John Kaye Bt (1641 - 1706)

Born 1641 in Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Lister) Kaye — married about 1659 in England

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1706 at about age 65 in Almondbury, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

John was born in 1641, (he was 24 in 1665) and was the son of John Kaye and Margaret Moseley^[1]

Education

18 April 1659 admitted to Middle Temple 1659, son and Heir Apparent to Sir John Kaye Bt^[2]

Career

1663-88 JP Yorkshire (West Riding) ^[3]

1663-90 Commissioner for assessment Yorkshire (West Riding and latterly East and North Riding) ^[3]

1664- In Militia, Foot Regiment, During the Revolution he was chosen colonel of about seven thousand volunteers. ^[3]

1685,1689, 1690, 1695, 1701, 1702, 1705 - 8 Aug. 1706 MP Yorkshire ^[3]

First stood for election to Parliament in 1679 but withdrew and was later unsuccessful at Pontefract in 1681. ^[3]

Eventually returned in 1685 a moderately active Member of James II’s Parliament, ^[3]

Of his 13 committees, the most important in the first session were to bring in a bill to regulate the militia and to prepare reasons for a conference on disarming Papists. ^[3]

A letter of his in1690 to the mayor of Leeds shows that he was a strong opponent of the disabling clause in the bill to restore corporations. ^[3]

Family

He suceeded his father to the Baronetcy of Woodesham, 25 July 1662, and was aged 25 at the Visitation of Yorkshire, 1665 ^[4][5]

1663 or before, John Kaye married Ann, daughter of William Lister, of Thornton in Craven and Catherine, daughter and heir of Sir Richard Hawksworth, of Hawksworth. ^[4]

They had issue ^[6]

1. John Died Young
2. Robert Died Young
3. Arthur
4. Thomas
5. George
6. Anne
7. Catharine Died Young

Death

He died 8 Aug 1706 and was buried at Almondbury, Yorkshire, England on 14 Aug 1706 aged 65 ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ The history and topography of the parish of Kirkburton and of the graveship ...by Henry James Morehouse Publication date 1861 Page 77
2. ↑ Register of admissions Middle Temple 1501 - 1781 Page 162
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} KAYE, Sir John, 2nd Bt. (c.1641-1706), of Woodsome, Yorks. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983 Available from Boydell and Brewer Author: Eveline Cruickshanks
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Complete baronetage by Cokayne, George E. (George Edward), 1825-1911 Publication date 1900 Page 156
5. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Kaye baronets of Woodesham (1642)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaye_baronets_of_Woodesham_(1642)&oldid=1182585800 (accessed April 18, 2024).
6. ↑ Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire by Foster, Joseph, 1844-1905 Publication date 1874 Pedigree of Kaye of Woodsome

See also

• https://huddersfield.exposed/wiki/Sir_John_Kaye_(c.1641-1706)
• Stirnet Kaye 01
• Sir John Kaye, 2nd Baronet of Woodsome, Yorkshire (c.1641-1706) Painting by Jonathan Richardson
• Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 2, page 2363.