Sir Humphrey Starkey (died 1486) was a British justice. He studied at

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and was made

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in 1471. In 1478 he was made a

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, allowing him to practice in the

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. He served briefly as

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in 1483 but was moved later that year, becoming Fourth Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and dying in office in 1486. He had previously married Isabella, who outlived him but died in 1496; their four daughters split his estate

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between them. His daughter Anne Starkey (d. 26 December 1488) married firstly John Writtle, esquire, and secondly Sir John Raynsford (died 1521)The Rainsford Family with by Emily A Buckland 1932 The Caxton Press, Worcester and they were the parents of Sir John Raynsford the politician.

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