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Sir William Killigrew (died 1622) of
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, Middlesex, was a courtier to Queen
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and to her successor King
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, whom he served as
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. He served as a member of parliament at various times between 1571 and 1614 and was Chamberlain of the Exchequer between 1605 and 1608. Several of his descendants were also royal courtiers and many were buried in
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Origins

Killigrew was the fifth son of John III Killigrew (died 1567) of
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, Cornwall, the first
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, situated on land within the Arwenack estate, appointed by King Henry VIII. His mother was Elizabeth Trewinnard, 2nd daughter of James Trewennard of Trewennard, in the parish of St Erth, Cornwall. The
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of John III Killigrew survives in St Budock's Church, near Arwenack.


Career


Under Queen Elizabeth I

In 1571 he was elected Member of Parliament for
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in Lincolnshire and in 1572 he was elected MP for
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in Cornwall. He became feodary and
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for the
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and Constable of
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in 1576 by which year he was Groom of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I. In 1578 he was
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of the profits from seals in the Court of Queen's Bench and the Court of Common Pleas. He was commissioner for musters for Cornwall by 1582 and was a
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for Cornwall from 1583 to 1587. In 1584 he was elected MP for the Killigrew
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of Penryn. He was receiver for Devon and Cornwall by 1588 and was commissioner for goods from Madre de Dios in 1592. In 1593 he was elected MP for
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in Cornwall. He was commissioner acting treasurer of the chamber in 1595 and commissioner for goods from Cadiz in 1596. In 1597 he was elected MP for the prestigious county seat,
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.


Under King James I

He was knighted in 1603 on the succession of King James I. In 1604 he became MP for
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. From 1605 to 1608 he was Chamberlain of the Exchequer. In 1614 he was elected MP for Penryn again. History of Parliament Online – William Killigrew
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Marriage and progeny

At some time about 1576 Killigrew married Margaret Saunders, daughter of Thomas Saunders of Uxbridge, Middlesex, and widow of Robert Woolman and of John Leigh. By his wife he had the following progeny: *Sir
Robert Killigrew Sir Robert Killigrew (1580–1633) was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1629. He served as Ambassador to the United Provinces. Life Killgrew was born at Lothbury, London, th ...
(1580–1633) of Hanworth, Middlesex, MP and Vice-Chamberlain to Queen
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. *Elizabeth Killigrew, eldest daughter, wife of Sir Maurice Berkeley (c. 1577–1617), MP, of
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, Somerset. *Catherine Killigrew (born 1579), wife of Sir Thomas Jermyn (died 1645) of Suffolk, MP, and mother of Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of Saint Albans, KG, (1605–1684). Her portrait by
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(1561–1636) survives in the collection of the
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, Connecticut, USA.


Landholdings

In 1594 he obtained an 80-year lease of the two adjoining royal manors of Kempton and
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in
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. In 1631 his son Sir Robert Killigrew (1580–1633) secured the reversion and in 1651 the latter's son Sir William Killigrew (1606–1695), "of Kempton Park", conveyed Kempton to John Warburton.
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, Volume 3, 1962, ''Middlesex; Sunbury: Manors

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Death and burial

Killigrew died in 1622 and was buried in St. Margaret's Church, Lothbury, in the
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, near his brother Henry Killigrew.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Killigrew, William Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall Year of birth missing 1622 deaths English MPs 1571 English MPs 1572–1583 English MPs 1584–1585 English MPs 1593 English MPs 1597–1598 English MPs 1604–1611 English MPs 1614 English knights Knights Bachelor