MRP: Edward Kelke
=Edward Kelke=
b.ca.1620, d.ca.1659
Father: Edward Kelke, of Sandwich, gent.
Uncle: Robert Kelk(e), of Barnetby, Lincolnshire
Unmarried
Edward Kelke was son and heir of Edward Kelke of Sandwich, gent., who was a brother of Robert Kelk(e) of Barnetby (in-the-wold), Lincolnshire.[1] The Kelk(e) family was present in Lincolnshire from at least the early sixteenth century, with a Dr. Roger Kelke (b.?, d. 1575/76), son of Christopher Kelke of Barnetby, Lincolnshire, appointed to a fellowship of St John's, Cambridge (1545) and to the Mastership of Magdalene College, Cambridge (1559-1576).[2] Edward (senior) appears in the town of Sandwich records as town clerk of Sandwich.[3] A letter from Edward Kelke (senior) to Lord Zouch survives, dated Feb. 3, 1620/1.[4].
The widow of Edward Kelke (senior) married Edward Boys of Bettishanger, esquire, July 2nd 1630, at St. Mary’s, Sandwich.[5]
Edward Kelke (junior) was schooled first with Mr Cholfin(e) of Sandwich and later with Mr Coleby of nearby Tilmanstone.[6] Admitted to Sidney (Sussex) College, Cambridge in 1637, he transferred to Emmanuel two years later, in 1639.[7] In that same year he was admitted to Grays Inn ( November 2nd 1639).[8] He died young, in 1659, having made Elizabeth Dallison his sole executrix.[9]
Edward (junior) was called to the Bar in 1650/51. There are no records of him practising law in the 1650s, but he refers in his will to other former students of Grays Inn, such as Maximilian Dalison.[10]
Primary sources
Letter from Edward Kelk (sic) to Lord Zouch, Feb. 3, 1620/21, printed in Commons Debates 1621, VII, 571-572, cited in Robert E. Ruigh, The Parliament of 1624: politics and foreign policy (Harvard, 1971), p. 133
Cowper, J.M., Canterbury marriage licences, vol. 2 (XXXX, 1894), p. 15
TNA, C 22/52/40
Secondary sources
Larken, Arthur Staunton, Lincolnshire pedigrees, vol. 4 (?London, 1906), p. 1214
Venn, John, & J.A. Venn (eds.), Alumni Cantabrigienses, vol. 3, pt. 1 (Cambridge, 1924), p. 3
Alexander Emerson
Alexander Emerson (b.?, d.?1667) married, firstly, Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Alexander Emerson of Glamford, and, secondly, Frances, daughter and coheir of Robert Kelke of Barnetby, by Dorothy Metham his wife.
Alexander Emerson was the main force behind the challenge to Elizabeth Dallison's administration of Edward Kelke's will. Emerson
Alexander Emerson’s will was dated 12th September 1666 and it was proved 7th August 1667. He was the son of Robert Emerson of Cadney, and of Ellen Lightley (alt. Wainwright).
For background on the Emerson family see Peter Henry Emerson, The English Emersons: a genealogical historical sketch of the family from the earliest times to the end of the seventeenth century, including various modern pedigrees, with an appendix of authorities (XXXX, 1898)
- ↑ Arthur Staunton Larken, Lincolnshire pedigrees, vol. 4 (?London, 1906), p. 1214
- ↑ John Venn, & J.A. Venn (eds.), Alumni Cantabrigienses, vol. 3, pt. 1 (Cambridge, 1924), p. 3
- ↑ This is the footnote text
- ↑ Letter from Edward Kelk (sic) to Lord Zouch, Feb. 3, 1620/21, printed in Commons Debates 1621, VII, 571-572, cited in Robert E. Ruigh, The Parliament of 1624: politics and foreign policy (Harvard, 1971), p. 133
- ↑ J.M. Cowper, Canterbury marriage licences, vol. 2 (XXXX, 1894), p. 15
- ↑ John Venn, & J.A. Venn (eds.), Alumni Cantabrigienses, vol. 3, pt. 1 (Cambridge, 1924), p. 3
- ↑ John Venn, & J.A. Venn (eds.), Alumni Cantabrigienses, vol. 3, pt. 1 (Cambridge, 1924), p. 3
- ↑ This is the footnote text
- ↑ PROB 11/293 Pell 350 - 399 Will of Edward Kelke of Gray's Inn, Middlesex 21 June 1659
- ↑ PROB 11/293 Pell 350 - 399 Will of Edward Kelke of Gray's Inn, Middlesex 21 June 1659
