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KNIGHT, Roger (d.1474), of Lincoln and Walesby, Lincs.

Family and Education
s. and h. of Thomas Knight (d.1423) of Langford, Notts., and Lincoln by his w. Alice. Lincoln Rec. Soc. i. 54. Both Thomas and Alice were buried in the church of St. Mark, Lincoln. educ. Cambridge Univ. C67/38, m. 1. m. at least 1s. Dist. 1439, 1458.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Lincoln 1422, 1423, 1425, 1426, 1427, 1432, 1435, Lincs. 1442, 1447, Lincoln 1459.

Mayor, Lincoln Sept. 1426–7. Assoc. Archit. Socs. Reps. and Pprs. xxxix. 234; CFR, xv. 169.

Commr. of gaol delivery, Lincoln July 1427; C66/421, m. 17d; JUST3/203, rot. 9. to assess subsidy Jan. 1436; assign archers Dec. 1457.

Mayor of the Boston staple Apr. 1432–15 June 1434. C267/4/30, 31; C67/25.

Envoy to treat for a truce with the duke of Burgundy and the Flemish towns Feb. 1435. Rot. Gasc. et Franc. ed. Carte, ii. 283.

Main residences: Lincoln; Walesby, Lincs.
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KIRTON, William II (d.1464), of Southwark, Surr. and London.

Family and Education
s. of William Kirton I*. m. (1) –; (2) – ; (3) Agnes; 1s. John†, 1da. PCC 15 Godyn (PROB11/5, f. 119).
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Surr. 1449 (Feb.), 1460.

Commr. of sewers, river Thames Sept. 1443, Oct. 1452, June 1453; arrest, London Oct. 1451; to treat for loans, Surr. May 1455. PPC, vi. 239.

Bp. of London’s bailiff, Surr. and Suss. by Mich. 1450-bef. Easter 1455, London and Mdx. by Mich. 1452-aft. Mich. 1454. E368/223, rot. 3d; 225, rot. 3; 227, rots. 3, 9d.

Coroner, Surr. aft. July 1461 – d.

Main residences: Southwark, Surr.; London.
Kirketon, Kyrketon, Kyrton
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KIRKTON, Robert (d.1445), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

Family and Education
m. Margaret (d.1455). Borthwick Inst., Univ. of York, York registry wills, prob. reg. 2, ff. 330v-331.
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Bailiff, Kingston-upon-Hull Mich. 1420–1; auditor of the chamberlains’ accts. 1427–8; Hull Hist. Centre, Kingston-upon-Hull recs., chamberlains’ acct. 1427–8, BRF 2/350. mayor 1435 – 36.

Main residence: Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.
Kirketon, Kyrkton
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KIRKHAM, Thomas (d.1437), of York.

Family and Education
poss. s. of John Kirkham of Beverley, Yorks. m. (1) bef. 1415, Joan; (2) Margaret (d.1443), wid. of William Spencer (d.1400) of York; 2s. 3da. J. Kermode, ‘Merchants of York, Hull and Beverley’ (Sheffield Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1990), app. 4; Borthwick Inst., Univ. of York, York registry wills, prob. reg. 3, ff. 36, 60-61, 485v-486v; Reg. Guild Corpus Christi, York (Surtees Soc. lvii), 18; CP40/717, rot. 197d.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, York 1421 (May), 1421 (Dec.), 1432.

Jt. master of Ouse Bridge 2 Feb. 1411–12. York Bridgemasters’ Accts. ed. Stell (York Arch. Trust, 2003), 468.

Tax collector, York Nov. 1419.

Chamberlain, York 3 Feb. 1421–2; sheriff Mich. 1422–3; member of the council of 24 by 6 Oct. 1425 – bef.Sept. 1433; of the council of 12 by 12 Sept. 1433 – d.; mayor 3 Feb. 1435–6. York Memoranda Bk. iii (Surtees Soc. clxxxvi), 80, 158; York City Chamberlains’ Acct. Rolls, 1396–1500 (ibid. cxcii), 209–10.

Commr. of gaol delivery, York Nov. 1435. C66/438, m. 17d.

Main residence: York.
Kyrkeham, Kyrkham
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KIRKBY, John II, of Reading, Berks.

Family and Education
m. by 1424-5, Anne. Cal. P. and M. London, 1437-57, pp. 113-14.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Reading 1432, 1435, 1442.

Mayor, Reading Mich. 1427–8, 1429–30, C. Coates, Hist. Reading, app. xiv. 1431 – 32, 1433–4. Reading Recs. ed. Guilden, i. 1, 3; Berks. RO, Reading recs., deeds R/AT 1/120, 122; WARD2/60/238/2.

Tax collector, Berks. Apr. 1440.

Main residence: Reading, Berks.
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KIRKBY, John I (d.1443), of Bishop’s Hatfield, Herts.

Family and Education
m. (1) by July 1429, Elizabeth; (2) by June 1435, Joan (d. by Oct. 1443), 1da. Dist. 1430.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Herts. 1419, 1422, 1423, 1426, 1433, 1437.

Marshal of the Exchequer by appointment of John, earl of Nottingham, marshal of England 24 Nov. 1413 – 12 Nov. 1431.

Prob. dep. steward of the duchy of Lancaster manor of Soham, Cambs. by 29 Nov. 1420.

J.p.q. Herts. 12 Feb. 1422 – Mar. 1437.

Escheator, Essex and Herts. 20 May 1422 – 13 Nov. 1423, 12 Feb. – 5 Nov. 1430, 23 Nov. 1437 – 6 Nov. 1438.

Capt. of Lisieux 13 Aug. 1422.

Commr. Herts., Essex, Mdx. Apr. 1431 – Oct. 1436; of gaol delivery, Hertford May, July 1423, Feb. 1427, Feb. 1431 (q.), Dec. 1438, Berkhampstead May 1424, Royston July 1435, Hertford castle July 1438; C66/410, mm. 27d, 35d; 414, m. 26d; 420, m. 15d; 429, m. 21d; 437, m. 8d; 442, m. 21d; 443, m. 27d. to take assize of novel disseisin, Herts. June 1424, June 1432. C66/412, m. 16d; 431, m. 10d.

Main residence: Bishop’s Hatfield, Herts.
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