Commons 1509-1558

Jt. (with fa.) steward, manor of Preston, Yorks. Jan. 1546; j.p. Cumb. 1547, q. 1554–58/59, Westmld. 1547, q. 1554–58/59, 1564, Yorks. (W. Riding) 1547; sheriff, Cumb. 1547 – 48; commr. chantries, Cumb., Westmld. and Carlisle 1548, relief from aliens, Cumb. 1550; ?steward, Princess Mary’s household by 1552; PC by Aug. 1553–8; member, council in the north Sept. 1553 – Apr. 1561; master of henchmen 26 Oct. 1553 – Dec. 1558; chief steward, crown lands Yorks. (E. Riding) Oct. 1553–?d.; steward, manor of Beverley, Yorks. Oct. 1553; bailiff, clerk of the court and chief steward, manor and honor of Beaulieu, Essex June 1558.LP Hen. VIII, xxi; Foxe, Acts and Mons. vi. 354–5; APC, iv. 323; vii. 34; D. M. Gladish, Tudor Privy Council, 142; R. R. Reid, King’s Council in the North, 493; CPR, 1547–8, p. 82; 1548–9, p. 136; 1553, p. 364; 1553–4, pp. 18, 25, 277, 393; 1554–5, p. 110; 1557–8, p. 293; 1560–3, pp. 187–8; Lansd. 104(14), ff. 33–34; CSP Dom. 1601–3, Add. 1547–65, p. 567.

Servant of 5th Earl of Northumberland; j.p. Westmld. 1524 – d., Northumb. 1532 – d., Yorks. (E. Riding) 1532, northern circuit 1540, Yorks. 1554 – d.; sheriff, Cumb. 1529 – 30, 1535 – 36, 1539 – 40; comptroller under Earl of Northumberland in marches 1533; dep. warden, west marches, steward, Carlisle and Wetherall priories and Holme abbey 28 June 1537, warden, west marches 1 Feb. 1544 – 17 Apr. 1549, dep. warden, marches 31 July 1552, warden, middle marches, keeper, Redesdale and Tyndale, capt. Berwick-upon-Tweed, constable, Alnwick and chief steward, Hexham 30 July 1555, warden, east marches and steward, Rothbury 16 Dec. 1555, jt. warden, east and middle marches 2- 9 Aug. 1557; gov. and capt.-gen. Carlisle 1541; member, council in the north c. Jan. 1545; steward, lands formerly of Furness abbey by Mar. 1545; jt. (with s. Thomas) steward, manor of Preston, Yorks. 20 Jan. 1546; commr. relief, Cumb., Westmld., Yorks. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, York 1553, border defences 1555, unlawful congregations, northern counties 1561, eccles. causes, province of York 1561; other commissions 1531 – d.; keeper, Berwick-upon-Tweed 16 Aug. 1556 – Dec. 1557; councillor assistant to lt.-gen. in north 1560.M. E. James, Change and Continuity in Tudor North (Borthwick Pprs. xxvii), passim; LP Hen. VIII, iv, v, vii-ix, xi-xx, add.; CPR, 1547–8 to 1563–6 passim; CSP Scot. 1547–63, p. 191; H. Pease, Ld. Wardens, 199; Somerville, Duchy, i. 510; R. R. Reid, King’s Council in the North, 19n, 116, 163, 173, 176.

J.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) 1538 – 47, (E. Riding) 1547 – 50, Notts. 1543, 1554, q. 1558/59; commr. musters, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1539, chantries, Yorks., Hull and York 1546, 1548, relief, Notts., Yorks. (E. Riding) 1550; comptroller, household of 1st Earl of Rutland Dec. 1540 – Nov. 1541; receiver, ct. augmentations Yorks. 1545 – June 1552; esquire of the body by 1545; jt. keeper, castle and parks at Wressell and bailiwick, E. Riding 1546; chamberlain, household of Duke of Somerset by 1547.LP Hen. VIII, xiii-xv, xviii, xx, xxi; CPR , 1547–8, p. 92; 1548–9, p. 136; 1553, pp. 353, 357; 1553–4, p. 22; 1563–6, p. 38; HMC Rutland, iv. 307; SP12/2, f. 53; HMC Bath, iv. 338; Rep. R. Comm. of 1552 (Archs. of Brit. Hist. and Culture iii), 55.