SACKVILLE, Sir Richard (by 1507-66), of Buckhurst, Suss. and Westenhanger, Kent.

Family and Education

b. by 1507, 1st s. of John Sackville of Chiddingly, Suss. by his 1st w. Margaret, da. of Sir William Boleyn of Blickling, Norf. educ. ?Camb.; I. Temple. m. bef. 1536, Winifred, da. of Sir John Brydges of London, 3s. inc. Thomas 1da. Kntd. 1549; suc. fa. 27 Sept. 1557.C142/115/49; C. J. Phillips, Hist. Sackville Fam. i. 126-50; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 29; Literary Remains of Edw. VI (Roxburghe Club), 307.

Offices Held

Escheator, Surr. and Suss. 1541 – 42; steward of Suss. manors of abp. of Canterbury 1544; j.p. Suss. by 1547 – 53, from 1555, Essex, Kent, Surr. from 1559; chancellor, ct. of augmentations 1548 – 53, 20- 23 Jan. 1554; custos rot. Suss. from 1549, ld. lt. 1550; gov. I. Temple from 1558; PC from 20 Nov. 1558; under-treasurer of the Exchequer from Feb. 1559; steward, duchy of Lancaster lands in Suss. 1559.SP11/5/f. 50; 12/39/f. 160v; LP Hen. VIII, iv(1), p. 124; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 90, 123, 297; 1548–9, p. 181; 1553–4, pp. 67, 73, 300, 441; 1558–60, p. 56; 1560–3, pp. 438, 441, 443; I. T. Recs. i. 201, 233, 236; APC, vii. 50 et passim; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 123.

Parlimentarian

SACKVILLE, Richard II (by 1507-66), of Ashburnham and Buckhurst, Suss. and Westenhanger, Kent.

Main residences: Buckhurst, Suss.; Westenhanger, Kent.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

SACKVILLE, Sir Richard (by 1507-66)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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