GORING, Sir William (by 1500-54), of Burton, Suss.

Family and Education

b. by 1500, 1st s. of John Goring of Burton by Constance, da. of Henry Dyke of Suss. m. by 1521, Elizabeth (d. 10 Nov. 1558), da. and h. of John Covert of Slaugham, 3s. inc. George 2da. suc. fa. 1520. Kntd. 1526.Date of birth estimated from marriage. Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 45-46; Comber, Suss. Genealogies (Ardingly), 180; Suss. Arch. Colls. xxiii. 142; H. H. Leonard, ‘Knights and knighthood’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1970), 163.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1530 – 31, 1535 – 36, 1550 – 51; j.p. Suss. 1532 – d.; knight of the body by 1533; commr. musters, Suss. 1539, chantries 1548, relief 1550, church goods Suss., Chichester 1552; chamberlain, household of Queen Anne of Cleves 1540 – 46; gent. the privy chamber by 1547–d.LP Hen. VIII, v. ix, xiii-xv, xx; CPR, 1547–8, p. 90; 1548–9, p. 135; 1550–3, pp. 52, 142, 395–6; E179/69/48; Stowe 571, f. 30.

Parlimentarian

GORING, Sir William (by 1500-54), of Burton, Suss.

Main residence: Burton, Suss.

Author

R.J.W.S.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

GORING, Sir William (by 1500-54)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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