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Name: William De KERDESTON
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1330 ^b
Death: Before 1386 ^d
Burial: Reepham, Norfolk ^u

Parents:

Father:
William De KERDESTON, Lord Kerdeston Birth: Abt 1307 Death: 14 Aug 1361

Mother:

Alice De NORWICH Death: Before 1342

Family:
Marriage:

Cecily BREWES on Before 1362 .^m1
Cecily BREWES Death: After 1401/2

Children:

Sir Leonard De KERDESTON Death: After 20 Jun 1421
Isabel De KERDESTON

Bibliography

Banks, Thomas Christopher, Baronia anglica concentrata: or, A concentrated account of all the baronies commonly called baronies in fee; deriving their origin from writ of summons, and not from any specific limited creation. London: Simpkin, 1844. Available at https://archive.org/details/baroniaanglicaco01bankuoft. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Banks Baronies v[1-2]p[0-9]*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [Ap][p0-9].*].
Clutterbuck, Robert, History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1815-27, v1-3. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/188626. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v[1-3]p[0-9]*].
Roskell, J S, History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386-1421. Wolfboro Falls, NH: Alan Sutton, 1992. NYPL JFE 95-5018. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v[1-4]p[0-9]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1[pc][0-9]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p[0-9]*].
Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, Medieval Heritage: The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England, The Genealogist, 2:157-68, 3:25-44, 3:175-94, 4:144-58, 5:64-72, 5:226-39, 6:100-3, 6:148-65, 7-8:137-43, 9:40-4, 10:73-85, 11:63-72, 11:184-93, 12:83-90, 12:250-6, 13:92-9, 13:252-6, 14:81-4, 14:207-10, 15:99-103, 15:220-4, 16:93-8, 16:227-31, 17:61-4, 17:250-5, 18:123-7, 18:228-31, 19:62-8, 19:251-5, 20:85-8, 20:184-90, 21:71-5, 21:250-4, 22:101-6, 22:186-91, 23:73-9, 23:203-8, 24:110-27, 24:239-54, 25:56-73, 25:214-32, 26:77-101, 26:202-26, 27:189, 28:90, 33:300. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Reprinted, with further corrections, as Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012. NYPL ARF 13-5787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v[0-9]*-[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1330 [Ref: CP VII p199]; abt 1330, illegitimate [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v22-189]; abt 1335 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p71]; before marriage of parents [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p70]; son by his father's second wife, before their marriage [Ref: CP VII p196, Thompson CharlesII v22-189(332)],
parents:: [Ref: Banks Baronies v1p271, CP VII p196, CP VII p199, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p70, Thompson CharlesII v26-223]

Sources for death Information

date:: before 1386 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v22-189]

Sources with Inaccurate death Information

date:: 1391 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p71]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p71, Thompson CharlesII v22-189]

Sources with Information about marriage to Cecily BREWES

date:: before 1354-5 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p71]; before 1362 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v22-189],
child:: [Ref: Banks Baronies v1p271, CP VII p196, CP VII p199, HoP 1386-1421 v2p50, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p142, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p71, Thompson CharlesII v22-189]

Research Notes:
Knt, of Claxton and Kerdeston, Norfolk, Hunmanby, Lincolnshire, Bulchamp and Henham, Suffolk, etc [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p71]
of Kerdiston, Norfolk [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v2p50]

1361: in possession of the manor of Claxton, co Norfolk, after his father's death [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v22-189]

before 1371: knight [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v22-189]

1371: reached a settlement concerning disputed lands with Sir John de Burghersh, son of his legitimate half-sister [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v22-189]

1374-5, 1381-2: Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p71]

1375/6: Sheriff of Norfolk [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v22-189]

1379: lent money to the King [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v22-189]

1381/2: Sheriff of Norfolk [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v22-189]

Knight of the Shire for Norfolk [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p71]

had a license to complete fortifying Claxton Castle, which had been started by his father [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v22-189]

Pedigree of William De KERDESTON
                   /-----Sir William De KERDESTON
          /-----Sir Roger De KERDESTON, Lord Kerdeston
         |        |                                             /-----Gilbert De GANT, Baron Of Folkingham
         |        |                                    /-----Walter De GAUNT, Baron Of Folkingham
         |        |                                   |         \-----Alice De MONTFORT
         |        |                           /-----Robert De GAUNT
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Stephen Count Of Brittany
         |        |                          |         \-----Maud Of Brittany
         |        |                          |                  \-----Hawise Of Guincamp
         |        |                  /-----Sir Gilbert De GAUNT
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----William D'ALBINI, Lord Of Belvoir
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Ralph D'AUBIGNY
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Cecily De BELVOIR
         |        |                 |         \-----Gunnora D'AUBIGNY
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Thebaud De VALOGNES
         |        |                 |                  \-----Sibyl De VALOGNES
         |        |         /-----Sir Gilbert De GAUNT, Baron Of Folkingham
         |         \-----Margaret De GAUNT
/-----William De KERDESTON, Lord Kerdeston
|        |         /-----William BATEMAN
|         \-----Maud BATEMAN
|                  \-----Margery
William De KERDESTON
\-----Alice De NORWICH

Descendants of William De KERDESTON

1. William De KERDESTON m. Cecily BREWES

m. Cecily BREWES father: Sir John De BREUSE mother: Eve UFFORD

2+ Sir Leonard De KERDESTON m. Margaret De MORLEY

3+ Isabel De KERDESTON m. Sir William De ARGENTINE

2nd generation

2. Sir Leonard De KERDESTON m. Margaret De MORLEY

m. Margaret De MORLEY father: Sir Thomas De MORLEY, K.G., Lord Morley mother: Joan De HASTINGS

4+ Sir Thomas De KERDESTON m1. Elizabeth De La POLE m2. Philippe TRUSSELL

3. Isabel De KERDESTON m. Sir William De ARGENTINE

m. Sir William De ARGENTINE father: Sir John De ARGENTINE

5+ John De ARGENTINE m. Margery CALTHORPE

6 William De ARGENTINE