Family and Education
b. 1516 /17, 1st s. of Sir William Pickering of London, Byland and Oswaldkirk by Eleanor, da. of William Fairfax. educ. Camb. unm. 1da. illegit. suc. fa. 1542. Kntd. 22 Feb. 1547.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/65/63. DNB; PCC 15 Spert, 1 Pyckering.
Offices Held
Gent. of the chamber by 1550; keeper, Sheriff Hutton park, Yorks. and constable of the castle by 1551; ambassador to France 1551 – 53; j.p. Mdx. 1562.
Main residences: London; Byland; Oswaldkirk, Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
PICKERING, Sir William (1516/17-75)
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Oxford 1644
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