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Robert Keilway


Robert Keilway (alias Kellway, Keylway, Kaylway, Kelloway, etc.) (1497–1581) of Minster Lovell Hall in Oxfordshire, was an English politician and court official.

He was Surveyor of the Court of Wards and Liveries, Custos Rotulorum of Berkshire, a Member of Parliament for Bristol and legal advisor to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector of England.

He married Cecily Bulstrode, a daughter of Edward Bulstrode of Hedgerley in Buckinghamshire and widow of Sir Alexander Unton of Wadley House in the parish of Faringdon, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He was therefore the step-father of Sir Edward Unton. By his wife he had progeny including:

His magnificent monument with effigy, erected by his daughter and son-in-law, survives in Exton Church, inscribed as follows:



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