Alexander Unton (died 1547) was an English landowner.
He was the son of Thomas Unton and Elizabeth Hyde. Thomas Unton was knighted at the
coronation of Anne Boleyn.
His home was
Wadley House at
Faringdon
Faringdon is a historic market town in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, south-west of Oxford, north-west of Wantage and east-north-east of Swindon. Its views extend to the River Thames in the north and the highest ground visib ...
, formerly in
Berkshire
Berkshire ( ; abbreviated ), officially the Royal County of Berkshire, is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Oxfordshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the north-east, Greater London ...
, and now
Oxfordshire
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. The Untons also held
Minster Lovell Hall
Minster Lovell Hall is a ruin in Minster Lovell, an English village in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. The ruins are situated by the River Windrush.
History
Minster Lovell Hall was built by William Lovell around 1440. As Minster Lovell was one of ...
from the king.
His first wife was Mary Bourchier, a daughter of
John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners
John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (1467 – 19 March 1533) was an English soldier, statesman and translator.
Family
John Bourchier, born about 1467, was the only son of Humphrey Bourchier (d. 1471 at the Battle of Barnet) and Elizabeth Tiln ...
. In 1533 he married Cecily Bulstrode, daughter of Edward Bulstrode of
Hedgerley
Hedgerley is a village and civil parish in South Bucks district in Buckinghamshire, England. The parish is centred south-east of Beaconsfield and south-west of Gerrards Cross. The parish has incorporated the formerly separate parish of Hedge ...
in
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire (, abbreviated ''Bucks'') is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-east, Hertfordshir ...
.
Their children included:
*
Edward Unton (1534–1582), who married
Anne Seymour, Countess of Warwick
* Henry Unton
* Thomas Unton
* Elizabeth Unton (died 1611), who married John Croke of
Chilton
Alexander Unton was made a
Knight of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I of Great Britain, George I on 18 May 1725. Recipients of the Order are usually senior British Armed Forces, military officers or senior Civil Service ...
at the
coronation
A coronation ceremony marks the formal investiture of a monarch with regal power using a crown. In addition to the crowning, this ceremony may include the presentation of other items of regalia, and other rituals such as the taking of special v ...
of
Edward VI
Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and King of Ireland, Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. The only surviving son of Henry VIII by his thi ...
on 20 February 1547. He died on 16 December 1547.
After his death, his widow Cecily married
Robert Keilway
Robert Keilway (''alias'' Kellway, Keylway, Kaylway, Kelloway, etc.) (in or before 1515–1581) of Minster Lovell Hall in Oxfordshire, was an English people, English politician and court official.
He was the son of Robert Keilway (by 1483 – ...
, and was the mother of
Anne Keilway
Anne Keilway, Lady Harington (died 1620) was an English courtier.
Career
She was a daughter of Robert Keilway or "Kelway" of Minster Lovell and Cecily Bulstrode, a daughter of Edward Bulstrode of Hedgerley in Buckinghamshire and widow of Al ...
.
[Rayne Allinson, 'Anne Keilwey Harington', Carole Levin, Anna Riehl Bertolet, Jo Eldridge Carney, eds, ''A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen'' (Routledge, 2017), p. 67.]
References
External links
Monumental brass to Alexander Unton at Faringdon
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16th-century English people
People from Faringdon
1547 deaths
Year of birth missing