Henry Keble
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Sir Henry Keble was a grocer and Lord Mayor of London
in 1510, in the second year of King Henry VIII's reign.
Sir Henry was a leading grocer in London. He was a Merchant of the Staple
in Calais
. He was originally from Coventry
, but had settled in the parish of St Mary Aldermary
. He was six times Master of the Grocers' Company. He left bequests to the Company, and gave £1,000 to rebuild St. Antholin's, Budge Row
.
Sir Henry was also an alderman. He was Sheriff of London in 1503 and Lord Mayor in 1510.
In 1515 Henry Keble with William Blount, Lord Mountjoy
, his son in law, and others bought the manor of Apethorpe
in Willybrook Hundred, Northamptonshire
. He left Apethorpe entailed successively on his son George Keble and William Lord Mountjoy and Alice his wife, with remainder to John Browne, son of Sir William Browne, late mayor of London.
Lord Mayor of London
The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London is the legal title for the Mayor of the City of London Corporation. The Lord Mayor of London is to be distinguished from the Mayor of London; the former is an officer only of the City of London, while the Mayor of London is the Mayor of Greater London and...
in 1510, in the second year of King Henry VIII's reign.
Sir Henry was a leading grocer in London. He was a Merchant of the Staple
Merchants of the Staple
The Merchants of the Staple, also known as the Merchant Staplers, was an English company which controlled the export of wool to the continent during the late medieval period....
in Calais
Calais
Calais is a town in Northern France in the department of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's capital is its third-largest city of Arras....
. He was originally from Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
, but had settled in the parish of St Mary Aldermary
St Mary Aldermary
Ashlar-faced outside and Gothic throughout, St Mary Aldermary is an Anglican church in Bow Lane in the City of London. The church was badly damaged in the Great Fire of London in 1666, and rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren.-History:...
. He was six times Master of the Grocers' Company. He left bequests to the Company, and gave £1,000 to rebuild St. Antholin's, Budge Row
St Antholin, Budge Row
St Antholin, Budge Row, or St Antholin, Watling Street, was a former church in the City of London, demolished in 1874. Its successor church is still in existence as St Anthony and St Silas, Nunhead..-History:...
.
Sir Henry was also an alderman. He was Sheriff of London in 1503 and Lord Mayor in 1510.
In 1515 Henry Keble with William Blount, Lord Mountjoy
William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy
Sir William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy KG was an English scholar and patron of learning.William Blount was born circa 1478 in Barton Blount, Derbyshire, the eldest son of John Blount, 3rd Baron Mountjoy and Lora Berkeley...
, his son in law, and others bought the manor of Apethorpe
Apethorpe
Apethorpe is a village and civil parish in East Northamptonshire district of the shire county of Northamptonshire, England. The 2001 census records a population of 133....
in Willybrook Hundred, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
. He left Apethorpe entailed successively on his son George Keble and William Lord Mountjoy and Alice his wife, with remainder to John Browne, son of Sir William Browne, late mayor of London.