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Excerpt from The Parish Register of Burnsall-in-Craven: Missing Portions Recovered From the Transcripts at York; Together With the More Antient Inscriptions on Monuments in the Church and Churchyard; Entries of the Marriages of Burnsall Folk in Other Registers, and Such as Refer to Them in Paver's Licences; So
John DE kirkby.-tu 1867 the Surtees Society published a transcript of the Survey of the County of York by John de Kirkby temp. Rdw. I., commonly known as Kirkby's Inquest. The book was edited by Mr. H. Skaife, and what follows is extracted from the preface to his work. John de Ki1khy was of an antient Loicestcx shire famil1, which took its name from Ki1kby Belers in that county. He was the eldest son of S1r William de Kirkby, of Melton \lowhray, by his wife Emma de Gorham. The date of his birth 15 not known. In 1265 he became Dean of Wimborne Minster. And for two months in 1268 held the living of Thorpe, near Newark, In 1270 he was presented to Burnsall. In 1272 he was Archdeacon of Coventry; in 1278 Rector of St. Berians. In Cornwall. In 1279 he' was collated to a prebend at York. Which had been held by Cardinal Hugh de Evesham. In 1280 Archbishop yvickwaine directed that dominus J. De Kirkeby regis clericus familiaris should not have his benefices sequestered. On several occasions he was entrusted with the custody of the Great Seal. In 1283, being then Archdeacon of Coventiy, he was elected Bishop of Rochester, but renounced his right 111 the same year. In that yeat also he was appointed Lord Titasurer, and held the office till his death. In 1286 he was elected to the hishop1ic of Ely. At this time he was only 1n deacon s or hers. 011 Sept. 21 he was ntdained priest and consemated on the day following by the P1in1ate John de Peckham at Cantetbury. He died at Ely on Palm Sunday, 1290, and was buried in his-cathedral church coram etuce ex parte bozeali choriante altare Sancti Johannis Baptistas. He died seized of lands in the counties of Leicester, Middlesex, Herts, Cambridge, North-ants, Southants, Bedford. Huntingdon, and Lincoln. His next heir was his brother, Sir William de Kirkby, then about 30 years old.
In Abp. Giffard's Register (surtees Soc., vol. 109) is the followingz - 8 May, 1270. London. Presentation of John de Kyrkeby, clk. T-o a moiety of the church of Brinsale in Craven by dom. Robert de Neville. Letter of Inquisition.
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