William Alington (died 19 October 1446),

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of both

Bottisham Bottisham is a village and civil parish in the East Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, about east of Cambridge, halfway to Newmarket. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,983, including Chittering, increasin ...

and Horseheath,

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, was

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of the House of Commons of England, Treasurer of the

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, Treasurer of Normandy and

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Biography

William Alington is said to have been the son of William Alington and Denise Malet. He married Joan (d.1446), said to have been the daughter of William Burgh and the widow of one Barnes. Alington was appointed

in 1414 and 1423. He was elected to Parliament in 1410, 1416 and 1429 as Knight of the Shire for

and elected Speaker of the House in 1429. He was Privy Councillor to Henry IV and

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. He was very close to Henry V's younger brother Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence, who was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1404-13. Alington accompanied him to Ireland and served as Lord Treasurer of Ireland. Later he served in Normandy and held several high offices, including Treasurer and Receiver-General.

Family

Alington's two sons, William (d. 5 July 1459), of Horseheath, and Robert, of Bottisham, both married daughters of the famous Sir John Argentyne of

Great Wymondley Great Wymondley is a village and former civil parish situated near Hitchin, now in the parish of Wymondley,Hertfordshire, by his wife Margaret Calthorpe (1380–1427). By this marriage William Alington the younger acquired the manor of Wymondley, which was held in

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by the service of presenting the first cup at the

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of Kings of England, which service was performed by the Lords of that Manor into the 20th century.

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