title: John Kirkeby
text: # John Kirkeby
  
  John Kirkeby or John Kerby (fl. 1441– 1460s) was a Canon of Windsor from 1455 to 1457 and Master of the Rolls from 1447 to 1461.
  
  ## Career
  
  Kirkeby was:
  
  * Prebendary of St Paul's 1449–1451
  * Rector of St Pancras Soper Lane 1450–1452
  * Chaplain to the King
  * Rector of Langton (diocese of Lincoln) 1457
  * Prebendary of Lincoln 1456–1462
  
  He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1455 and held the canonry until 1457.
  
  