ONSLOW, Richard (1527/28-71), of the Inner Temple, London.

Family and Education

b. 1527 /28 2nd s. of Roger Onslow of Shrewsbury, Salop by 1st w. Margaret, da. of Thomas Poyner of Salop. educ. I. Temple, adm. 1 July 1545. m. 7 Aug. 1559, Catherine, da. and coh. of William Harding of Knowle in Cranleigh, Surr., 2s. 5da.Aged 17 on admission to Inner Temple, Surr. Arch. Colls. xxxix. 65. DNB; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 379; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 154; Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. 54; CPR, 1560-3, pp. 52, 117.

Offices Held

Bencher, I. Temple 1559, Autumn reader 1562, gov. 1564–6.

Member, council in the marches of Wales by 1560 – d.; clerk of the council, duchy of Lancaster 1561 – d.; j.p.q. Salop 1562 – d., Mdx. 1564; commr. eccles. causes 1562; recorder, London by 13 June 1563 – June 1566; solicitor-gen. 27 June 1566 – Mar. 1569; attorney, ct. wards 12 Mar. 1569–d.Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 1), iii. 269–70; Cam. Misc. ix(3), 60; CPR, 1560–3, pp. 442, 523; 1563–6, p. 474; 1566–9, pp. 395, 396; Somerville, Duchy, i. 414; City of London RO, Guildhall, rep. 16, ff. 73v, 138v; H. E. Bell, Ct.Wards and Liveries, 22–23.

Speaker of House of Commons 1566.

Parlimentarian

ONSLOW, Richard (1527/28-71), of the Inner Temple, London.

Main residence: the Inner Temple, London.

Author

R.J.W.S.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

ONSLOW, Richard (1527/28-71)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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