KYRIEL, Sir Thomas (1395-1461), of Westenhanger and Sarrecourt in the Isle of Thanet, Kent.

Family and Education

b. 15 Sept. 1395, CIPM, xx. 28. s. of William Kyriel (1379-1413) of Eynsford, Kent. m. c. June 1437, Cecily (c.1404-Apr. 1472), 1st da. and event. coh. of John Stourton I*, wid. of John Hill I*, 2da.(1 d.v.p.); ?2s. illegit. Ibid.; Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, vi. 254-61; PCC 3 Wattys (PROB11/6, ff. 68-69). Kntd. bef. 1417; banneret by May 1443; E101/51/2; 54/5. KG c. Sept. 1460. Following Reg. Order of the Garter ed. Anstis, i. 166-8 the election is traditionally dated 8 Feb. 1461. However, the titles by which several candidates were nominated, as well as the presence of Leo, Lord Welles, who had joined Queen Margaret’s forces by this date, suggests that the chapter predated the battle of Wakefield and was held in the autumn of 1460: Orders of Knighthood ed. Nicolas, i. 87-88; J.D. Milner, ‘Order of the Garter’ (Manchester Univ. MA thesis, 1972), 70.

Offices Held

Attestor parlty. elections, Kent 1437, 1447.

J.p. Kent 20 July 1424 – Mar. 1432, 10 May 1458 – d.

Commr. to take musters, Kent Aug. 1426, June 1428, Apr. 1430, Dec. 1459, May 1460; arrest ships and mariners Dec. 1436; of inquiry July 1439 (concealments), Oct. 1439 (enforcement of statutes regarding regrating and forestalling), Kent, Suss. July 1456 (treasons), Kent July 1458 (piracy); array Mar. 1443, Aug. 1456, Aug., Sept. 1457, Jan., Sept. 1458, Feb., Dec. 1459, Jan. 1460; to assess subsidy Aug. 1450; E179/124/218. set watches May 1457; of oyer and terminer Nov. 1457, Kent, Essex, Suff. Sept. 1458; to assign archers, Kent Dec. 1457; seize the earl of Warwick’s ships in Sandwich Dec. 1459; of arrest, Beds., Bucks., Cambs., Derbys., Herts., Hunts., Leics., Lincs., Notts., Staffs., Warws. Jan. 1461.

Capt. of Beauvoisis, Normandy 1431–?, Gisors by 16 Mar. 1432-aft. May 1434, Gournay and Gerberoy by 14 Dec. 1432 – aft.Sept. 1438, Neufchâtel-en-Bray Mich. 1433–4, Le Crotoy 18 Aug.-aft. 13 Nov. 1436. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, fr 25775/1368; 26055/1769; Actes de la Chancellerie d’Henri VI ed. le Cacheux, ii. 224; Letters and Pprs. Illust. Wars of English, ed. Stevenson, ii (2), 544; E403/729, m. 2; E28/58/37.

Lt. of Calais 13 Dec. 1439 – 18 Dec. 1441; lt. of Humphrey Stafford, earl of Stafford, capt. of Calais 18 Dec. 1441–29 Aug. 1442. DKR, xlviii. 331, 352, 354; PPC, v. 205, 208–9.

Ambassador to treat with Flanders Feb. 1440, for a truce with France and Burgundy Apr. 1440, a confirmation of the truce with the duchess of Burgundy July 1440, a truce with France Nov. 1440, Apr. 1441. J. Ferguson, Eng. Diplomacy, 181, 190.

Dep. warden of the Cinque Ports and constable of Dover castle c.1457–d. E372/303–7 sub Kantia.

Parlimentarian

KYRIEL, Sir Thomas (1395-1461), of Westenhanger and Sarrecourt in the Isle of Thanet, Kent.

Main residences: Westenhanger; Sarrecourt in the Isle of Thanet, Kent.

Author

D.I.G.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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