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William Belknap (abt. 1413 - abt. 1484)

William Belknap
Born about in Kent, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Died about at about age 71 [location unknown]
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Biography

William Belknap was born about 1413.[1][2] He was the second son of Hamon Belknap[2] and his wife, Joan Botiler.[3][4] He was heir of his brother John.[2]

He was High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex in 1447.[5]

In 1473 he was heir, jointly with Sir John Norbury, to the personal estate of Ralph le Boteler, his mother's brother.[6]

William died on the 24 or 25 July 1484.[3] His heir was his brother Henry.[3]

Sources

  1. King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/23-233/ [Accessed: 24/4/2021] Inquisitions Post Mortem for Hamon Bealknap, esquire 1429
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-628/ [Accessed: 24/4/2021] Inquisition Post Mortem for John Bealknap, esquire 1436
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 G. McKelvie and M. Hicks. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and other Analogous Documents preserved in The National Archives XXXV: 1 Edward V to Richard III (1483-1485). (London, 2021), pp. 109-112 VitalSource Bookshelf https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781800102651/pageid/153 [accessed 24 April 2021].
  4. Thepeerage.com: Wiliam Belknap Cites: Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
  5. Wikipedia: High Sheriff of Surrey
  6. Cal. lnq. p.m., 13 Edw. IV, no. 53; Cal. Fine Rolls, vol. xv, p.258




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