WALSINGHAM, Francis (c.1532-90), of Scadbury and Foots Cray, Kent; Barn Elms, Surr. and Seething Lane, London.

Family and Education

b. c. 1532, o.s. of William Walsingham (d.1534), of Scadbury, Chislehurst, Kent, by Joyce, da. of Sir Edmund Denny of Cheshunt, Herts. educ. King’s, Camb. 1548; travelled abroad 1550-2; G. Inn 1552; Padua 1555. m. (1) 1562, Anne (d.1564), da. of Sir George Barne, lord mayor of London, wid. of Alexander Carleill, s.p.; (2) 1566, Ursula, da. of Henry St. Barbe of Som., wid. of Sir Richard Worsley of Appuldurcombe, I.o.W., 2da. suc. fa. Mar. 1534. Kntd. 1 Dec. 1577.

Offices Held

J.p. Herts. 1564, q. by 1574; j.p.q. Hants from c. 1573, custos rot. by 1577; j.p.q. Surr. from 1579; recorder, Colchester from 1578; high steward, Salisbury, Ipswich 1581, Winchester 1582, Kingston-upon-Hull by 1583, King’s Lynn 1588; ambassador to France 1570 – 73; principal secretary and PC 21 Dec. 1573; chancellor of the Garter 1578 – 87; envoy to Netherlands June – Sept. 1578, to France 1581, to Scotland 1583; gov. mines royal 1581; member of commissions to try William Parry 1585, Babington conspirators Sept. 1586, Mary Stuart Oct. 1586; chancellor, duchy of Lancaster 1587.DNB; E. A. Webb, G. W. Miller and J. Beckwith, Hist. chislehurst, ped. opp. p. 112; SP12/121; APC, viii. 169; HMC Var. iv. 229; Essex Arch. Soc., Morant mss; N. Bacon, Ipswich, 329; J. J. sheahan, Hist. Hull, 2554; Neale, Commons, 181, 208; Cam. Misc. vi(3); Somerville, Duchy, i. 395.

Parlimentarian

WALSINGHAM, Francis (c.1532-90), of Scadbury and Foots Cray, Kent; Barn Elms, Surr. and Seething Lane, London.

Main residences: Scadbury; Foots Cray, Kent and Barn Elms, Surr. and Seething Lane, London.

Notes

Unless otherwise stated this biography is based upon C. Read, Mr. Secretary Walsingham and the Policy of Q. Eliz.

Author

P.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

WALSINGHAM, Francis (c.1532-90)

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