SAUNDERSON, Robert (b. aft. 1561), ?of Saxby, Lincs.

Family and Education
b. aft. 1561, 2nd s. of Robert Saunderson of Saxby and Fillingham, and bro. of Nicholas educ. Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 1579; L. Inn 1579. prob. unm.
Address
Main residence: ?of Saxby, Lincs.
biography text

Few details of Saunderson’s life are known. In May 1589 he wrote to Michael Hickes, Lord Burghley’s secretary, about a crazy ex-servant of his own, who had undertaken to remove a brood of devils. He was probably the Mr. Saunderson mentioned in a letter written in July 1603, by Vincent Skinner to Robert Cecil, from which it appears that Saunderson had been instrumental in bringing about the arrest of a fugitive priest. It was presumably his connexion with the Cecils which brought about Saunderson’s return to Parliament for West Looe in 1589.1Vis. Lincs. ed. Metcalfe, 62; CP, iii. 99-100; CPR, 1550-3, pp. 69, 75; 1553-4, p. 349; 1555-7, p. 411; LP Hen. VIII, xxi(1), p. 762; Lansd. 99, f. 75; HMC Hatfield, xv. 181.

Author
I.C.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Notes
  • 1. Vis. Lincs. ed. Metcalfe, 62; CP, iii. 99-100; CPR, 1550-3, pp. 69, 75; 1553-4, p. 349; 1555-7, p. 411; LP Hen. VIII, xxi(1), p. 762; Lansd. 99, f. 75; HMC Hatfield, xv. 181.