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English politician and court official From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Keilway (alias Kellway, Keylway, Kaylway, Kelloway, etc.) (1497–1581) of Minster Lovell Hall in Oxfordshire, was an English politician and court official.[2]
He was the son of Robert Keilway of Salisbury and educated at Oxford University and the Inner Temple.[3]
He was appointed Surveyor of the Court of Wards and Liveries in 1546 and Custos Rotulorum of Berkshire in 1549. He was elected a Member of Parliament for Bristol (1545 and 1547) and for Steyning in 1559.[2] He was legal advisor to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector of England.[4] and appointed serjeant-at-law in 1552.[3]
He married Cecily Bulstrode, a daughter of Edward Bulstrode of Hedgerley in Buckinghamshire and widow of Sir Alexander Unton of Wadley House in the parish of Faringdon, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).[4] He was therefore the step-father of Sir Edward Unton.[4] By his wife he had children, including:
His magnificent monument with effigy, erected by his daughter and son-in-law, survives in Exton Church,[1] inscribed as follows:
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