William de Kirkeby

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William de Kirkeby (died 1302 [1] ) was an English prior. He was prior at Wallingford Priory in the late 13th century. [2]

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The Bodleian Library holds a mutilated deed (c. 1280) showing some disputes between Kirkeby and Henry de Horsyndon, rector, and the parishioners of the parish of St. Mary the Greater in Wallingford. [3]

The Great Munden manor was received by Kirkeby when his brother John de Kirkeby, Bishop of Ely, died in 1290. [1] Oldbury, a Stoke Mandeville manor, was owned by Kirkeby's wife (Christiana) during the reign of king Edward I. [4]

Richard of Wallingford's father died when he just turned 10 years old (c. 1301-1302) and was soon thereafter adopted by Kirkeby and taken care. [5] Kirkeby sent Richard as a young man to Oxford University to get educated. [6] [7]

Kirkeby died in 1302. [1]

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