SHERBORN, Sir Richard (by 1522-94), of Stonyhurst, Lancs.

Family and Education

b. by 1522, 1st s. of Thomas Sherborn of Stonyhurst by Joan, da. of Sir John Towneley of Towneley. m. (1) 1538, Maud (d. 10 Nov. 1588), da. of Sir Richard Bold of Bold, 5s. 3da.; (2) 1588, Isabel Wood, 1s. 2da. illegit. bef. , also 1s. illegit. by Grace Ryddynge. suc. fa. 22 Sept. 1536. Kntd. 11 May 1544.Date of birth estimated from first reference, but said to be ten at fa.’s death. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxi), 58; (lxxxviii), 264; C. D. Sherborn, Sherborn Fam. 27 seq.; Chetham Soc. lx. 267; VCH Lancs. vii. 5.

Offices Held

Dep. steward, duchy of Lancaster, Blackburn hundred, Lancs. 1543, steward and master forester, Bowland and Quernmore 1554 – d., dep. master forester, Amounderness 1560–1 and 1586–7; commr. chantries, Lancs. 1552, 1554, eccles. causes, diocese of Chester 1562, to survey crown lands, Lancs. 1576, musters 1577, 1580; servant of earls of Derby by 1555, member, council by 1561; butler, Lancs. 1559; searcher, port of Liverpool 1559; lt. I.o.M. in 1561; j.p. Lancs. by 1564–83 or later; member eccles. comm. in 1568; clerk of the market and feodary, Bowland and Lancs. 1582; dep. lt. Lancs. by 1585–d.VCH Lancs. ii. 97–98; vii. 5; CPR, 1560–3, pp. 280–1; 1572–5, p. 92; Chetham Soc. n.s. lxxii. 24; APC, xii. 8; xviii. 386; Cam. Misc. ix(3), 77; HMC Foljambe, 25; DKR, xliii. 274; Somerville, Duchy, i. 467n, 491, 501; CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 402.

Parlimentarian

SHERBORN, Sir Richard (by 1522-94), of Stonyhurst, Lancs.

Main residence: Stonyhurst, Lancs.

Author

A.D.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

SHERBORN, Sir Richard (by 1522-94)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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