Background
Kendall was the son of Walter Kendall of Pelyn, Cornwall.
Kendall was the son of Walter Kendall of Pelyn, Cornwall.
Exeter College.
He was killed in action fighting on the Royalist side in the English Civil War. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in October 1594 aged 17. He became recorder of Lostwithiel.
He was elected again as Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel in April 1640 for the Short Parliament.
Kendall became a colonel in the King"s army. He led a troop of Royalist soldiers into Bodmin, where they routed the Parliamentarian troopers who were raiding the town.
He was killed at the siege of Bristol in 1643. He was buried in Lanlivery Church.
Kendall married by Emlyn Treffrey, daughter of Thomas Treffrey of Lostwithiel.
Their son Walter was also Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel.
In 1625, Kendall was elected Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel in a double return.