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Roger Kirkby, MP

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lancashire, England
Death: August 1643 (37-46)
Furness, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Roger Kirkby, Sr. and Jane Kirkby, (LADY)
Husband of Agnes Kirkby
Father of Dorothy Wilson; Richard Kirkby; Roger Kirkby; Jane Lamplugh (Kirkby); Eleanor Kirkby and 4 others
Brother of Alice Fleming; John Kirkby and Margaret Anderton

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About Roger Kirkby, MP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Kirkby_(Royalist)

Roger Kirkby (died August 1643) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.

Kirkby was the son of Roger Kirkby of Kirkby Ireleth in Lonsdale. He succeeded to his estate on the death of his father in 1627.

In April 1640, Kirkby was elected Member of Parliament for Lancaster in the Short Parliament He was elected MP for Lancashire for the Long Parliament in November 1640. He supported the King's party and was disabled from sitting on 29 August 1642.

Kirkby died in August 1643.

Kirkby married Agnes Lowther, sister of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet and had a son Richard who was also an MP.


DIGEST OF KIRKBY REFERENCES 3 Petition of William and Elizabeth Kirkby to Sir Julius Caesar that being ill they may be allowed to give their answers by Commissioners to the suit brought by Edward Galand.

Dugdale visitation 1664

1635

Birth of William Kirkby, 4th son of Roger Kirkby (1601 - 1643) M.P. Lord of the Manor of Kirkby and Agnes Lowther (1607-1685) sister of Sir John Lowther ( ) of Lowther, Sir Christopher Lowther (1612-1644) of Whitehaven and Sir William Lowther (1688) of Swillington.

Roger K’s sister Alice was married to William Fleming.

Lowther Family H.O. p.167

1637

Sir John Lowther (1582-1637) Agnes Kirkby’s father died and left in his will £400 to her children "to be paid unto such of them as deserve best at her appointment".

Deed of Settlement Roger Kirkby

9 Oct 1637 Cheetham Society (see file)

Estate of Roger Kirkby settled on his wife , Agnes, and then on his eldest son Richard defined as £ (1) Certain lands and tenements at Kirkby Annual value 120 (2) Remainder of Manor of Kirkby and seignory of Ulverston 54..10s (3) Rectory of Hawkshead 90 (4) Half of the Manor of Bolton 12

=

276-10-0

The estate was subject to certain annual payments.

Uncle John (26-13s-4d)
Brother John (20) Brother Roger (20) Brother William (20) Brother Christopher (20)

£169-16s-8d

The payments to his brothers remained payable until they had attained real estate of £50 p.a. or a personal worth of £1000.



Pedigree of the Kirkbys of Kirkby Hall in the Seventeenth Century

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Roger Kirkby, MP's Timeline

1601
1601
Lancashire, England
1624
1624
Kirkby, Lancastershire, England, United Kingdom
1625
1625
Kirkby, Lancastershire, England, United Kingdom
1629
1629
Kirkby, Lancastershire, England, United Kingdom
1631
1631
Kirkby, Lancastershire, England, United Kingdom
1633
1633
Kirkby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
1635
1635
Aslack, Lancashire, England, UK
1639
1639
Kirkby, Lancastershire, England, United Kingdom
1640
1640