Sir William TYRWHITT b. Abt 1456 Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England d. 1522 Lincolnshire, England: Our Family History

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Name	William TYRWHITT [1]
Prefix	Sir
Birth	Abt 1456	Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England [1]
Gender	Male
Occupation	1481	Lincolnshire, England [2]
	High Sheriff
Knighted	16 Jun 1487	Nottinghamshire, England [2]
	For his distinguished valour at the battle of Stoke near Newark, Nottinghamshire
Occupation	1491	Lincolnshire, England [2]
	Member of Parliament
Knight banneret	17 Jun 1497 [2]
	For conduct similar to 10 years earlier (1487) at the field of Blackheath, Kent, against the 'Commons of Cornwall'
Name	William Tirwitt [2]
_FSFTID	M2LP-J5M
_FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M2LP-J5M
_UID	62C77EB4F9814105B2DA054AC4AB4DA45624
Death	1522	Lincolnshire, England [1]
Burial	1522	Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England [1]
Person ID	I594779886	Carney Wehofer July 2025
Last Modified	30 Jun 2025

Father	Sir Robert TYRWHITT, Knt., b. 1433, Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England d. Abt 23 Apr 1458, Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England (Age 25 years)
Mother	Jane WATERTON, b. Abt 1435, of Walton & Cawthorne, Yorkshire, England d. 29 Mar 1461, England (Age ~ 26 years)
Family ID	F536733072	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Anne CONSTABLE, b. Abt 1455, Yorkshire, England d. 1497, Flamborough, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 42 years)

Marriage Bef 1476 [1]

Children

	1. Agnes TYRWHITT, b. 1479, Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England d. 1535, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England (Age 56 years)
	2. Anne TYRWHITT, b. 1480, Kettlethorpe, Lincolnshire, England d. 4 Jul 1548, Lincolnshire, England (Age 68 years)
	3. Sir Robert TYRWHITT, b. Abt 1482, Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England d. 4 Jul 1548, Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England (Age ~ 66 years)
	4. Sir Philip TYRWHIT, b. 1483, Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England d. 1532 (Age 49 years)
	5. Edward TYRWHIT, b. Abt 1485, Of, Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
	6. Thomas TYRWHIT, b. Abt 1487, Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Elizabeth TYRWHIT, b. 1488, Kettleby House, Wrawby, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England, d. Bef 1512, Kettleby House, Wrawby, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England, (Age 23 years)
	8. Humphrey TYRWHIT, b. Abt 1489, Of, Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
	9. John TYRWHIT, b. Abt 1494, Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
	10. Katherine TYRWHITT, b. Abt 1495, Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F536732258 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 7 Nov 2024

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Notes

Biography

Sir William Tyrwhitt, Sheriff of Lincolnshire was born circa 1456 at Kettleby, Bigby, Durnham, Ernington, & Wrawby, Lincolnshire, England.[1][2][3]
Marriage & Children

He married Anne Constable, daughter of Sir Robert Constable, Sheriff of Yorkshire & Lincolnshire, Mayor of York, Justice of the Peace for East Riding Yorkshire and Agnes Wentworth, circa 1478. They had 2 sons & 2 daughters:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Sir Robert
John
Agnes/Anne, wife of Thomas, Lord Burgh of Gainsborough
Elizabeth, wife of Sir William Skipwith

Death

Sir William Tyrwhitt, Sheriff of Lincolnshire died on 9 April 1522 at Dawthorpe, Yorkshire, England; Buried in Lincoln Cathedral.[2][3]

Sources

? 1.0 1.1 The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 423.
? 2.0 2.1 2.2 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 243.
? 3.0 3.1 3.2 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 223-224.
? Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 733.
? Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 528.
? Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 285.
? A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland, by John Burke, Esq. and John Bernard Burke, Esq., p. 125.

Foster, Joseph. Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire. 1874. Vol 3. Pg. 96. Archive.org. [1]
Dugdale, William, Sir. Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions. 1899. Vol 2. Pg. 289. Archive.org. [2]
Flower, William. The visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564. 1881. Vol 16, 18. Pg. 65. Archive.org. [3]
Glover, Robert. The visitation of Yorkshire, made in the years 1584/5. 1875. Pg. 178, 197 and 415. Archive.org. [4] [5] [6]
Burke, John. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. 1835-38. Vol 1. Pg. 584-5. Archive.org. [7]
Cook, Robert. The visitation of the county of Lincoln in 1562-4. 1881. Pg. 18 and 69. Archive.org. [8] [9]
Madden, Frederic. Collectanea Topographica Et Genealogica. 1834. Pg. 304. Archive.org. [10]
Collins, Arthur. The English Baronetage. 1741. Vol 1. Pg. 179. Archive.org. [11]
Cokayne, George Edward. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1910. Vol 2. Pg. 423. Archive.org. [12]
Cole, Robert Eden George. History of the manor and township of Doddington. 1897. Pg. 50-1. Archive.org. [13]
Tyrwhitt, Robert Philip. Notices and Remains of the Family of Tyrwhitt. 1862. Pg. 14-6. Google Books. [14]

See Also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tyrwhitt_(MP,_died_1522)
William Tyrwhitt entry in History of Parliament Online
The visitation of the county of Lincoln in 1562-4: Page 115: Skipwith
Marlyn Lewis

Sources

[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 7 Nov 2024), entry for Anne Constable, person ID GZBG-BQD. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 24 Nov 2024), entry for William Tyrwhitt, person ID M2LP-J5M. (Reliability: 3).