Reynold Pympe (c. 1371–1426), of Nettlestead and Pympe's Court in

East Farleigh East Farleigh is a village and civil parish in the local government district of Maidstone, Kent, England. The village is located on the south side of the River Medway about two miles (3.2 km) upstream from the town of Maidstone. Heritage Th ...

, Kent, was an English politician. Pympe was the son and heir of Sir William Pympe, MP, who died in 1375, when Reynold was around four years old. Pympe was

High Sheriff of Kent The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff)."Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instru ...

for 1409–10 and was elected Member of Parliament for

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

in 1411 and 1422. His wife, whose first name was unrecorded, was the daughter of Sir Ralph Freningham of

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and West Barming, Kent. She was the sister of the MP,

John Freningham John Freningham (1345–1410) was an English politician and a member of Parliament for Kent. Life Freningham was born in East Farleigh, the eldest son and heir of Ralph Freningham, MP, and his wife Katherine. Circa 1365, he married Alice U ...

. They had two sons, the eldest of whom predeceased him, leaving a child. Pympe was succeeded by the young grandchild, who also died young, and so the Pympe's Court and Nettlestead estates passed to Pympe's younger brother John.

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* 1370s births 1426 deaths English MPs 1411 High sheriffs of Kent English MPs 1422 People from East Farleigh {{15thC-England-MP-stub