BELLINGHAM, Alan (c.1517-78), of Helsington, Westmld.

Family and Education

b. c.1517, 1st surv. s. and h. of Thomas Bellingham of Helsington by Marian, da. of Thomas Beck of Helbeck. educ. M. Temple, called bef. July 1557. m. (1) Catherine, da. of Anthony Duckett of Grayrigg, s.p.; (2) c.1556, Dorothy, da. of Thomas Sandford (Sandforth) of Askham, 7s. 8da.Stephenson, Mon. Brasses, 527; Wills and Inventories, Richmond (Surtees Soc. xxvi), 282 seq.; Vis. Westmld. 1615, pp. 37-8; APC, vi. 128; Wards 7/19/190; Nicolson and Burn, Hist. Westmld. and Cumb. i. 204-5.

Offices Held

Treasurer, Berwick 1557 – 58; j.p.q. Westmld. by 1559, Cumb., Northumb. and Yorks. (W. and N. Ridings) by 1569; j.p. Yorks. (E. Riding) by 1569; custos rot. Westmld. by 1562; member, council in the north June 1566 – Nov. 1571; sheriff, Westmld. 1572 – 73; surveyor of Westmld. for duchy of Lancaster by 1575.CPR, 1557–8, pp. 64, 142–3; 1560–3, p. 443; 1563–6, p. 27; 1569–72, pp. 223, 224; Egerton 2345, ff. 3, 5, 9, 12–14, 27, 35; Reid, Council of the North, 494; Lansd. 19, f. 208; I. Temple, Petyt 538, xxxix, ff. 134 seq.

Parlimentarian

BELLINGHAM, Alan (c.1517-78), of Helsington, Westmld.

Main residence: Helsington, Westmld.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

BELLINGHAM, Alan (c.1517-78)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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