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Sir Robert Tyrwhitt of Kettleby, co. Lincs. (d. 1581), was an English landowner, administrator and politician whose adherence to Roman Catholicism led to imprisonment.[1]
Born about 1516, he was the eldest son of:
Among his brothers were two who also became MPs:
Apart from an initial career at the court of Henry VIII under the tutelage of his uncle, and three spells as an MP at Westminster, he spent his adult life managing his lands and taking part in the affairs of his county.
By 1531 he married Elizabeth Oxenbridge, d. & h. of:
She was the niece of the Elizabeth Oxenbridge who married her husband's uncle.
They had 22 children including, 9 sons and 13 daughters:[1]
His marriage to an heiress before 1531 brought him valuable estates and in 1548, his father having died in 1541, he inherited the lands of his grandfather Sir Robert. This made him a substantial landowner, and public recognition followed.[1]
He served as a justice of the peace for Lindsey from 1547, possibly until 1579, and was knighted by 1553. In the Parliaments of March 1553, April 1554 and that of 1558, he represented Lincolnshire. In May 1559 he was joint Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire and in the 1559-60 year was a High Sheriff of Lincolnshire.[1]
With the re-imposition of Anglicanism under Queen Elizabeth I, his Roman Catholicism became a hindrance. In his later years, both he and his children were pursued by the authorities on account of their recusancy.
In 1580 he was in the Fleet Prison in London, being allowed the company of his wife and access to the gardens. When he died on 16 November 1581, two of his sons were let out of prison to attend his funeral.[1]
He was buried at Bigby, co. Lincs., in a tomb of white alabaster. His will, made five days before his death, left generous legacies to his wife, children, and grandchildren, and his executors included two of his sons-in-law.[1]
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