Family and Education
b. 1496 /97, 1st s. of Edward Elrington of London and Udimore, Suss., by Beatrix, da. of Ralph Shirley of Wiston, Suss. m. by 1527, Grace, illegit. da. of Sir Thomas Seymour I of London, Saffron Walden, Essex and Hoxton, Mdx., at least 5s. inc. Edward 3da. suc. fa. 7 July 1515.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/30/37. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 49, 392; PCC 12 Holder, 31 Hogen, 11 Bakon; LP Hen. VIII, xiv; C1/7/21, 783/7-13.
Offices Held
Ranger, Waltham forest, Essex 1541 – d.; dep. to Sir William Fitzwilliam I , Earl of Southampton, in office of ld. privy seal ?1540 – 42; commr. sewers, Essex 1543; chief butler of England (with Sir Francis Bryan) 23 June 1544 – d.; gent. pens. by 1544 – d.; keeper, Thorney Chase, Cambs., and King’s swans in Cambs. and Hunts. 1545 – d.; esquire of the body by 1551 – d.; treasurer of the navy.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: London; Birch Hall, Theydon Bois, Essex.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
ELRINGTON (ELDERTON), Edward (1496/97-1559)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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