CHAMBERLAIN, Sir Ralph (by 1523-70 or later), of Shirburn, Oxon.

Family and Education

b. by 1523, 3rd s. of Sir Edward Chamberlain, and bro. of Edward Chamberlain II and Sir Leonard. m. by 1544, a da. of Philip Scudamore of Burnham, Bucks. Kntd. 2 Oct. 1553.Date of birth estimated from marriage. Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 236-7; PCC 7 Bucke.

Offices Held

?Servant of Sir John Russell, Baron Russell in 1541; gent. porter, the Tower of London from 1533; ?esquire of the body from 1553; ?lt. of Calais castle 1554 – 58; bailiff of the lordship of Leominster, Herefs. from 1559.LP Hen. VIII, xvi; CPR, 1553, p. 150; 1554–5, pp. 161, 187–8; P. T. J. Morgan, ‘The govt. of Calais, 1485–1558’ (Oxf. Univ. D. Phil. thesis, 1966), 298.

Parlimentarian

CHAMBERLAIN, Sir Ralph (by 1523-70 or later), of Shirburn, Oxon.

Main residence: Shirburn, Oxon.

Author

T.F.T.B.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

CHAMBERLAIN, Sir Ralph (by 1523-at least 70)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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