Peerage Record – 32071

     Roger Keys was the son of Henry Keys.² He died in 1477.¹
     He held the office of Chaplain to King Henry VI.¹ Patent extended to Roger’s brother Thomas and his descendants.¹ He held the office of Archdeacon of Barnstaple.¹ He held the office of Prebendary of St. Paul’s.¹ He was Notary Public for Exeter.¹ He held the office of Canon of Exeter in 1436.¹ In 1443 he helped build All Souls College, Oxford.¹ Circa 1445 he helped build Eton.¹ In 1449 he was granted arms and an apparently unique patent of nobility, in that no summons as a peer of Parliament accompanies it (possibly because the recipient was in holy orders.)¹ In 1470 he was charged with treason as a Lancastrian supporter and pardoned in 1472.¹

     Thomas Keys is the son of Henry Keys.²
     He was Commissioner of Revenue and Customs for Devon in 1449.¹

     Thomas Keys is the son of Thomas Keys.²
     He was a retainer of (1st or possibly 2nd) Lord Berners.¹

     Richard Keys is the son of Thomas Keys.² He married, firstly, Agnes Saunders, daughter of unknown Saunders.¹ He married, secondly, Myldrede Scott, daughter of Sir John Scott.¹
     He was Yeoman to Catherine of Aragon in 1523.¹ He held the office of Serjeant-at-Arms in 1528, to Keng Henry VIII.¹ Circa 1538 he was granted the Abbey lands of St. Radegund at the Dissolution of the Monasteries.¹ He was commissioner for building Sandgate Castle in 1539.¹ He was Captain of Sandgate Castle in 1541.¹

     Agnes Saunders is the daughter of unknown Saunders.¹ She married Richard Keys, son of Thomas Keys.¹
     Her married name became Keys.

     unknown wife (?) married Thomas Keyes, son of Richard Keys and Agnes Saunders.¹ She died before 1565.¹
     Her married name became Keyes.¹

     Thomas Keyes is the son of Thomas Keyes and unknown wife (?)²
     He was granted land in Ireland at Clonfade (later Glenfade) and elsewhere.¹ Between 1578 and 1601 he served in Ireland.¹ He held the office of Sheriff of Derry in 1623.¹

     John Keyes is the son of Thomas Keyes.²

     John Keyes is the son of John Keyes.² He married Barbara Tasker, daughter of Roger Tasker.¹
     He acquired the Cavanacor estate through his wife.¹