HALES, Christopher (by 1488-1541), of Hackington, near Canterbury, Kent.

Family and Education

b. by 1488, s. of Thomas Hales, educ. G. Inn. m. Elizabeth, da. of John Caunton of London, 1s. 4da. Kntd. by Nov. 1538.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxiv), 78; C142/64/102; LP Hen. VIII, xiii; DNB.

Offices Held

Autumn reader, G. Inn 1524/25.Dugdale, Origines Juridiciales, 292; Chronica Ser. 81; G.I. Adm. 2.

Commr. subsidy, Kent 1515; other commissions 1526 – d.; attorney-gen. to 3rd Duke of Buckingham by 1521; member, council of Princess Mary 1525; solicitor-gen. 1525; j.p. Kent 1526 – d., Essex 1530 – 32, Herts. 1531, Mdx. 1531, 1537 – d., Surr. 1531, 1538 – d., Suss. 1531 – 32, 1538; attorney-gen. 1529; master of the rolls 1536; receiver of petitions in the Lords, Parlt. of 1539.Statutes, iii. 168; C. Rawcliffe, The Staffords, Earls of Stafford and Dukes of Buckingham, 1394–1521, pp. 162, 198, 228; LP Hen. VIII, iii-viii, xi-xvi; Arch. Cant. vii. 281–7; LJ, i. 103.

Parlimentarian

HALES, Christopher (by 1488-1541), of Hackington, near Canterbury, Kent.

Main residence: Hackington, near Canterbury, Kent.

Author

H.M.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

HALES, Christopher (by 1488-1541)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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