Robert Keilway (''alias'' Kellway, Keylway, Kaylway, Kelloway, etc.) (in or before 1515–1581) of

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, was an

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politician and court official. He was the son of

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 – ...

of Salisbury and educated at

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and the

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Career

He was appointed Surveyor of the

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in 1546 and

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in 1549. He was elected a Member of Parliament for

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(1545 and 1547) and for

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in 1559. He was legal advisor to

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of England. and appointed serjeant-at-law in 1552.

Marriage and children

He married Cecily Bulstrode, a daughter of Edward Bulstrode of

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and widow of Sir

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of Wadley House in the parish of

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(now Oxfordshire). He was therefore the step-father of Sir Edward Unton. By his wife he had children, including: *

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 ...

( – 1620), wife of

John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton John Harington, 1st Baron Harington (1539/40 – 23 August 1613) of Exton Hall, Exton in Rutland, was an English courtier and politician. Family He was the eldest son and heir of James Harington (lawyer), Sir James Harington (c. 1511–1592) of ...

Death & monument

His magnificent monument with effigy, erected by his daughter and son-in-law, survives in Exton Church, inscribed as follows:
:"Here lies Robert Keylway a distinguished esquire among civilians (whilst he lived), renowned for talent, learning and virtue, who loved retirement, lived as a Christian and died in the Lord on the 21st of February in the year of our Salvation, 1580, and the 84th year of his age. He left Anne his sole heiress and only dearly loved daughter married to John Harrington of Exton, Knt, whom he had always affectionately loved as a son and friend, by which Anne the said John had during the life of the aforesaid Robert two children, a son, Kelwey, who died Dec. 2nd, 1570, 21 weeks old, and lies buried here with his grandfather, and also a daughter Lucy still surviving, and may God grant her a long life. To pay, therefore, a just tribute to so dear and affectionate a parent and to leave to posterity an evidence of their deep gratitude, the said John and Anne have raised this monument and dedicated to their father, Keylwey, and their son Keylwey (to their lasting memory if it so please God) and design it, if God will, as a sepulchre for themselves also". Memorial to Robert Keilway

References

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