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Personal data Sir William Tailboys , 7th Baron Kyme [[Ch-Wikibio]] sss 

• He was born about 1415 in Kyme, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England.Sources 1, 2, 3
• He died on May 26, 1464 in Newcastle, Northumberland, England (beheaded).Sources 1, 2, 3
• He is buried in Grey Friars, Newcastle, Northumberland, England.
• A child of Walter Tailboys and Unknown First Wife
• This information was last updated on April 5, 2023.

Household of Sir William Tailboys , 7th Baron Kyme [[Ch-Wikibio]] sss

He had a relationship with Elizabeth Bonville.

Child(ren):

1. Robert Tailboys  ± 1451-???? 

Notes about Sir William Tailboys , 7th Baron Kyme [[Ch-Wikibio]] sss

Sir William Tailboys (or Talboys), Knight, son of 1st unkown wife(received none of the inheritance of Alice Stafford), Lord Kyme, knighted19 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 andheir, born circa 1415, being aged 28 at his father's death. He hadlicence, 8 January 1444, for an oratory within his dwelling in thediocese of Lincoln. He is called the "King's esquire" 7 June 1444, whenHarbottle Castle was restored to him. From 1441 onwards he was a justiceof the Peace in Lincolnshire and in Northumberland. He supported CroylandAbbey in a dispute with Thomas Dacre concerning Whaplode. Here, andlater, in official records, up to 1460, he is called "esquire," but,apparently in consequence of having inherited the castle and estate ofKyme, he was generally known as the "Earl of Kyme." He gave a release, 2April 1446, as Lord of Reddesdale and of Kyme. In 1448 he and hisservants were charged with many outrages in Lincolnshire, and he wasimprisoned in the Marshalsea, his pardon being procured by the Duke ofSuffolk, whose adherent. he was. On 10 October 1449 he was appointed aCommissioner in an inquiry in co. Lincoln. Later he was accused of havingmade an attempt to murder Ralph, Lord Cromwell, in the Star Chamber atWestminster on 28 November 1449. On 18 February 1458/9 be was appointed aCommissioner of Array in Lincolnshire and on 19 February 1460/1 wasknighted at the battle of St. Albans, where, as at Towton on 29 Marchfollowing, he fought on the Lancastrian side. On 14 May 1461 the newKing, Edward IV, ordered Kyme and other manors of William Tailboys,knight, to be taken into his hand, the said William being a rebel andadherent of the King's enemies of France and Scotland. On 26 Junefollowing he took part in a Lancastrian assembly in Durham and in Augustwas with Queen Margaret in Scotland. On 4 November 1461 he was attainted,whereby all his honours became forfeited. He was Captain of AlnwickCastle for Henry VI when it was besieged in July 1462, and surrendered iton condition of life and property being spared. He fought on theLancastrian side at the battle of Hexham, 15 May 1464, and, escapingafter the defeat, was captured in a coal pit near Newcastle (or inRedesdale, according to one account) towards the end of the month, andbeheaded.

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

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