Family and Education
bap. 26 Nov. 1546, yr. s. of Richard Fletcher of Watford, Herts. educ. Eton c.1561; King’s, Camb. scholar 1565, fellow 1568-81, BA 1570, MA 1573, LlD 1581. m. 16 Jan. 1581, Joan, da. of Thomas Sheafe, clothier, of Cranbrook, 3s. 5da.
Offices Held
Dep. public orator, Camb. Univ. 1577 – 82; commissary to chancellor, Ely diocese 1580; chancellor, Chichester diocese 1582; j.p. Suss. 1582; remembrancer, city of London Jan. 1586 – July 1605; ambassador to Russia and master of requests extraordinary 1588; treasurer, St. Paul’s cathedral 1597; member of a mission to the Netherlands May 1598.
Main residences: Cranbrook, Kent; St. Katharine Coleman, London.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
FLETCHER, Giles (1546-1611)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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