KENT, William (d.1632), of Dinton, Wilts.; later of Durrington and Boscombe House, East Boscombe, Wilts.

Family and Education

1st s. of Thomas Kent of Dinton and Elizabeth. m. by 1604, 1s. suc. fa. 1607. d. 21 Dec. 1632.Wilts. N and Q, vii. 230; Wilts. RO, archdeacon of Sarum wills. sig. William Kent.

Offices Held

Burgess, Devizes, Mar. 1614, member of the Twelve, Sept. 1614–d.; Wilts. RO, G20/1/16, ff. 272, 275; G20/1/17, f. 95. estate commr. Wilts. for William Herbert, 3rd earl of Pembroke by 1616 – 30, for Philip Herbert*, 4th earl of Pembroke 1630 – d.; steward, Wylye manor, Wilts. by Sept. 1632–d. Surveys of the Manors of Philip, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery 1631–2 ed. E. Kerridge (Wilts. Rec. Soc. ix), 1, 84–5, 138; CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 463.

Parlimentarian

KENT, William (d.1632), of Dinton, Wilts.; later of Durrington and Boscombe House, East Boscombe, Wilts.

Main residences: Dinton, Wilts.; Durrington; Boscombe House, East Boscombe, Wilts.

Author

H.J.L.

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

KENT, William (-d.1632)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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