Family and Education
educ. ?Camb.; M. Temple, called. m. (1) Mary, da. of Anthony Chester, s.p.; (2) Elizabeth, wid. of Edmund Anderson, s.p.; (3) 15 Oct. 1559, Dorothy, da. and coh. of Edmund Beaupré of Beaupré Hall, 4s. 3da. Kntd. Jan. 1577.
Offices Held
Of counsel to King’s Lynn 1560, recorder from 1561; bencher M. Temple 1565, Autumn reader 1565, Lent reader 1571; j.p.q. Norf. from 1564, commr. grain 1576, musters by 1576; serjeant-at-law 22 Jan. 1577; chief baron of the Exchequer 24 Jan. 1577.
Speaker of House of Commons 1572 – 76.
Main residences: the Middle Temple, London; Beaupré Hall, Outwell, Norf.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
BELL, Robert (-d.1577)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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