1544)

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STAPLETON, George (by 1519-61/68), of Barnstaple, Devon.

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b. by 1519. m. by 1547, Agnes, 3da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. N. Devon Athenaeum, Barnstaple, D. Drake ms ‘MPs Barnstaple’, 29.
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Mayor, Barnstaple 1556 – 57, 1560–1.CPR, 1555–7, p. 391; T. Wainwright, Barnstaple Recs. i. 222.

Main residence: Barnstaple, Devon.
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STAPLETON, George (by 1519-61/68)

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