Family and Education
b. 1514 /15, 2nd s. of William Haddon of Bucks. by Dorothy, da. of John Young of Crome D’Abitot, Worcs.; half-bro. of Francis Saunders. educ. Eton c.1529-33; King’s, Camb. Aug. 1533, BA 1538, MA 1541, L1D 1549, fellow 1536-52; adv. Doctors’ Commons 11 May 1555. m. (1) Margaret, da. of Sir John Clere of Ormesby, Norf. 1s. 1da.; (2) lic. 17 Dec. 1567, Anne, da. of Sir Henry Sutton of Notts. s.p.Aged 56 at death according to MI. Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 32; C. Coote, Civilians, 41; C142/161/120; Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch.), ii. 267-8; Mar. Lic. London (Harl. Soc. xxv), 37; Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 143-4; HL Quarterly, xvii. 99-124; DNB.
Offices Held
V.-chancellor, Cambridge Univ. 1549 – 50; regius prof. of civil law Mar. 1550 – Sept. 1552; master, Trinity Hall Feb. – Sept. 1552; pres. Magdalen Coll. Oxf. 30 Sept. 1552 – 30 Oct. 1553; master of requests Nov. or Dec. 1558 – d.; master, prerogative ct. of Canterbury Dec. 1558, judge from 1559; commr. eccles. causes 1559–d.
Main residences: London; St. Mary Cray, Kent.
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Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
HADDON, Walter (1514/15-71)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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