Family and Education
bap. 5 Mar. 1590,WCA, St. Mary-le-Strand par. reg., f. 22. 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Robert Sackville*, 2nd earl of Dorset (d. 1609) and Margaret, da. of Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk.Phillips, i. 294; CP, iv. 423. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1605; travelled abroad 1609-11; MA Camb. 1612.Al. Ox.; Al. Cant.; SO3/4, unfol. 13 May 1609. m. 1 May 1606,Staffs. RO, D593/E/3/6/1. Mary (d. 16 May 1645), da. and h. of Sir George Curzon of Croxall, Derbys., 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da. d.v.p. KB 3 Nov. 1616; suc. bro. as 4th earl of Dorset 28 Mar. 1624; KG 15 May 1625.CP, iv. 425; Phillips, i. 379; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 31, 159. d. 17 July 1652.HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, vi. 613. sig. E[dward ]Sackeville.
Offices Held

Vol. Wesel, Germany 1620.C. Dalton, Life and Times of Gen. Sir Edward Cecil, i. 337.

Commr. sewers, Suss. 1610 – at least41, Kent and Suss. 1625 – at least40, Mdx., Bucks. and Herts. 1625, 1638 – 39, Kent 1628, 1636 – 40, London 1629 – at least32, Fens 1629 – 42, Surr. and Kent 1632, 1639, Westminster 1634, 1637–8;C181/2, ff. 134, 292; 181/3, ff. 165v, 184, 209v, 252, 255v; 181/4, ff. 18, 29, 37v, 46, 73v, 93, 106, 126, 128v, 190v; 181/5, f. 40v, 69, 81, 81, 114v, 122, 129v, 136, 144, 153, 167, 177v, 205v, 222v. j.p. Suss. 1611 – at least42, Surr. 1612 – 16, 1624 – at least42, Derbys. by 1614 – at least15, 1628-at least 1641 (custos rot. 1628-at least 1636), Mdx. 1617-at least 1641, Westminster 1620 – at least41, Kent 1624-at least 1642,Cal. Assize Recs. Suss. Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 38; Cal. Assize Recs. Surr. Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 68; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Chas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 421; C231/4, ff. 17, 52, 53, 99, 168; ASSI 35/84/6; 35/84/8; C66/1988; 66/2047; 66/2859; SP16/405. Oxon. 1644; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 169. commr. oyer and terminer, London 1617 – 41, Mdx. 1617 – 41, Suss. 1627, Home circ. 1629 – 42, the verge 1630 – 39, Surr. 1640,C231/4, f. 52; 231/5, p. 29; C181/2, f. 304v; 181/3, f. 216v; 181/4, ff. 13, 48v; 181/5, ff. 154, 169, 207, 213, 221v. Kent and Derbys. 1643, Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6, pp. 30, 109. gaol delivery, London 1617 – 41, Surr. 1640,C181/2, f. 301; 181/5, ff. 169, 214. lieutenancy, Mdx. 1620–2,Sainty, Lords Lieutenants, 27. subsidy, Mdx. and Suss. 1621, London, Mdx., Surr. and Suss. 1624,C212/22/20–1, 23. steward, honour of Eagle, Suss. 1624,Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 217. honour of Grafton, Northants. 1629;T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 82. commr. nuisance, Mdx. 1624;Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 96. ld. lt. (jt.) Suss. 1624 – 42, Mdx. 1628–42;Sainty, Lords Lieutenants, 27, 35. dep. lt. Mdx. by 1625;E401/2586, p. 456. commr. new buildings, London 1625 – 34, London and Westminster 1636,Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 70; ix. pt. 2, p. 8; T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, i. 233. Forced Loan, Mdx. 1626 – 27, Suss. 1626 – 27, London, Surr. Westminster, Chichester, Suss. 1627, CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 435; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, pp. 141, 144; C193/12/2, ff. 34, 56v, 58v, 74v, 76v. martial law, Suss. 1627; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 461. high steward, Great Yarmouth, Norf. 1629-at least 1640,C.F. Patterson, Urban Patronage in Early Modern Eng. 248. Barnstaple, Devon 1637–43;Reprint of Barnstaple Recs. ed. J.R. Chanter and T. Wainwright, i. 102; Patterson, 244. commr. piracy, London 1630 – 35, Devon 1630, 1637, Cumb. 1631, Hants and I.o.W., 1635 – 36, Suss. 1637 Cornw. 1637, C181/4, ff. 36v, 52, 81; 181/5, ff. 24, 26v, 58v, 68v, 83, 84. knighthood fines, Mdx. 1630,CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 342. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1631;Ibid. 1631–3, p. 6. constable, Beaumaris Castle, Anglesey 1631–44;Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 164; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6, p. 388. commr. survey, St. James’s bailiwick, London 1640;CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 208. steward (jt.), Eltham park, Kent by 1642;Ibid. 1641–3, p. 318. commr. array, Kent and Mdx. 1642,Northants RO, FH133. defence, Oxon. 1643, Berks. and Bucks. 1645, rebels’ estates, Oxon., Berks. and Bucks. 1644, visitation of Christ Church hospital, Oxford 1644, oaths 1645.Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6, pp. 30, 121, 143, 233, 267.

Member, Virg. Co. by 1612, cttee. 1620,A. Brown, Genesis of US, 542; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 379. member, NW Passage Co. 1612,CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 239. member, Somers Is. Co. by 1618, cttee. 1623;J. Smith, Generall Historie of Virginia (1624), p. 189; Brown, 989. gov. Mines Royal 1624–50.BL, Loan 16/2, ff. 12v, 102v.

Commr. recovery of the Palatinate 1621,APC, 1619–21, p. 335. trade 1622, 1625;Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 11; viii. pt. 1, p. 59. PC 22 July 1626-at least 1644;APC, 1626, p. 117; PC2/53, p. 231. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1626-at least 1633;R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 349. commr. sale of Crown lands 1626,CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 428. prizes 1626–37,Ibid. 1625–6, p. 481; 1637, p. 32. exacted fees 1627-at least 1637,Ibid. 1627–8, p. 232; E215/173A. bullion exchange 1627, assistance to allies 1628;CSP Dom. 1627–8, pp. 359, 574. chamberlain to Queen Henrietta Maria 1628–44;HMC 4th Rep. 290, 308. commr. Admlty. 1628 – 38, 1643-at least 1645,G.F. James and J.J.S. Shaw, ‘Admiralty Admin. and Personnel, 1619–1714’, BIHR, xiv. 13–15. knighthood fines 1630, poor relief 1631, CSP Dom. 1629–31, pp. 175, 474. plantation of Virg. 1631,Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 192. saltpetre 1631–7,CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 97; 1637, p. 202. execution of poor laws 1632,PC2/42, f. 54. transportation of felons 1633,CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 547. ordnance inquiry 1633–5,Ibid. 1633–4, p. 60; 1634–5, p. 527. soap monopoly 1634,C181/4, f. 186. defective titles 1635,Rymer, ix. pt. 1, p. 6. American appeals 1636;CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 363. member, Council of War 1637;Ibid. 1637, p. 224. commr. compositions, cottages without four acres 1638, usury 1638,Ibid. 1637–8, p. 602. revenue inquiry 1642,Ibid. 1641–3, p. 263. treasury 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6, p. 14. ld. chamberlain 1644–6.HMC 4th Rep. 308.

Main residences: South Berwick, Suss.; Dorset Court, Fleet Street, London.
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SACKVILLE, Sir Edward (1590-1652)

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