Robert Keilway
Robert Keilway 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 University and the Inner Temple.Career
He was appointed Surveyor of the Court of Wards and Liveries in 1546 and Custos Rotulorum of Berkshire in 1549. He was elected a Member of Parliament for Bristol and for Steyning in 1559. He was legal advisor to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector of England. and appointed serjeant-at-law in 1552.Marriage and children
He married Cecily Bulstrode, a daughter of Edward Bulstrode of Hedgerley in Buckinghamshire and widow of Sir Alexander Unton of Wadley House in the parish of Faringdon, Berkshire. He was therefore the step-father of Sir Edward Unton. By his wife he had children including:
His magnificent monument with effigy, erected by his daughter and son-in-law, survives in Exton Church, inscribed as follows:
