Family and Education
b. by 1534, s. of Sir William Kempe of Wye, Kent, and bro. of Anthony and Sir Thomas. m. Eleanor, da. and coh. of Henry Carew, at least 1da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. F. Hitchin-Kemp, Kemp and Kempe Fams. sec. i. 17, 25-28; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 62-63; Arch. Cant. ii. 108; Mill Stephenson, Mon. Brasses, 344.
Offices Held
Servant, household of Stephen Gardiner by 1555; mace-bearer to Chancellor Heath by 1557; jt. (with (Sir) Ralph Sadler ) clerk of the hanaper 19 Aug. 1557 – ?64; jt. (with Sadler) prothonotary, Chancery 7 Nov. 1573.
Main residences: London; Yedding, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
KEMPE, Francis (by 1534-at least 97)
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Oxford 1644
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