SANDYS, William (c.1607-69), of Axe Yard, King Street, Westminster.

Family and Education

b. c. 1607, 2nd s. of Sir William Sandys of Fladbury, Worcs. by 2nd w. Margaret, da. and h. of Walter Colepeper of Handborough, Oxon.; bro. of Sir Miles Sandys. educ. Gloucester Hall, Oxf. matric. 13 June 1623, aged 16; M. Temple 1626. m. lic. 24 Apr. 1633, with £3,000, Cecily, da. of Sir John Stede of Stede Hill, Harrietsham, Kent, 2s. 1da.Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 123-4; Keeler, Long Parl. 333; SP29/85/78; C5/61/68; Denization and Naturalization (Huguenot Soc. xviii), 82.

Offices Held

Alderman, Evesham by 1640 – ?42, by 1661 – d.; j.p. Worcs. July 1660 – d.; commr. for assessment, Mdx. and Westminster 1661 – 63, Worcs. 1661 – d., Evesham 1663 – 64, loyal and indigent officers, Worcs. 1662.W. R. Williams, Rocs. Members, 143–4; Townshend’s Diary (Worcs. Rec. Soc.), ii. 276.

Servant to Queen Henrietta Maria by 1648; gent. usher of the privy chamber 1653 – June 1660; gent. pens. extraordinary 1661–d.HMC Pepys, 214; SP29/26/78; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 79; Beaufort mss 600.2.

Parlimentarian

SANDYS, William (c.1607-69), of Axe Yard, King Street, Westminster.

Main residence: Axe Yard, King Street, Westminster.

Author

E.R.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

SANDYS, William (c.1607-69)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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