Born about in Kyme, Lincolnshire
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Walter Tailboys
and Alice (Stafford) Tailboys
Sister of
Walter Tailboys [half], William Tailboys [half], Margaret (Tailboys) Pinchbeck [half], Elizabeth Cheyne [half], Anne (Cheyne) Willoughby [half] and Cecily Cheyne [half]
Wife of
Hugh Tilney
— married
about 1453 in England [uncertain]
[uncertain] Wife of
Thomas Strangeways
— married
1460 (to about 1484) in England [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Died
at about age 70
in Thetford Abbey, Norfolk, , England
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Biography
Eleanor (Tailboys) Tilney was born in Kyme, Lincolnshire, daughter of Walter Tailboys (~1391 - 1444) and Alice (Stafford) Tailboys (~1405 - 1469).
Her siblings were:
- Walter Tailboys ( - <1444)
- William Tailboys (~1416 - 1464)
- Margaret (Tailboys) Pinchbeck (~1418 - )
- Elizabeth Cheyne (1424 - )
- Anne (Cheyne) Willoughby (1428 - 1470)
- Cecily Cheyne (1430 - 1431)
Eleanor married Hugh Tilney (<1436 - >1483). Their children were:
- Sir Philip Tilney ( - <1533)
- Agnes (Tilney) Howard (1477 - <1545).
Eleanor married Thomas Strangeways (1424 - ~1484). Their son was Henry Strangways (~1465 - 1504).
Eleanor died on 2 Apr 1502 in Thetford Abbey, Norfolk, , England.
Research Notes
She m. Hugh Tilney of Boston, Lincolnshire.
Birth
- Date: ABT 1462
- Place: Kyme, Lincolnshire
- Her parents are given at Ancestry.com as Robert and Elizabeth (Heron) Tailboys, or William and Elizabeth (Bonneville) Taillebois, or Walter and Alice (Stafford) Talboys. William, above, was a son of Walter.
Sources
- MedLands, Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk
- Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. IV p. 686
- Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. V p. 112
- http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-25-71.pdf
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Howard,_Duchess_of_Norfolk
- https://www.thepeerage.com/p3006.htm
- http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1568.htm#i47137
- http://trees.ancestry.ca/tree/24072193/person/12833888671
- http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STRANGEWAYS.htm#Thomas%20STRANGEWAYS1
- http://fabpedigree.com/s065/f166128.htm
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Categories: Medieval Project, England and Wales, needs biography | Medieval Project, England and Wales, needs relationship check
Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica (London: J.B. Nichols, 1834-1843. FHL BRITISH Film #496,953 Item 3.), 2:162,
Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005.), p. 805,
Gerard, Thomas, The Particular Description of the County of Somerset (London: Somerset Record Society, 1900.), p. 85,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73922721/eleanor-tylney
Parents are Sir Walter Tailboys and 1391-13 Apr 1444 and Alice Stafford 1405-Apr 1448. She married first Sir Thomas Strangeways in 1451 at Abbotsbury, Dorset, England