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John Manaton (d.1507) married Margaret Kyngdon
John Manaton, the elder inherited the barton lands of Manaton Manor by 1469. John also inherited a tenement in the manor called Hassocks Park. John Manaton married Margery Kingdon, a daughter of John Kingdon.
At the entrance to the Trehunsey transept in the church of St Hugh at Quethiock, evidently at one time a private chapel, is a stone with brass effigies, and an inscription to Roger Kyngdon, Margery's granfather who died March 3rd, 1471, Joan, his wife, and sixteen children: eleven sons and five daughters. The eldest son is said to represent Walter Kyngdon, rector of St. Martin’s, East Looe, who died in 1515; the other is conjectured to represent Edward Kyngdon, one of the Yeoman of the Guard in 1461 and 1484. Another son is supposed to be the William Kyngdon who represented the borough of Liskeard in the 31st year of the reign of Henry VI (1453). The inscription on the brass has been translated thus: “Here lie Roger Kingdon, Johanna his wife, sons and daughters, and all their offspring, who died the third day of the month of March, in the year of our Lord 1471. To whose souls may Jesus be reconciled – Amen.” The will of Walter Kyngdon, parson of St. Martens by Looe in Cornwall and Prebendary of Coppenhall in the King’s Free Chapel of the College Church of Penkridge, dated 1515 and proved in 1516 mentions his niece Margery Manaton. The King’s College of St. Michael Penkridge in Stafford. This was a royal free chapel with seven prebendaries. Perhaps another sign of reward to the Kingdons for their service to the Crown
