POLSTED, Henry (by 1510-55), of Albury, Surr.

Family and Education

b. by 1510, 2nd s. of Thomas Polsted of Stoke by Agnes; bro. of Thomas. educ. ?Guildford g.s. m. 18 May 1539, Alice, da. of Robert Lord alias Lawerde, 1s. Richard 1da.; at least 1 ch. illegit.Date of birth estimated from purchase of property in 1531. PCC 5 Jankyn, 6 Ketchyn; Surr. Arch. Colls. ii. ped. section; VCH Surr. ii. 165; LP Hen. VIII, xiv.

Offices Held

Bencher, I. Temple 1552.

Receiver to Cromwell by 1533; under steward, ct. augmentations, north of Trent May 1538 – June 1540; commr. benevolence, Surr. 1544/45, chantries, Surr., Suss. and Chichester 1548, relief, Surr. and Suss. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Surr. 1553; other commissions 1551 – 54; j.p. Essex 1547, Surr. 1547 – d., q. 1554, Suss. 1547; escheator, Surr. and Suss. 1549–50.M. L. Robertson, ‘Cromwell’s servants’ (Univ. California Los Angeles PhD. thesis, 1975), 544–5; W. C. Richardson, Ct. Augmentations, 222; Surr. Arch. Colls. iv. 10; LP Hen. VIII, ix, xx; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 83, 90; 1548–9, p. 135; 1549–51, p. 301; 1550–3, pp. 141, 395; 1553, pp. 338, 357, 359, 415; 1553–4, pp. 24, 29, 35; 1554–5, p. 107.

Parlimentarian

POLSTED, Henry (by 1510-55), of Albury, Surr.

Main residence: Albury, Surr.

Author

S.R.J.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

POLSTED, Henry (by 1510-55)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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