LAMBARDE, William (1536-1601), of Lincoln’s Inn and Westcombe, near Greenwich, Kent.

Family and Education

b. 18 Oct. 1536, 1st s. of John Lambert or Lambarde, draper, alderman and sheriff of London, by his 1st w. Julian, da. and h. of William Horne of London. educ. ?Jesus, Camb. 1549; L. Inn 1556, called 1567. m. (1) 11 Sept. 1570, Jane (d.1573), da. of George Multon of St. Clere, Ightham, Kent, s.p.; (2) 28 Oct. 1583, Sylvestra or Sylvestria (d.1587), da. and h. of Robert Deane or Dene of Halling, Kent, wid. of William Dallison, 3s. 1da.; (3) 13 Apr. 1592, Margaret, da. of John Payne of Frittenden, Kent, wid. of John Meryam of Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, and Richard Reder, s.p. suc. fa. 1554.

Offices Held

Commr. sewers, Kent 1568; assoc. bencher L. Inn 1579, bencher 1597; j.p. Kent by 1579, q. c. 1584, dep. to Lord Burghley at alienations office 1589; member, Antiq. Soc. c. 1591; master in Chancery extraordinary 1592, master in ordinary 1597; dep. keeper of rolls 1597; keeper of recs. in the Tower 1601.DNB; Arch. Cant. v. 247–53; Black Bk. of L. Inn, i. 356, 412, 457; ii. 51; Harvard Lib. Bulletin, vii(3) (1953), 271–99 passim; C216/1, m. 1; W. J. Jones, Eliz. Ct. of Chancery, 68, 111–12, 116–17.

Parlimentarian

LAMBARDE, William (1536-1601), of Lincoln’s Inn and Westcombe, near Greenwich, Kent.

Main residences: Lincoln's Inn; Westcombe, near Greenwich, Kent.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

LAMBARDE, William (1536-1601)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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