SANDYS, Samuel I (1615-85), of Ombersley, Worcs.

Family and Education

b. 15 June 1615, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Edwin Sandys of Ombersley by Penelope, da. of Sir Richard Bulkeley of Beaumaris, Anglesey. m. (1) 12 July 1636, Mary (d.1651), da. and h. of Hugh Barker, DCL, of Chichester, Suss., chancellor of Oxford dioc. 1624-32, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.; (2) Elizabeth (d.1698), da. of Sir John Pakington, 1st Bt., of Westwood Park, Worcs., wid. of Henry Washington of Packington, Leics., s.p. suc. fa. 1623.Nash, Worcs. ii. 221; Mdx. Par. Reg. ix. 33; B. P. Levack, Civil Lawyers, 208-9.

Offices Held

Commr. of array, Worcs. 1642; freeman, Worcester 1643, Bewdley by 1673; j.p. Worcs. by 1644 – 46, July 1660 – d., commr. for excise 1645, dep. lt. c. Aug. 1660 – d.; commr. for assessment, Worcs. Sept. 1660–79, Worcester Sept. 1660–1, 1667 – 80, Notts. 1673 – 79, drainage, Bedford level Sept 1660, oyer and terminer, Wales 1661, loyal and indigent officers, Oxon, and Worcs. 1662; bailiff, Bedford level 1663 – 65, 1666 – 67, conservator 1665 – 66, 1668 – 73; commr. for recusants, Worcs. 1675.List of Worcester Freemen (1747); Univ. Birmingham Hist. Jnl. i. 108; Townshend’s Diary (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) ii. 184; CJ, viii. 164; S. Wells, Drainage of the Bedford Level, i. 456–60.

Lt.-col. of ft. (royalist) 1642 – 45, col. 1645 – 46; gov. of Evesham, 1642; lt.-gov. of Worcester, 1644.W. H. Black, Docquets of Letters Patent, 281.

Gent. of the privy chamber (extraordinary) June 1660, (ordinary) 1668–d.Carlisle, Privy Chamber, 182; LC3/2.

Parlimentarian

SANDYS, Samuel I (1615-85), of Ombersley, Worcs.

Main residence: Ombersley, Worcs.

Author

E.R.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

SANDYS, Samuel I (1615-85)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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