Robert Keilway (alias Kellway, Keylway, Kaylway, Kelloway, etc.) (1497–1581) of Minster Lovell Hall in Oxfordshire, was an English politician and court official.[2]
He was the son of Robert Keilway of Salisbury and educated at Oxford University and the Inner Temple.[3]
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 (1545 and 1547) and for Steyning in 1559.[2] He was legal advisor to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector of England.[4] and appointed serjeant-at-law in 1552.[3]
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 (now Oxfordshire).[4] He was therefore the step-father of Sir Edward Unton.[4] By his wife he had children, including:
His magnificent monument with effigy, erected by his daughter and son-in-law, survives in Exton Church,[1] inscribed as follows: