- William Alington
Sir William Alington, Knt., (d.1446),
Lord of the Manor of bothBottisham &Horseheath ,Cambridgeshire , was Speaker of the House of Commons 1429-30, Treasurer of TheExchequer , and High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire andHuntingdonshire in 1438.Descended from Sir Hildebrand de Alington, Under-Marshall to William 'The Conqueror' at the
Battle of Hastings , Sir William Alington married Joanna, daughter of Sir William Burghe, Knight Banneret, Lord Chief-Justice of theKing's Bench .Alington's two sons, Sir William (d 5 July 1459), of Horseheath, and Robert, of Bottisham, both married daughters of the famous Sir John Argentyne, Knt.,of
Great Wymondley Manor,Hertfordshire , by his wife Margaret Calthorpe (1380-1427). By this marriage, Sir William junior acquired the manor of Wymondley, which was held inGrand Sergeanty by the service of presentng the first cup at theCoronation of Kings of England; which service was performed by the Lords of that Manor into the 20th century.References
* Burke, John, Esq., "History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland", London, 1834, vol.1, p.571.
* Burke, Sir Bernard, C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms "Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire", London, 1883, p.4.
* Clay, John W., F.S.A., (editor), "The Visitation of Cambridge, made in 1575 & 1619", London, 1897, pps.14-17.
* See also the earlier publication: "The Cambridgeshire Visitation" by Henry St.George, 1619, (from MSS. Phillipps, No.63, Edited by Sir T.Banks. Bart., and published by C.Gilmour, 1840), contains a large pedigree on page 2, of Alington, of Battersham, [sic] upon which can be seen this gentleman and his wife and their children.
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