SOUTHWELL, Francis (c.1510-81), of Hertingfordbury, Herts. and Islington, Norf.

Family and Education

b. c. 1510, 3rd s. of Francis Southwell (d.1512) by Dorothy, da. and coh. of William Tendring of Little Birch, Essex; bro. of Richard and Robert. m. (1) by 1545, Alice, da. of William Standish, s.p.; (2) 6 Aug. 1560, Barbara, da. of John Spencer of Rendlesham, Suff., wid. of Richard Catlyn (d.1556) of Norwich and Honingham, Norf. and Serjeants’ Inn, London, 2s. 1da.Date of birth estimated from elder brothers’. Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 260-1, 263; Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch.), i. 125-6.

Offices Held

Auditor, Exchequer 1542–?d., jt. (with Walter Mildmay), prests, ct. gen. surveyors of the King’s lands, May 1543–7; receiver, ct. augmentations, Herts. 1547; commr. subsidy, Herts. 1544, chantries, Oxon., Northants., Rutland 1546, Herts. 1548, relief, Herts. 1550; j.p. 1547, q. 1554.LP Hen. VIII, xvii, xviii, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 84; 1548–9, p. 135; 1553. p. 354; 1553–4, pp. 20, 29; 1569–72, p. 177; W. C. Richardson, Ct. Augmentations, 118, 148; E179/121/157; 403/2448, ff. 81–82.

Parlimentarian

SOUTHWELL, Francis (c.1510-81), of Hertingfordbury, Herts. and Islington, Norf.

Main residences: Hertingfordbury, Herts.; Islington, Norf.

Author

D.F.C.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

SOUTHWELL, Francis (c.1510-81)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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