DORMER, Robert (1485/6-1552), of West Wycombe and Wing, Bucks. and London.

Family and Education

b. 1485 /86, s. of William Dormer of West Wycombe by Agnes, da. of Richard Wydevill, 1st Earl Rivers. m. 1512 Jane, da. of John Newdigate of Harefield, Mdx., 1s. William. suc. fa. 3 Nov. 1506. Kntd. by 24 Sept. 1535.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., CIPM Hen. VII, iii. 209. Vis. Bucks. ed. Metcalfe, 11; Harl. 1533, f. 11v; PCC 11 Adeane, 26 Powell; LP Hen. VIII, ix; H. Clifford, Jane Dormer, ed. Stevenson, 16.

Offices Held

Commr. subsidy, Bucks. 1512, 1514, 1524, 1546, benevolence 1544/45, musters 1546, relief 1550; other commissions 1535 – 47; sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 1522 – 23, 1531 – 32; 1538 – 39; j.p. Bucks. 1536 – d.; marshal and keeper of the falcons by d. Statutes, iii. 86, 118; LP Hen. VIII, iv, viii, xi, xiii, xiv, xvi-xxi; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 75–76; 81; 1553, p. 351; 1553–4, pp. 181, 211.

Parlimentarian

DORMER, Robert (1485/6-1552), of West Wycombe and Wing, Bucks. and London.

Main residences: West Wycombe; Wing, Bucks.; London.

Author

M.K.D.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

DORMER, Robert (1485/6-1552)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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