WARNER, Sir Edward (1511-65), of Plumstead and Polsteadhall, Norf.

Family and Education

b. 1511, yr. s. of Henry Warner of Besthorpe by Mary, da. of John Blennerhasset of Frenze; bro. of Robert. m. (1) Elizabeth (d.1560), da. of Thomas Brooke, 8th Lord Cobham, wid. of Sir Thomas Wyatt, 3s. all; d. inf.; (2) Audrey, da. and h. of William Hare of Beeston, wid. of Thomas Hobart of Plumstead, s.p. Kntd. 18 May 1544.DNB; Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 308-9; Vis. Norf. 1563 (Norf. Arch. Soc.), i. 18; LP Hen. VIII, xix(1), p. 328.

Offices Held

Member of Henry VIII’s household by 1537, sewer by 1545; constable, Clitheroe castle 1542; marshal of the field against Ket’s rebellion 1549; esquire of the body by 1552; lt. of the Tower Oct. 1552 – July 1553, from Nov. 1558 (jointly with Sir Thomas Cawarden) to 1563; master of St. Katharine’s hospital and steward of East Smithfield 1560, j.p. Mdx. from c. 1561, Norf. from c. 1564; collector for loan, Mdx. 1562; commr. piracy, Norf. 1565.LP Hen. VIII, xiii(1), p. 579; xx(2), p. 549; Somerville, Duchy, i. 499; DNB; CPR, 1550–3, p. 300; APC, iv. 422; vii. 471 n; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 150; Yale Univ. Lib., Osborn Coll. 71.6.41.

Parlimentarian

WARNER, Sir Edward (1511-65), of Polsteadhall and Plumstead, Norf.

Main residences: Plumstead; Polsteadhall, Norf.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

WARNER, Sir Edward (1511-65)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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