LYFFE (LIFE), Richard (c.1531-1605), of Hastings, Suss.; formerly of London

Family and Education

b. c. 1531. m. (1) c.1556, (aged c.25), Anne (bur. 8 July 1561), 1s. 1da.; (2) lic. 6 Apr. 1562, aged ‘about 31’, Margery (bur. 22 Sept. 1590), wid. of Roger Holte, Goldsmith, of London, 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; (3) c.1591, aged 60, Joan, da. of Robert Burton of London, wid. of William Squire, clerk sitter of the compter, of London, s.p. bur. 3 Sept. 1605 3 Sept. 1605.PROB 11/106, f. 133; E. Susss. RO, Hastings All Saints and St. Clement par. regs.; London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 845; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. cix), 96; CPR, 1563-6, p. 288.

Offices Held

Chamberlain, Hastings 1558, jurat by 1563 – d., bailiff 1564 – 65, 1567 – 69, 1573 – 74, 1581 – 82, mayor 1596 – 98, 1603–4; Cal. of White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports ed. F. Hull (Kent Recs. xix), 256, 264; J.M. Baines, Historic Hastings, 41; W.G. Moss, Hastings, 135. dep. for Hastings to the Brotherhood of the Cinque Ports 1558, 1563 – 74, 1579, 1581 – 85, 1589 – 90, 1592, 1594 – d., to the Guestling 1566, 1567, 1573, 1582, 1584, 1594, 1596, 1599, 1605; bailiff of the Cinque Ports to Yarmouth, Norf. 1570 – 71, 1572 – 73, 1584 – 85, 1602 – 03; auditor (jt.) for the Brotherhood of the Cinque Ports, 1574, 1583; Speaker of the Brotherhood 1597, Guestling 1598.Cal. of White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports, 256, 264, 266–7, 270–2, 274, 276–8, 284–5, 289–93, 295–6, 310, 316, 320, 322, 324, 327–30, 336–7, 339, 342–3, 346, 348, 350, 354, 359, 361, 365, 368, 373, 375, 377–80.

Purveyor to the Household by 1603. LC2/4/4.

Parlimentarian

LYFFE (LIFE), Richard (c.1531-1605), of Hastings, Suss.; formerly of London

Main residences: Hastings, Suss.; London.

Life

Author

P.J.L.

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

LYFFE (LIFE), Richard (c.1531-1605)