Family and Education
b. by 1514, o. s. of (Sir) Robert Dormer of West Wycombe, Wing and London by Jane, da. of John Newdigate of Harefield, Mdx. educ. ?I. Temple. m. (1) lic. Jan. 1535, Mary (d.1542), da. of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst, Kent, 2s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) by 1551, Dorothy, da. of Anthony Catesby of Whiston Northants., 1s. Robert 6da. suc. fa. July 1552. KB 29 Sept. 1553.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Bucks. ed. Metcalfe, 11; PCC 26 Powell; Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 530, 532; Machyn’s Diary (Cam. Soc. xlii), 45; Fac. Off. Reg. 1534-49, ed. Chambers, 18; H. Clifford, Jane Dormer, ed. Stevenson, 11-14; Mon. Brass Soc. Trans. vi. 59.
Offices Held
J.p. Bucks. 1547 – d.; commr. relief 1550, musters 1570 – 74; sheriff, Beds and Bucks. 1553 – 54, 1568 – 69; marshal and keeper of the falcons July 1552 – d., chief steward, Ampthill honor 15 Oct. 1553–d.
Main residence: Eythrope in Waddesdon, Bucks.
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Commons 1509-1558
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DORMER, William (by 1514-75)
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