SPENCER, Sir Richard (c.1553-1624), of Offley, Herts. and Drury Lane, Westminster

Family and Education

b. c. 1553, 4th s. of Sir John Spencer† (d.1586), of Althorp, Northants. and Katharine, da. of Sir Thomas Kitson of Hengrave, Suff.; bro. of John† and William†.R. Clutterbuck, Herts. iii. 96-7. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. BA 1572, MA 1575; Caius, Camb. 1575, aged 22; travelled abroad (France, Italy, Germany, Low Countries) 1577-83; G. Inn 1585. Al. Ox.; Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; CSP For. 1575-6, p. 600; 1579-81, p. 87; 1581-2, p. 307. m. by 1589, Helen (d. 12 May 1614), Clutterbuck, iii. 96. da. and coh. of Sir John Brocket† of Brocket Hall, Herts., 2s. 3da. W. Berry, Herts. Peds. 134. Kntd. 7 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 104. d. 7 Nov. 1624. C142/418/95.

Offices Held

Sec. to Sir William Cecil†, 1st Bar. Burghley by 1583; Bodl. Tanner 78, f. 105. commr. peace negotiations, Ostend 1588, The Hague 1607–9; CSP For. 1588, pp. 132, 171; Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 194. jt. kpr. of writs, c.p. 1604–d.; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 173; 1627–8, p. 153. gent. of the privy chamber 1607–d. HMC Hatfield, xix. 218.

J.p. Herts. by 1596–d., SP13/Case F/11, f. 17; C66/1620, C193/13/1. sheriff 1597–8, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 64. provost-marshal 1599; HMC Hatfield, ix. 288. commr. inquiry into lands and tenements, Herts 1603, C181/1, ff. 72, 73. subsidy 1608, SP14/31/1. sewers 1617, C181/2, f. 297. brewhouse survey 1620, APC 1619–21, p. 203. highways 1622; C181/3, f. 69v. collector for Palatine Benevolence, Hitchin half-hundred 1620. HMC Hatfield, xxii. 125.

Parlimentarian

SPENCER, Sir Richard (c.1553-1624), of Offley, Herts. and Drury Lane, Westminster

Main residences: Offley, Herts.; Drury Lane, Westminster.

Author

V.C.D.M.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

SPENCER, Sir Richard (c.1553-1624)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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