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b. 29 Mar. 1563,E.S. Sandys, Hist. of Sandys Fam. i. 88. 3rd s. of Edwin Sandys, abp. of York (d.1588) and Cecily, da. of Thomas Wilsford of Hartridge, Kent; bro. of Sir Edwin* and Sir Samuel*. educ. Merchant Taylors’ g.s. 1571; Peterhouse, Camb. 1578, BA 1579-80, MA 1583, fell. 1581-2, (Queens’) 1585-8. m. (1) by 1591, Elizabeth, da. of Edmund Cooke of North Cray, Kent, 8s. (5 d.v.p.) 3da.; (2) 20 Nov. 1626, Mary, wid. of one West of St. Mary Aldermanbury, London, ?s.p. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 118; Sandys, ii. ped. C; Reg. Merchant Taylors’ Sch. comp. C.J. Robinson; Al. Cant.; St. Mary Aldermanbury (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxi), 116. ?ordained deacon by 1588; T. Fuller, Appeal of Injured Innocence, 586. Kntd. 11 May 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 106. cr. bt. 25 Nov. 1611. C66/1942/15. d. by 29 Apr. 1645. sig. Miles Sandys.
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Commissary (jt.), abp. of York’s exch. 1585; Bodl. Rawl. C368, f. 84. prebend, North Newbald, Yorks. 1585 – 86, Weighton, Yorks. 1586–1602; Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 iv. York Diocese comp. J.M. Horn and D.M. Smith, 48, 64. bailiff to bp. of Ely by 1613-at least 1615. Add. 33467, ff. 135v, 182.

Jnr. proctor, Camb. Univ. 1588–9; Historical Reg. of Camb. Univ. to 1910 ed. J.R. Tanner, 390. kpr. (jt.), York House, Westminster 1593; CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 325. j.p. (Lindsey) Lincs. 1598 – 1617, Essex 1600–2, C231/1, ff. 50v, 92v; 231/4, f. 34; C66/1549, 1988; Cal. Assize Recs. Essex Indictments, Eliz. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 497, 531. I. of Ely 1602 – at least09, 1617 – at least40, Cambs. 1608-at least 1636; C181/1, f. 3v; 181/2, f. 96; C231/4, f. 42; C66/2859, m. 30 dorse; C193/13/2, f. 24v. commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1602, C181/1, f. 15. Norf. circ. 1635, C181/4, f. 196v. gaol delivery, I. of Ely 1602-at least 1645, C181/1, f. 32; 181/5, f. 258. inquiry, manorial boundaries, Cambs. and I. of Ely 1602, Gt. Fens 1605, C181/1, ff. 32, 122. sewers, London 1606, Lansd. 168, f. 151v. Gt. Fens 1608–30 (jt. recvr. for commrs. of drainage tax, I. of Ely 1630), I. of Ely 1609, 1644, C181/2, f. 62; SP14/47/82. common lands, Stretham, I. of Ely 1609; W. Cunningham, ‘Common Rights at Cottenham and Stretham’, Cam. Misc. xii. (Cam. Soc. ser. 3. xviii), 261. collector, aid Cambs. 1609, SP14/43/107. (jt.) 1613; E403/2732, f. 93v. sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 1615–16; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 14. commr. swans, I. of Ely 1620, 1630, C181/3, f. 13; 181/4, f. 56. subsidy, Cambs. 1622, 1624, C212/22/20. enclosure of Gt. Fens 1624, C181/3, f. 126v. Forced Loan, Cambs. and I. of Ely 1626–7; C193/12/2, ff. 4v, 17v; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. dep. lt. Cambs. by 1628–40; Harl. 4014, ff. 2v, 47v, 55v. commr. assessment, Cambs. and I. of Ely 1643 – d.; sequestration of delinquents, Cambs. 1643, levying money 1643, defence of Eastern Assoc. 1643. A. and O. i. 90, 111, 140, 146, 227, 293, 538.

Adventurer, Bedford Level drainage 1632. Hunts. RO, D/DM19/3/1.

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SANDYS, Sir Miles, 1st Bt. (1563-1645), of Wilburton Parsonage, Wilburton, Isle of Ely, Cambs.
Main residence: Wilburton Parsonage, Wilburton, Isle of Ely, Cambs.
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SANDYS, Sir Miles, 1st Bt. (1563-1645)

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