KILLIGREW, Henry (1525/30-1603), of Lothbury, London; Hendon, Mdx.; Arwennack and Truro, Cornw.

Family and Education

b. 1525 /30, 4th s. of John Killigrew of Arwennack, by Elizabeth, da. of James Trewynnard of St. Erth, Cornw.; bro. of John and William. educ. ?Camb. m. (1) 4 Nov. 1565, Catherine (d.1583), da. of Sir Anthony Cooke of Gidea Hall, Essex, 4da.; (2) 7 Nov. 1590, Jáel de Peigne, 3s. 1da. Kntd. 20 Nov. 1591.Date of birth follows A. C. Miller, Sir Henry Killigrew, on which this biography largely rests. Vis. Cornw. ed. Vivian, 268; N. and Q. (ser. 2), xi. 17.

Offices Held

Servant, household of John Dudley, Viscount Lisle and later Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland, by 1545 – 53; havener, duchy of Cornw. Apr. 1552 – July 1554; bailiff, manor of Helston May 1552; envoy to Germany Dec. 1558 – Feb. 1559, France Feb. – Mar. 1559, May 1559 – Apr. 1560, Scotland Apr. – May 1560, France 1562 – 63, Germany 1569, France 1571 – 72, Scotland 1572 – 73, 1574, 1575; teller of Exchequer 1561 – 99; receiver of piracy fines c. 1577; surveyor of the armoury 1580; j.p.q. Cornw. 1579 – 87; member, council of state in the Netherlands 1585 – 86, 1587 – 89; treasurer of the Ordnance c.1587.Duchy Cornw. RO, doq., bk. 199; E315/224/221; CPR, 1553–4, p. 313; 1560–3, p. 127; APC, xi. 38–39, 46, 81, 174; xii. 81; CSP For. 1585–6, p. 146 passim; HMC Hatfield, i. 406, ii. 23, 126, 359; C. Read, Cecil, 249.

Parlimentarian

KILLIGREW, Henry (1525/30-1603), of Lothbury, London; Hendon, Mdx.; Arwennack and Truro, Cornw.

Main residences: Lothbury, London and Hendon, Mdx. and and Arwennack and Truro, Cornw.

Author

A.D.K.H.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

KILLIGREW, Henry (1525/30-1603)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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