SADLER, Sir Ralph (1507-87), of Standon, Herts.

Clerk of hanaper from 1535; gent. of privy chamber 1536, ambassador extraordinary to Scotland 1537, 1540, 1542; prothonotary in Chancery from 1537; P.C. 1540 – 53, from 20 Nov. 1558; principal sec. 1540 – 43; master of gt. wardrobe 1543 – 53; treasurer, war against Scotland 1544, 1547, of northern army 1569 – 70; receiver, ct. of gen. surveyors by 1545; duchy of Lancaster steward of Hertford and constable of Hertford castle 1549 – 54, 1559 – 87; warden of east and middle marches l 559–60; chancellor of duchy of Lancaster from 1568; custodian of Mary Queen of Scots 1584–5.

J.p. Herts 1544 – 53, from 1559, q. and custos rot. from c. 1562, ld. lt. 1569; j.p. Glos. 1547 – 53; eccles. commr. 1572.LP Hen. VIII, xx(2), pp. 412–13; Clutterbuck, Herts. iii. 28, 226–8; DNB; Lansd. 2, f. 34; 13, f. 48; 16, f. 78; APC, ii. 70; vii. 3; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 83–4; 1550–3, pp. 141, 394; 1553, pp. 354, 361; 1553–4, p. 326; 1558–60, pp. 156–7; 1560–3, p. 438; 1563–6, pp. 226, 497; 1569–72, p. 440; Somerville, Duchy, i. 333–4, 395, 604; Read, Cecil, 352; HMC Hatfield, i. 443; Bull. IHR, xxxviii. 31–47.