Sir William Tyrwhitt (by 1458 – 10 April 1522), of Kettleby, Lincolnshire was an English courtier and Member of Parliament. He was born the eldest son of Sir Robert Tyrwhitt of Kettleby and succeeded his father in 1457/58. He was appointed an Esquire of the body by 1482 and knighted in 1487 for his bravery at the

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and elevated to knight banneret after the

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. He was

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for 1481-82, 1494–95, 1500–01 and 1517–18 and

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in the English

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for

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in 1491. He was probably the Member of Parliament for

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in 1510. In 1512 he served as a captain under Sir William Sandys in the French campaign and in 1520 accompanied

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and his entourage of peers and knights to the meeting with

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at the

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. He died in 1522 and was buried in Lincoln Cathedral. He had married by 1476, AgnesDouglas Richardson. ''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' Genealogical Publishing, 2005. pg 228
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/ref> or Anne, the daughter of Sir Robert Constable of Somerby, Lincolnshire and Flamborough in Yorkshire by his wife Agnes, the daughter of Roger Wentworth and Margery le Despenser, and left 2 sons and 3 daughters. He was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Robert Tyrwhitt,

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. Their daughter Agnes married

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, K.G.

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findagrave.com burial record
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tyrwhitt, William, Sir 1522 deaths 16th-century English knights High sheriffs of Lincolnshire English MPs 1491 Esquires of the Body Year of birth uncertain English MPs 1510 Members of the Parliament of England for Great Grimsby