Robert Tailboys (bef. 1451 - 1495)

Born before 1451 in England

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Descendants

Died 30 Jan 1495 after age 44 in Kyme Priory, Lincolnshire, England

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Biography

Robert Tailboys, Knt.; de jure Lord Kyme; Knight of the Shire for Lincolnshire; Sheriff of Lincolnshire

Family

Robert Tailboys, knight, de jure Lord Kyme, was the second son of William Tailboys and Elizabeth Bonville.^[1][2][3] He was born sometime between 1441 and 1451 (aged 40 and more in 1491).^[1][4]

His father had rebelled against Edward IV and was attainted by an act of Parliament 4 Nov 1461.^[5] This attainder was reversed in 1472 and Robert had livery of his father's estates by 12 Edward III.^[1][6][7]

Positions Held

Robert was a Knight of the Shire for Lincolnshire from 1472-1475, and again in 1478.^[1][3]

He was knighted in 1478, during his second parliament.^[3]

During 1480-1481 he served as Sheriff of Lincolnshire..^[1][8][9]

In 1488 he was admitted to membership in the Corpus Christi Guild at Boston, Lincolnshire.^[1][10] During this time guilds were religious societies organized to promote honest business practices, in return for which guild members pledged to pray for their deceased members souls in order to shorten their time in purgatory.^[11] Boston had a number of such guilds but the Corpus Christi Guild was known, in particular, as being a group of high-ranking men and women who had the wealth to build chapels and hire priests to offer daily prayers for them.^[11]

Marriage and Children

Robert married, sometime before 1467, Elizabeth Heron, daughter of John Heron, Knt. of Ford and Chillingham, Northumberland and Elizabeth Heron (daughter and heiress of William Heron).^[1][3][4] There were at least seven children from this marriage:

• George Tailboys, Knt.;^[1] born c.1467;^[12][13][14] married (first) Margaret Burgh;^[12] married (second) before April 1493 Elizabeth Gascoigne;^[12] died 21 Sept 1538^[1][4][15]
• William Tailboys, Knt.;^[1] still living 1494 (mentioned in father's will), died without children^[9][13][14]
• Robert Tailboys;^[1] still living 14 May 1509, died without children^[9][13][14]
• John Tailboys;^[1] still living 1494 (mentioned in father's will)^[9][13]
• Richard Tailboys;^[1] still living 1494 (mentioned in father's will), died without children^[9][13][14]
• Maud Tailboys;^[1] married Robert Tyrwhitt;^[16][17][18] still living in 1509^[13][14]
• Elizabeth Tailboys;^[1] married (first) John Vavasor, Knt.;^[9][13] married (second) __________ Greystoke;^[9] died before 16 July 1509 (when will was proved)^[9]

Death

Robert died 30 Jan 1494/5.^{[3][18][19][20]} He was buried at Kyme Priory, Lincolnshire, beside his wife who had predeceased him. ^[1][3]

