Alexander Unton (died 1547) was an English landowner.
He was the son of Thomas Unton and Elizabeth Hyde.
His home was
Wadley House at
Faringdon
Faringdon is a historic market town in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, south-west of Oxford, north-west of Wantage and east-north-east of Swindon. It extends to the River Thames in the north; the highest ground is on the Rid ...
, formerly in
Berkshire
Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...
, and now
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is a mainly rural county, with its largest settlement being the city of Oxford. The county is a centre of research and development, primarily ...
. The Untons also held
Minster Lovell Hall
Minster Lovell Hall is a ruin in Minster Lovell, an English village in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. The ruins are situated by the River Windrush.
History
Minster Lovell Hall was built by William Lovell around 1440. As Minster Lovell was one of t ...
from the king.
His first wife was Mary Bourchier, a daughter of
John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners
John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (1467 – 19 March 1533) was an English soldier, statesman and translator.
Family
John Bourchier, born about 1467, was the only son of Sir Humphrey Bourchier (d.1471 at the Battle of Barnet) and Elizabeth Ti ...
. In 1533 he married Cecily Bulstrode, daughter of Edward Bulstrode of
Hedgerley
Hedgerley is a village and civil parish in South Bucks district in Buckinghamshire, England. The parish is centred south-east of Beaconsfield and south-west of Gerrards Cross. The parish has incorporated the formerly separate parish of Hedg ...
in
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...
.
Their children included:
*
Edward Unton (1534-1582), who married
Anne Seymour, Countess of Warwick
Anne Dudley (née Seymour) Countess of Warwick (1538–1588) was a writer during the sixteenth century in England, along with her sisters Lady Margaret Seymour and Lady Jane Seymour.
* Henry Unton
* Thomas Unton
* Elizabeth Unton (died 1611), who married John Croke of
Chilton
Alexander Unton was knighted at the coronation of
Edward VI
Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. Edward was the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour and the first E ...
on 20 February 1547. He died on 16 December 1547.
After his death, his widow Cecily married
Robert Keilway
Robert Keilway (''alias'' Kellway, Keylway, Kaylway, Kelloway, etc.) (1497–1581) of Minster Lovell Hall in Oxfordshire, was an English politician and court official.
He was the son of Robert Keilway of Salisbury and educated at Oxford Univ ...
, and was the mother of
Anne Keilway.
[Rayne Allinson, 'Anne Keilwey Harington', Carole Levin, Anna Riehl Bertolet, Jo Eldridge Carney, eds, ''A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen'' (Routledge, 2017), p. 67.]
References
External links
Monumental brass to Alexander Unton at Faringdon
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16th-century English people
People from Faringdon
1547 deaths