Gent. pens. 1564; gent. of privy chamber and capt. of guard 1572 – 87; vice-chamberlain 12 Nov. 1577–87; PC from 12. Nov. 1577; receiver of first fruits and tenths 1578; ld. chancellor 1587.
High steward, Camb. Univ.; chancellor, Oxf. Univ. 1588.
J.p. Northants. from 1569; lt. and v.-adm. Isle of Purbeck and constable of Corfe castle from c. 1571; clerk of council of duchy of Lancaster May 1571 – ?Jan. 1572; steward, manor of Wellingborough 1572; receiver of duchy of Lancaster lands in Northants. from 1572; steward, Higham Ferrers from 1572, of Daventry; keeper of Eltham park, Kent and of Horne park, Surr. ?1572; j.p. Dorset, Kent. Leics., Mdx., Warws. from 1579, many other counties from 1584; ld. lt. Northants. from 12 Sept. 1586; high steward, Salisbury 1590 – d.
H. Nicolas, Mems. Life and Times Sir C. Hatton and E. St. John Brooks, Sir C. Hatton are the two main authorities for the life of Hatton, upon which much of this biography rests.
HATTON, Christopher I (c.1540-91)