George Tailboys, 2nd Baron Tailboys of Kyme
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| Born | c. 1523 |
| Died | 6 September 1540 (aged c.17) |
| Title | Baron Tailboys of Kyme |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Skipwith |
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Gilbert Tailboys, 1st Baron Tailboys of Kyme Elizabeth Blount |
George Tailboys (c. 1523 - c. 6 September 1540'.) was the eldest son of Elizabeth Blount and Gilbert Tailboys, 1st Baron Tailboys of Kyme. Through his mother he was the half brother of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset the only illegitimate offspring that was acknowledged by Henry VIII, King of England.
George's birthday is unknown, as is the exact date or year of his parent's marriage. On 25 March 1539, George stated to have been sixteen years old. This would mean that he was born between April 1522 and March 1523. He was named George, for his paternal grandfather Sir George Tailboys.
George as the heir of his father, was the eldest surviving son. The evidence of Gilbert and Elizabeth’s children are obscure. However Gilbert and Elizabeth seemed to have had five or six children in total. In 1805 when the church of South Kyme was being rebuilt, the vaults were opened containing Gilbert’s tomb. Four lead coffins were found inside, below the monument erected by Elizabeth Blount. These contained a fully grown adult and three children. One of the coffins had been opened by the workmen and they found it to contain a child aged around five or six. The child was well preserved and looked as if it had only recently died. In one of the coffins, a body could contain Robert Tailboys, 3rd Baron Tailboys of Kyme although it is strange since he was a Baron Tailboys himself that there is no memorial to his memory. Also he had died in March 1542 and at the latest he would have been twelve perhaps thirteen and too big to be one of the children, and also unlikely to be buried with their father was George Tailboys who had been sixteen or seventeen when he died. The siblings who did survive their father was George’s elder sister was Elizabeth, and he had one known younger brother Robert, who succeeded him following his short life. Robert himself would die in his early teens, leaving their barony to their elder sister Elizabeth who lived until the reign of Elizabeth I and became the wife of Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick. George’s mother remarried a few years after the death of her husband Gilbert. Her chose of husband was Edward Clinton or Fiennes, 1st Earl of Lincoln, 9th Baron Clinton, through him George gained three half sisters, Margaret, Catherine and Bridget.
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