Family and Education
b. by 1502, 1st s. of Sir William Rous of Dennington by Alice, da. of Sir John Sulyard of Wetherden; bro. of Sir Edmund. m. by 1523, Agnes, da. of Sir Thomas Blennerhasset of Frenze, Norf., 2s. suc. fa. 1538/39. Kntd. 1970.Date of birth estimated from marriage. Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 62; LP Hen. VIII, xiii, xx; H. H. Leonard, ‘Knights and knighthood in Tudor Eng.’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1970), 184n.
Offices Held
Treasurer to 3rd Duke of Norfolk by Jan. 1536, of King’s works at Guisnes Apr. 1541 – ?Sept. 1542; j.p. Suff. 1537 – d.; various commissions, Suff. and Calais 1538 – d.; comptroller, Calais Oct. 1542 – Apr. 1544; treasurer of the King’s jewels May 1544 – Nov. 1545, of the chamber and ct. gen. surveyors Nov. 1545–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Dennington; Henham, Suff.
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Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
ROUS, Anthony (by 1502-46)
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