Family and Education
b. ?1505, 2nd s. of George Catesby (d. 27 Nov. 1505) of Ashby St. Ledgers by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Empson of Easton Neston, Northants. m. (1) Dorothy, da. of Sir John Spencer of Hodnell, Warws., 4s. 2da.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of William Astell of Nuneaton, Warws., wid. of Sir Ralph Verney (d.1525) of Pendley in Tring, Herts., 4s. suc. bro. 1517. Kntd. 1542.Date of birth estimated from age at brother’s i.p.m. and from father’s death, VCH Warws. vi. 144. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 126; Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 173; Dugdale, 788; C142/100/47, 101/85.
Offices Held
J.p. Warws. 1537 – d., Northants. 1539 – d., sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 1540 – 41, 1545 – 46, Northants. 1542 – 43, 1549 – 50; commr. musters, Northants. 1546, chantries, Leics., Warws., Coventry and Leicester 1546, relief, Northants. and Warws. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Northants. 1553; other commissions 1539–d.
Main residences: Ashby St. Ledgers, Northants.; Lapworth, Warws.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
CATESBY, Richard (?1505-53)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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