Robert Keilway

(in or before 1515–1581) 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.

[2] He was legal advisor to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector of England.

[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:

Canting arms of Keylway: Argent, two grozing irons in saltire sable between four Kelway pears proper , as seen on his monument in Exton Church [ 1 ]
Memorial to Robert Keilway in the church of St Peter & St Paul, Exton, Rutland