DALE, Valentine (by 1527-89), of St. Gregory’s by St. Paul’s, London and Fyfield, Hants.

Family and Education

b. by 1527, s. of John Dale. educ. Oxf. supp. BA 1541, fellow of All Souls 1542-aft. 1550, BCL 1545, supp. DCL 1552; Orleans Univ. DCL c.1550; Camb. incorp. LLD. 1562. m. Elizabeth, wid. of one Forth, 1da. suc. cos. William Dale at Fyfield 1566.DNB; C142/152/142; Cooper, Ath. Cant. ii 62-3; Lansd. 2, f. 99; PCC 92 Leicester; CSP For. 1572-4, p. 415.

Offices Held

Vicar of Winterbourne Earls, Wilts. 1550, rector of Llandyssul, Card. 1554; adv. 1553; on embassy to France 1553 – Mar. 1554; surrogate of ct. of Admiralty by 1557; on embassy in Flanders Dec. 1563–4; resident ambassador in Paris Apr. 1573 – Oct. 1576; archdeacon of Surr. Feb. or Mar -Oct. 1573; dean of Bath and Wells from Jan. 1574; master of requests from 5 Nov. 1576; master in Chancery by 1579; eccles. commr. c. 1581; jt. commissary-gen. of ct. of Admiralty from 30 Jan. 1585; j.p. Hants from c. 1583, bpric. of Dur. to c. 1591; master of Sherburn House hospital, Durham from Mar. 1585; on embassy to Duke of Parma 1588.C. Coote, Civilians, 38; Sel. Pleas in Ct. of Admiralty, ed. Marsden (Selden Soc. xi), 98; CSP For. 1553–8, p. 68; 1563, p. 644; 1564–5, pp. 12, 44–5; 1572–4, p. 311; 1575–7, p. 388; 1588 (Jan.-June), p. 43; CSP Span. 1558–67 passim; CSP Dom. 1581–90, p. 224; PRO, Ind. 16772, pp. 321, 330; Lansd. 17, f. 110; APC, ix. 229; xi. 161; xiv. 7; Strype, Aylmer, 61, 85; Annals, iii(2), p. 462; DNB.

Parlimentarian

DALE, Valentine (by 1527-89), of Doctors’ Commons, London.

Main residences: St. Gregory's by St. Paul's, London; Fyfield, Hants.

Author

R.V.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

DALE, Valentine (by 1527-89)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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