SHARINGTON, William (c.1495-1553), of Lacock, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1495, 1st s. of Thomas Sharington of Norfolk by Catherine, da. and h. of William Pyrton of Little Bentley, Essex. m. (1) Ursula, illegit. da. of John Bourchier, 2nd Lord Berners; (2) Eleanor, da. of William Walsingham; (3) 1542, Grace, da. of one Farrington of Devon, wid. of Robert Paget of London. KB 20 Feb. 1547.DNB giving date of birth; The Gen. n.s. xii. 241; LP Hen. VIII, xvii.

Offices Held

Page of the robes by 1539, groom 1540; page of the privy chamber 1541, groom 1542; jt. (with Thomas Paston) steward and constable, Castle Rising, Norf. Nov. 1542; member, household of Queen Catherine Parr by 1544–5 or later; under treasurer, Bristol mint 25 Mar. 1546 – 25 Dec. 1548; j.p. Wilts. 1547 – d.; commr. to inquire into the mints 1547, of Admiralty in Nov. 1547, chantries, Glos., Gloucester and Bristol 1548, for sale of Boulogne 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Wilts. 1553; sheriff, Wilts. 1552–d. LP Hen. VIII, xiii, xv-xvii, xxi; Brit. Numismatic Jnl. xlv. 68; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 91, 116; 1548–9, p. 136; 1549–51, p. 335; 1553, p. 387; HCA 14/2.

Parlimentarian

SHARINGTON, William (c.1495-1553), of Lacock, Wilts.

Main residence: Lacock, Wilts.

Author

R.J.W.S.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

SHARINGTON, William (c.1495-1553)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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