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KYNG, William, of Reading, Berks.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Constituency
Dates
Dec. 1421
Family and Education
prob. s. of John Kyng of Reading by his w. Maud. m. Alice.1
Offices Held
Cofferer of the merchant guild, Reading 1424-5.2
Biography
Kyng, having witnessed the election of 1420, was himself returned to the second Parliament of 1421, William Wilton* and Walter Mustard* being his sureties. Between 1429 and 1434 he rented several properties in Castle Street from the commonalty of Reading, for one of which he paid 5s.3d. p.a.3