CHOLMLEY (CHOLMONDELEY), Sir Hugh (by 1513-97), of Cholmondeley, Cheshire.

Family and Education

b. by 1513, 2nd s. of Richard Cholmley (d.1517/18) of Cholmondeley by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Randall Brereton of Malpas; bro. of Ralph. m. (1) Amy or Anne (d.1571), da. of Sir George Darman or Dorman of Malpas, 3s. inc. Hugh 1da., (2) Mary, da. of Sir William Gruffydd of Penrhyn, Caern., wid. of Sir Randall Brereton of Malpas, s.p. suc. bro. 1539. Kntd. 11 May 1544.Date of birth estimated from age at younger brother Ralph’s i.p.m., C142/135/41. Ormerod, Cheshire , ii. 633-4, 638; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. xviii), 64; (lix), 62; DNB which gives Cholmley’s daughter-in-law Mary Holford and grandson Robert as his wife and son.

Offices Held

Commr. musters, Cheshire 1544, 1569, 1570, Denb. 1550, chantries, Cheshire, Lancs. and Chester 1548, relief, Salop and Cheshire 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Cheshire 1553, eccles. causes, diocese of Chester 1562, piracy, Cheshire 1565; other commissions 1570 – 86; j.p. Cheshire 1547, q. by 1562, Salop 1582; sheriff, Cheshire 1547 – 48, 1554 – 55, 1565 – 66, 1572 – 73, 1588 – 89, Flints. 1582 – 83; member, council in marches of Wales 1560, v.-pres. 1569 – 71; dep. lt. Cheshire 1569, 1585, 1587; custos rot. 1579–d.LP Hen. VIII, xix, xx; CPR, 1547–8, p. 81; 1548–9, p. 1553, pp. 358, 360, 417; 1560–3, pp. 280, 444; 1563–6, p. 28; B. Coward, ‘Stanley fam. c.1385–1651’ (Sheffield Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1968), 200, 201; APC, vii. 284, 375; viii. 40; xi. 243, 255; xii. 140, 159; xiii. 64; xiv. 9; P. H. Williams, Council in the Marches of Wales, pp. xiv, 256, 344–5; R. Flenley, Cal. Reg. Council, Marches of Wales, 216; HMC Foljambe, 25.

Parlimentarian

CHOLMLEY (CHOLMONDELEY), Sir Hugh (by 1513-97), of Cholmondeley, Cheshire.

Main residence: Cholmondeley, Cheshire.

Author

P.S.E.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

CHOLMLEY (CHOLMONDELEY), Sir Hugh (by 1513-97)

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Oxford 1644

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