WARD, Richard (c.1514-78), of Hurst, Berks.

Clerk of the scullery by 1532, of the poultry by 1537, 2nd clerk of the spicery by 1540, 1st clerk 1549 – 56, 1550 – 58; gatekeeper and keeper of the armoury at Windsor castle from 1538; bailiff of liberties of Cookham and Bray, Berks. 1540 – 64; escheator, Oxon. and Berks. 1542 – 43; j.p. Berks. from c. 1543, Wilts. from c. 1564; clerk of the green cloth by 1565; cofferer of the Household from Mar. 1567; duchy of Lancaster receiver, Furness abbey possessions in Lancs., Yorks., Cumb. 1559.LP Hen. VIII, xii(2), p. 406; xiii(2), pp. 175, 537; xvi. p. 144; xviii(1), p. 123; xxi(2), p. 429; CPR, 1555–7, p. 404; 1563–6, p. 257; A. Woodworth, Purveyance for the Royal Household (American Philosoph. Soc. xxxv(1), p. 10); Somerville, Duchy, i. 497.