CHOLMLEY, Sir Roger (c.1495-1565), of Ludgate, London, Highgate and Hampstead, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c. 1495, illegit. s. of Sir Richard Cholmley. educ. L. Inn, adm. bef. 1509, called by Nov. 1518. m. by 1522, Christine or Christiana (d.1558), 2da. Kntd. by 1535.PCC 22 Maynwaryng; DNB; Foster, Yorks. Peds. N. and E. Riding; CPR, 1553 and App. Edw. VI, pp. 38-9; Machyn Diary (Cam. Soc. xlii), 181, 368-9; LP Hen. VIII, viii. 40.

Offices Held

Bencher, L. Inn 1520, Lent reader 1528, Autumn reader 1531, treasurer Nov. 1529, gov. 1530.

Common pleader, London 1518 – 35; j.p. Mdx. from 1522, Essex 1528 – 54, Herts., Kent, Suss. 1547 – 54, Surr. 1547 – 54, from 1562; serjeant-at-law 1531; recorder, London 1535 – 45; King’s serjeant 1545; chief baron of the Exchequer Nov. 1545–52; c.j. King’s bench 1552 – 53; dep. lt. Mdx. 1552.London Rep. 3, f. 207; Rep. 9, if. 112–13; Rep. II, f. 244; LP Hen. VIII, iii(2), p. 1263; iv(a), p. 2217; xx(2), p. 448; CPR , 1550–3, p. 296; 1553–4, p. 21; 1560–3, pp. 440–1; APC, iv. 50, 277.

Parlimentarian

CHOLMLEY, Sir Roger (bef.1495-1565), of London and Highgate, Mdx.

Main residences: Ludgate, London; Highgate; Hampstead, Mdx.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

CHOLMLEY, Sir Roger (c.1495-1565)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

Image