Family and Education
b. c. 1504, s. of Roger North of London by Christian, da. of Richard Warcup of Sinnington, Yorks. educ. St. Paul’s; ?Peterhouse, Camb, L. Inn, adm. 1 July 1522. m. (1) c.1528, Alice (bur. 22 Aug. 1560), da. of Oliver Squire of Southby, Hants, wid. of John Brigandine of Southampton, Hants, and Edward Murfyn of London, 2s. inc. Roger 2da.; (2) Margaret (d. 2 June 1575), da. of Richard Butler of London wid. of Andrew Francis and Robert Chertsey, both of London, and David Broke of Horton, Glos. and London. suc. fa. Nov. 1509. Kntd. ? 16 Jan. 1542; cr. Lord North of Kirtling 1554.Aged 47 ‘or thereabouts’ in 1551, Foxe, Acts and Mons. vi. 157-8; A. Collins, Peerage, iv. 454; Leland, Coll. ed. Hearne, v. 154-5; DNB; CP.
Offices Held

Steward, L. Inn 1528–30.

?Clerk of the council of the city of London in late 1520s; clerk of the Parliaments Feb. 1531-Sept. 1540 King’s serjeant-at-law in 1536; j.p. Cambs. 1536 – d., Hunts. 1554 – d., I. o. Ely 1564, Mdx. and Suff. 1562 – d.; sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 1542 – 43; treasurer, ct. augmentations Mar. 1540 – Apr. 1544; jt. (with Sir Richard Rich) chancellor Apr. – July 1544, sole July 1544 – Aug. 1548; commr. benevolence, Cambs. and Hunts. 1544/45. relief, Cambs., Hunts. and London 1550, for heresies 1557; other commissions 1535 – d.; auditor, Queen Catherine Parr’s accts. 1546; PC 12 Mar. 1547 – July 1553; ld. lt. Cambs. and I. o. Ely 1557 – d.; trier of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of 1558, 1559 and 1563.D. North, Edward Lord North (1658), 7; LP Hen. VIII, v, viii, x, xiii, xvi, xvii, xx; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 97, 297; 1553, pp. 351, 354, 361; 1553–4, p. 28; 1560–3, pp. 439, 442; 1563–6, pp. 29, 41, 274; W. C. Richardson, Ct. Augmentations, 330; E101/424/12, pt. i. f. 49; LJ, i. 514, 542, 581.

Main residences: Kirtling, Cambs.; the Charterhouse, Mdx.; London.
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Volume
Commons 1509-1558
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NORTH, Edward (c.1504-64)

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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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