Family and Education
b. June 1499, 1st s. of Sir Giles Alington by Mary, da. and h. of Richard Gardiner of London. m. (1) 1515, Ursula (d.1522), da. of Sir Robert Drury I of Hawstead, Suff., 1s. d.v.p. 1da., (2) 1524, Alice (d.1563), da. and coh. of John Middleton of London, wid. of Thomas Elrington (d.1523) of Willesden, Mdx., 4s. 6da., (3) c. June 1564, Margaret, da. of John Tolkarne of Cornw., wid. of Thomas Argall, s.p. suc. fa. 3 Apr. 1520. Kntd. 1530.Date of birth given at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/36/16. Vis. Cambs. (Harl. Soc. xli), 15-16; More Corresp. ed. Rogers, 249n; Mar. Lic. London, ed. Foster, c.16; Trans. Cambs. and Hunts. Arch. Soc. iii. 1 seq.; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 542; Camb. Antiq. Soc. Procs. xli. bet. pp. 50-51.
Offices Held
Commr. subsidy, Cambs. 1523, 1524, tenths of spiritualities, Cambridge and Cambs. 1535, benevolence, Cambs. 1544/45, musters 1546, relief, Cambs., Suff. and Cambridge 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Cambridge 1553, other commissions, Cambs. etc. 1530 – d.; j.p. Cambs. 1524 – 44, 1554, q. 1558/59; sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 1530 – 31, 1545 – 46, 1552–3.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Horseheath, Cambs.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
ALINGTON, Giles (1499-1586)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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