Anne Frebody

• General Notes
  • John Kirton of Somerset, and his heiress had a son:
    William Kirton,  born c.1403,
    Succeeded his uncle William as  coroner of Southwark in 1425;
    Sgt. at Arms; MP Borough of Southwark  1442, 1149-50, 1450-1, 1460-1;
    Commissioner of Sewers for Surrey, 1443-53;
    Pardoned for being out with Cade, July, 1450,
    By Oct. 1451 King's Sgt. at Arms;
    
    William Kirton of Southwark,
    Married 1st. an heiress; Margery Milborne, who bore a son: John, circa 1440.
    Margery died & William remarried Anne Freebody,
    Co heiress of Thorpe Mandeville manor, Northants.,
    She soon died, and William married thirdly a woman named Agnes, who raised his children after William died in 1465-6.
    Will written 19 Aug.,1464, proved 22 Nov. 1466.
    England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1383-1558 (K-Z)
    1383 to 1558.
    County: General
    Country: England
    1466 Kyrton, Wm., esquire, St. George, Southwark; Pawlynescray, Kent 15 Godyn
    [Will does not mention Thorpe Mandeville Manor at all. ]
    
    It remains unclear if William thus obtained a moiety of  the Manor of Thorpe Mandeville, since Anne was co-heir to the estate with her sister Alice.
    
    It was  William's grandson, Stephen Kirton, who was the Alderman of the city of London and in 1531 did a deal with Alice's husband to purchase the  Manor of Thorpe Mandeville, while respecting Alice's right to the  property for her life time. In the event both Alice and her husband  and Stephen all died during 1553, with the result that Stephen never  obtained possession during his lifetime. The Manor was thus inherited  by his son Thomas, then aged 16, the lawyer and future Common  Serjeant of the City of London, who died in 1601, and whose beautiful  memorial still exists in the tiny Thorpe Mandeville Church.
    
    THE IGI SEEMS WRONG HERE
    IGI
    William Kirton 
    Male
    Event(s):
    Birth:      
    About 1470       
    Of, Edmonton, London, England
    Parents:
    Father:      John Kirton
    Marriages:
    Spouse:      Margery Milborne