His will, dated 16 Nov 1494, was proved 19 Jun 1495.^[1][3][9] In it he mentioned the intended marriage of his son George, his heir, to Elizabeth Gascoigne.^[21][22] He bequeathed the manor of Faldingworth, the advowson of the church and the manor of Rothingham (in Lancashire) to his second son, William, for his lifetime.^[9][21][22] The manors of Kyme, Newton, Hornington, and Oxton (in York) were to be settled on his son Robert for his lifetime,^[21][22] and additional smaller bequests were made to his sons John and Richard and to his daughters.^[22]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), vol 5, pp. 113-114 TAILBOYS 16. Robert Tailboys.
2. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition, Salt Lake City: the author (2011), vol. 4, p. 164 TAILBOYS 11. Robert Tailboys.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Wedgwood, Josiah C. History of Parliament 1. London: H.M. Stationery Office (1936), pp. 834-835
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Watney, Vernon James. The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry. Oxford: John Johnson (1928), p. 753
5. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), vol 5, p. 113 TAILBOYS 15. William Tailboys.
6. ↑ Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society. Leicester: Crossley and Clarke (1866), vol. 2, pt 1, pp. 195-199.
7. ↑ National Archives Discovery Center. SC 8/29/1 425. Petition that William Tailboy's attainder be voided. Oct, 1472.
8. ↑ List of Sheriffs for England and Wales. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes (1898), vol. 9, p. 79.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9} Maddison, A.R. Lincolnshire Pedigrees. (H.S.P. 52) London: by the Society (1904), vol. 3, p.946.
10. ↑ Thompson, Pishey. History and Antiquities of Boston. London: Longman and Co. (1856), p. 752 (list of Corpus Christie Guild members).
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Austin, Richard (ed). Boston: The Small Town with a Big Story. Cherry Tree Books (2019), David Radford and Betty Brammer, "The Guilds".
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), vol 5, p. 114 TAILBOYS 17. George Tailboys.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6} Hodgson, Rev. John. History of Northumberland. Newcastle: by the author (1827), pt 2,, vol. 1, pp. 6-7
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4} Surtees, Robert. 'Parish of Hurworth', in The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, London: Stockton and Darlington Wards (1823), vol. 3, pp. 252-264. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/antiquities-durham/vol3/pp252-264 [accessed 23 September 2023].
15. ↑ National Archives Discovery Center. #C 142/31/41. Tailboys, George, knight (idiot): Lincoln. 8 Hen. VIII.
16. ↑ Tyrwhitt, Robert Philip. Notices and Remains of the Family of Tyrwhitt. London: Harrison and Sons (1862), pp. 16-17.
17. ↑ Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London. (1897) vol. 4, p. 327.
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} Madden, Frederic. Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica. London: J.B. Nichols and Son (1834), p. 304.
19. ↑ Maskelyne and H. C. Maxwell Lyte. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 1001-1050," in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 1, Henry VII, (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1898), 430-451. British History Online, accessed October 9, 2023, #1045; #1053, 1054.
20. ↑ National Archives Discovery Center. Inquisitions Post Mortem C 142/10/72, Robert Tailboys, Knight: Lincolnshire. 10 Henry VII.
21. ↑ ^{21.0 21.1 21.2} Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society. Leicester: Crossley and Clarke (1866), vol. 2, pt 1, pp. 195-199.
22. ↑ ^{22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3} Trollope, Edward. Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardburn. Sleaford: William Fawcett (1872), pp. 252-254.

See Also:

• Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper,' vol. 44 (1883), p. 516.

• Baggs, A.P., R. J. E. Bush and Margaret Tomlinson. Parishes: Somerton, in A History of the County of Somerset: ed. R.W.Dunning. London: Victoria County History (1974), British History Online, accessed October 6, 2023, vol. 3,pp. 129-153; pp. 166-175.

• Baggs, A.P., S.M. Keeling and C.A.F. Meekings. Parishes: Croydon cum Clopton,"in A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: ed. A.P.M. Wright. London: Victoria County History (1982), British History Online, accessed October 6, 2023, vol. 8, pp. 30-42.

• Blair, C.H. Hunter (ed). Visitation of the North, part 3. Durham: Andrews & Co. (1930), pp. 55-56. (Ogle pedigree)

• Flower, William. Visitation of Yorkshire 1563-1564. London: Mitchell and Hughes (1881), p. 234; p. 329-331.

• Kingsford, C.L. Talboys or Tailboys, Sir William, Styled Lord of Kyme (d.1464). Dictionary of National Biography, archive edition. Available here.

• Marshall, George W. Genealogist. London: Golding and Lawrence (1878), vol. 2, pp. 19-24; pp. 44-52.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition, Salt Lake City: the author (2011), vol. 2, p. 559 LANCASTER 10.ii. Jasper Tudor.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition, Salt Lake City: the author (2011), vol. 4, p. 164 TAILBOYS 11. Robert Tailboys.

• Virgoe, Roger. Tailboys, Sir William (c.1416-1464). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edition (23 Sept 2004, rev. 3 Jan 2008). Available here by subscription.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Jen Hutton on 10 October 2023.

Robert Tailboys is in a project-approved/badged trail (reviewed January 2015 by a Magna Carta project member) from Gateway Ancestor George Reade to Magna Carta Surety Barons John de Lacy. The Lacy trail branches off into badged trails to Saher de Quincy, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, William d'Aubigny, and Robert de Ros. These trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".