SOUTHWELL, Richard (1502/3-64), of London and Wood Rising, Norf.

Family and Education

b. 1502 /3, 1st s. of Francis Southwell by Dorothy, da. and coh. of William Tendring of Little Birch, Essex; bro. of Francis and Robert. educ. L. Inn, adm. 3 Feb. 1526. m. (1) Thomasin, da. of Roger Darcy of Danbury, Essex, 1da.; (2) Mary (d. by July 1561), da. of Thomas Darcy of Danbury, wid. of Robert Leeche of Norwich, Norf., 1da. also 2s. illegit. inc. Richard Southwell alias Darcy 2da. illegit. bef. m. suc.fa. 2 Sept. 1512; uncle 30 Mar. 1514. Kntd. 1970.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/79/183, and that given on portrait of 1536. Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 259-61; PCC 19 Stevenson; C142/29/15; LP Hen. VIII, xv; E159/319, brev. ret. Mich. r. [1-2]; DNB.

Offices Held

J.p. Norf. 1531 – 54; sheriff, Norf. and Suff. 1534 – 35; receiver, ct. augmentations, Norf. and Suff. 24 Apr. 1536 – 17 Jan. 1542; commr. for survey of monasteries, Norf. and Suff. 1537, for suppression 1539, of Admiralty in Nov 1547, relief, Norf. and Norwich 1550; other commissions from 1535; custos rot. Norf. by Feb. 1537; gen. surveyor, office of gen. surveyors by Feb. 1542; second gen. surveyor, ct. gen. surveyors of the King’s lands 16 Nov. 1542–7; v.-treasurer of the wars July 1544, treasurer Aug. 1544; PC 12 Mar. 1547, Aug. 1553 – Nov. 1558; steward, duchy of Lancaster, Cambs., Norf. and Suff. 1553–58/59; keeper of the armoury, Greenwich and Tower 19 Sept. 1553 – 31 July 1559; master, the Ordnance 11 May 1554–31 July 1559.LP Hen. VIII, v, viii, xii-xvii, xix-xxi; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 87, 97; 1553, p. 356; 1553–4, pp. 22, 108, 199; W. C. Richardson, Ct. Augmentations, 50; Rep. R. Comm. of 1552 (Archs. of Brit. Hist. and Culture iii), 14; APC, ii. 71; iv-vi passim; Somerville, Duchy, i. 595; A. H. Smith, County and Ct. 65; HCA 14/2.

Parlimentarian

SOUTHWELL, Richard (1502/3-64), of London and Wood Rising, Norf.

Main residences: London; Wood Rising, Norf.

Author

R.V.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

SOUTHWELL, Richard (1502/3-64)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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