Family and Education
b. c. 1516, 2nd s. of William Haddon of Bucks. by Dorothy, da. of John Young of Crome D’Abitot, Worcs.; half-bro. of Francis Saunders. educ. Eton c.1529-33; King’s, Camb. Aug. 1533, aged 16, BA 1538, MA 1541, LLD 1549, fellow 1536-52; adv. Doctors’ Commons 1555. m. (1) Margaret, da. of Sir John Clere of Ormesby, Norf., 1s. 1da.; (2) lic. 17 Dec. 1567, Anne, da. of Sir Henry Sutton of Notts, s.p.DNB; H.L. Quarterly, xvii. 99-124; Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 32; C142/161/120; Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch.), ii. 267-8; London Mar. Lic. (Harl. Soc. xxv), 37; Reg. Christ Church, Newgate (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxi), 268.
Offices Held

Vice-chancellor, Camb. Univ. 1549 – 50; regius professor of civil law Mar. 1550 – Sept. 1552; master, Trinity Hall Feb. – Sept. 1552; president, Magdalen Coll. Oxf. 30 Sept. 1552 – 30 Oct. 1553; master of the PCC Dec. 1558, judge from 1559; master of requests Nov. or Dec. 1558; eccles. commr. from 1559.CPR, 1550–3, pp. 12, 261; 1558–60, pp. 28, 118 etc.; 1560–3, p. 279; Add. 5807, f. 106; C. Coote, Civilians, 41; APC, vii. 30; PCC prob. reg. 1559–70 passim; PCC 7 Holney.

Main residences: London; St. Mary Cray, Kent.
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Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title

HADDON, Walter (c.1516-71)

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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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