MILDMAY, Sir Walter (bef.1523-89), of Apethorpe, Northants. and St. Bartholomew-the-Great, London.

Family and Education

b. bef. 1523, 4th s. of Thomas Mildmay of Chelmsford, Essex by his w. Agnes Read; bro. of Thomas I. educ. Christ’s, Camb. c.1537. m. 25 May 1546, Mary, da. of William Walsingham of Footscray, Kent, 2s. Anthony and Humphrey 3da. Kntd. 1547.Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 452-4; Marriage Licences in Faculty Office (Harl. Soc. xxiv), 7; PCC 51 Leicester; J. H. Round, Family Origins, 62-3.

Offices Held

Dep. receiver, ct. of augmentations by 1540, jt. auditor (with bro. Thomas), Norf., Suff., Cambs., Hunts., Essex, Herts., Mdx., London 1545 – 50, gen. surveyor 1547 – 54; jt. auditor, the King’s works 1543 (with bro. Thomas) duchy of Cornw. 1546 – 54; assistant treasurer, French war 1544; auditor, ct. of gen. surveyors of the King’s lands by 1545 – 47, duchy of Lancaster, north parts 1546 – 86; j.p. Essex 1547 – 53, Mdx. 1559 – d., Northants. 1559–d. Hunts. c.1564–d.; treasurer, expedition to Calais 1558 – 59; chancellor of the Exchequer 5 Feb. 1559 – d.; PC from July/August 1566; under-treasurer 1567 – d.; jt. ld. lt. Hunts. 1569, ld. lt. 1587–d. LP Hen. VIII, xviii(1), p. 365; xx(2), pp. 554–5; xxi(1), p. 774; xxi(2), p. 409; Somerville, Duchy, i. 437; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 97; Northants. RO, Westmorland (Apethorpe), box 1, bdle. 1, no. 16; CPR, 1558–60, p. 57; 1566–9, p. 274; cal. patent rolls 1–16 Eliz. PRO 9(11), 218.

Parlimentarian

MILDMAY, Walter (by 1523-89), of Apethorpe, Northants. and London.

Main residences: Apethorpe, Northants.; St. Bartholomew-the-Great, London.

Author

S.M.T.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

MILDMAY, Sir Walter (bef. 1523-89)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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