Sir William TAILBOYS

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• FamilySearch ID: G9SG-291
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Sir William Tailboys (or Talboys), Knight, son of 1st unkown wife (received none of the inheritance of Alice Stafford), Lord Kyme, knighted 19 Feb 1460/1, b. c 1415, beheaded 26 May 1464; m. Elizabeth Bonville, d. 14 Feb 1490/1, daughter of Sir William, Lord Bonville, KG, d. 1461 and (1) wife Margaret Grey. [Ancestral Roots]

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BARONY OF KYME (VII) 1444

SIR WILLIAM TAILBOYS, of Kyme, co. Lincoln, de jure LORD KYME, son and heir, born circa 1415, being aged 28 at his father's death. He had licence, 8 January 1444, for an oratory within his dwelling in the diocese of Lincoln. He is called the "King's esquire" 7 June 1444, when Harbottle Castle was restored to him. From 1441 onwards he was a justice of the Peace in Lincolnshire and in Northumberland. He supported Croyland Abbey in a dispute with Thomas Dacre concerning Whaplode. Here, and later, in official records, up to 1460, he is called "esquire," but, apparently in consequence of having inherited the castle and estate of Kyme, he was generally known as the "Earl of Kyme." He gave a release, 2 April 1446, as Lord of Reddesdale and of Kyme. In 1448 he and his servants were charged with many outrages in Lincolnshire, and he was imprisoned in the Marshalsea, his pardon being procured by the Duke of Suffolk, whose adherent. he was. On 10 October 1449 he was appointed a Commissioner in an inquiry in co. Lincoln. Later he was accused of having made an attempt to murder Ralph, Lord Cromwell, in the Star Chamber at Westminster on 28 November 1449. On 18 February 1458/9 be was appointed a Commissioner of Array in Lincolnshire and on 19 February 1460/1 was knighted at the battle of St. Albans, where, as at Towton on 29 March following, he fought on the Lancastrian side. On 14 May 1461 the new King, Edward IV, ordered Kyme and other manors of William Tailboys, knight, to be taken into his hand, the said William being a rebel and adherent of the King's enemies of France and Scotland. On 26 June following he took part in a Lancastrian assembly in Durham and in August was with Queen Margaret in Scotland. On 4 November 1461 he was attainted, whereby all his honours became forfeited. He was Captain of Alnwick Castle for Henry VI when it was besieged in July 1462, and surrendered it on condition of life and property being spared. He fought on the Lancastrian side at the battle of Hexham, 15 May 1464, and, escaping after the defeat, was captured in a coal pit near Newcastle (or in Redesdale, according to one account) towards the end of the month, and beheaded.

He married Elizabeth, daughter of William, LORD BONVILLE. He died at Newcastle-on-Tyne, circa 26 May 1464, and was buried in the Grey Friars at Newcastle. His widow, who was allowed one-third of his lands in December 1464, died 14 February 1490/1. [Complete Peerage VII:359-61, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth BONVILLE. Elizabeth (daughter of Baron William BONVILLE, Of Chewton, Kg, Sir and Margaret De GREY) was born about 1420 in Shute, Axminster, Devonshire, England; died on 14 Feb 1490-1491. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sir Robert Tailboys (or Talboys), Knight, Lord Kyme, MP 1472, 1477-78, sheriff of Lincolnshire 1480, b. c 1451, d. 30 Jan 1494/5; m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Heron. There is no evidence that Elizabeth is daughter of Sir John Heron & his cousin Elizabeth Heron. [Ancestral Roots]

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BARONY OF KYME (VIII) 1472

SIR ROBERT TAILBOYS, of Kyme, son and heir, aged 40 at his mother's death in 1491. The attainder of his father was reversed in 1472, whereby his father's honours were restored to him, and he became dejure LORD KYME. M.P. for co. Lincoln, 1472 and January 1477/8. Sheriff of co. Lincoln, 1480. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John HERON. He died 30 January 1494/5, and was buried in Kyme Priory. Will as Sir Robert Tailboys, of Redesdale and Kyme, Knight, dated 6 April 1493 and testament 16 November 1494, proved 19 June 1495. [Complete Peerage VII:361, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth HERON. Elizabeth (daughter of John HERON, Of Ford, Sir Knight and Elizabeth HERON) was born about 1451 in Ford, Glendale, Northumberland, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Hugh TYLNEY, Of Skirbeck & Boston, Sir. Hugh (son of Philip TILNEY, Of Boston, Sir and Isabel De THORPE) was born about 1436 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England; died in Deceased in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Agnes TILNEY
• _UID: 11C25808A5DD41A2B34886E7AF3B1F313A30

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Agnes (died May 1545), daughter of Hugh Tilney and sister and heiress of Sir Philip Tilney, of Skirbeck and Boston, Lincs. [Burke's Peerage]

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Agnes, daughter of Hugh Tylney, buried 31 May 1545. [Magna Charta Sureties, Line 63-10]

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Agnes was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1541 (with her son Lord William Howard and Margaret his wife, and her daughter the Countess of Bridgewater), and attainted for misprision of treason in concealing the 'evil life' of her step-granddaughter, Katherine Howard, before her marriage to the King Henry VIII. "Agnes Howard, duches of Norff' of Lambeth" was buried testate at Thetford Abbey on 31 May 1545. [Plantagenet Ancestry, Faris]

Agnes married Thomas HOWARD, 2nd Duke Of Norfolk on 8 Nov 1497 in 2ND Wife. Thomas (son of John HOWARD, Kg, 1St Duke Of Norfolk and Catherine MOLEYNS) was born in 1443 in Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England; died on 21 May 1524 in Framingham Castle, Norfolk, England; was buried in Thetford Abbey, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]