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SOUTHWELL, Robert (c.1506-59), of London and Mereworth, Kent.
Family and Education
b. c. 1506, 2nd s. of Francis Southwell (d.1512) by Dorothy, da. and coh. of William Tendring of Little Birch, Essex; bro. of Francis and Richard. educ. M. Temple, called. m. 1535, Margaret, da. and h. of Sir Thomas Neville of Mereworth, 4s. 3da. Kntd. 16 Jan. 1542.Date of birth estimated from elder and younger brothers’. Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 260-1; Wriothesley’s Chron. i (Cam. Soc. n.s. xi), 133.
Offices Held
Autumn reader, M. Temple 1540.
Common serjeant, London 1535 – 36; solicitor, ct. augmentations 1536 – 37, attorney 1537 – 40; j.p. Kent, Norf. 1538 – 54, Surr. 1541 – d., Suff. 1544 – d., Suss. 1544 – d., Essex 1547 – 54; Councillor 1540; master of requests 1540; master of rolls 1541 – 50; receiver of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of 1542, 1545 and 1547; various commissions, largely in Kent 1550 – 56; sheriff, Kent 1553–4.
Main residences: London; Mereworth, Kent.
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Commons 1509-1558
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SOUTHWELL, Robert (c.1506-59)
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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.
Main residences: London; Wood Rising, Norf.
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Commons 1509-1558
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SOUTHWELL, Richard (1502/3-64)
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Oxford 1644
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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.
Main residences: Hertingfordbury, Herts.; Islington, Norf.
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SOUTHWELL, Francis (c.1510-81)
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