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Walter Colbroke
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Walter Colbroke, also recorded as Walter Kilrington, was a Cornish landholder whose daughter Alice married John de Vere. The two surnames turn out to be an alias for one man, which resolves a discrepancy that had stood in the printed pedigrees for a long time.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (Kresen Kernow AR/1/851, 1531; CP vol. X p.245 styles him "Walter KILRINGTON, otherwise COLBROKE" - an alias, one man, resolving the two surname traditions): WALTER COLBROKE alias KILRINGTON, m. JANE TRESITHNY (one of the three daus. and coheirs of Richard Tresithny); father of Alice (m. John de Vere - our line) and Jane (m. William Uppeton, whose line failed). Direct ancestor. Added 22 Jul 2026.