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

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, 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

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for 1409–10 and was elected

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for

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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 Barming is a civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. It lies to the west of Maidstone and at the 2011 census had a population of 2,690. The eastern end of the parish is part of the built-up area of Maidstone, although the remai ...

, Kent. She was the sister of the MP, John Freningham. 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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* 1371 births 1426 deaths English MPs 1411 High Sheriffs of Kent English MPs 1422 People from East Farleigh {{15thC-England-MP-stub