Family and Education
b. c.1416, 2nd s. and h. of Walter Tailboys*. The following account differs in some matters of fact and interpretation from that given in R. Virgoe, ‘William Tailboys’, Bull. John Rylands Lib. lv. 459-82. m. bef. 31 Jan. 1438, Elizabeth (d. 14 Feb. 1491), da. of Sir William Bonville* (cr. Lord Bonville 1449), by his 1st w., at least 2s. Robert† and William†. Kntd. St. Albans 17 Feb. 1461. W.A. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 13.
Offices Held
J.p. Holland 20 Nov. 1441 – July 1452, Lindsey 4 June 1444 – Dec. 1453, Northumb. 26 Oct. 1444 – Dec. 1455, Kesteven 3 Apr. 1446 – Nov. 1458.
Commr. to distribute allowance on tax, Lincs. June 1445, July 1446; of inquiry Oct. 1449 (piracy of Sir John Neville); array, Holland Feb. 1459.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: South Kyme, Lincs.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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