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Edward Chamberlain (by 1509–1557)
Edward Chamberlain (by 1509 – 29 October 1557) was an English politician. Family Chamberlain was the second son of Sir Edward Chamberlain, MP. His brothers were the MPs Sir Leonard Chamberlain and Sir Ralph Chamberlain. In 1548, he had married Elizabeth Lawrence, daughter of Mr. Lawrence of Fulwell, Oxfordshire. She was the widow of Sir John Welsborne, who had died April 1548. Elizabeth and Chamberlain had one son, Richard. Career He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Heytesbury in 1545, Buckingham Buckingham ( ) is a market town in north Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, which had a population of 12,890 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census. The town lies approximately west of ... in March 1553 and Mitchell in October 1553. References 1557 deaths Year of birth uncertain English MPs 1545–1547 English MPs 1553 (Edward VI) English MPs 1553 (Mary I) Members of the pre-1707 English Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Chamberlain (1480–1543)
Sir Edward Chamberlain (or Chamberlayne) (1480 – 1543) of Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire was an English soldier knight and Member of Parliament. He was born the eldest son of Richard Chamberlain of Coton, Northamptonshire and his wife Sybil Fowler and succeeded his father in 1497. His mother took out a lease on the Shirburn estate from her brother in 1505, which passed to Edward on her death in 1525. He served as High Sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire for 1505-06 and 1517–18. He was made Keeper of Woodstock Park in 1508 and an Esquire of the Body in 1509. In 1512 he led 30 men in Sir William Sandys' company in an unsuccessful expedition to Biscay led by Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset to assist King Ferdinand's invasion of France. He then commanded a ship during naval hostilities early in 1513, joined the royal army in northern France in the summer, and was knighted at Tournai later that year. He served at a royal banquet at Greenwich in July 1517 and in 1520 attende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Chamberlain (MP)
Sir Leonard Chamberlain or Chamberlayne (died 1561) was an English soldier and politician. He was the Governor of Guernsey in 1553. Life The son of Sir Edward Chamberlayne of Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire, by Cicely, daughter of Sir John Verney, he was brother of the Members of Parliament Edward Chamberlain and Ralph Chamberlain. He succeeded his father about 1543 as keeper of Woodstock Park. In 1542 he obtained from the crown a grant of Hampton Poyle; and the following year the king granted to him and Richard Andrews land in several counties, including abbey lands and other ecclesiastical property. He was High Sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire in 1546–7, and at the funeral of Henry VIII he bore the banner of the king and Queen Catherine Parr. In October 1549 members of the privy council opposed to Protector Somerset required Sir John Markham, the lieutenant of the Tower of London, to bring Sir Edmund Peckham and Chamberlain in to strengthen the Tower guard. At the end of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Chamberlain
Ralph (pronounced or ) is a male name of English origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Old High German ''Radulf'', cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms are: * Ralph, the common variant form in English, which takes either of the given pronunciations. * Rafe, variant form which is less common; this spelling is always pronounced . * Raif, a very rare variant. Raif Rackstraw from H.M.S. Pinafore * Ralf, the traditional variant form in Dutch, German, Swedish, and Polish. * Ralfs, the traditional variant form in Latvian. * Raoul, the traditional variant form in French. * Raúl, the traditional variant form in Spanish. * Raul, the traditional variant form in Portuguese and Italian. * Raül, the traditional variant form in Catalan. * Rádhulbh, the traditional variant form in Irish. First name Middle Ages * Ralph the Timid (died 1057), pre-Conquest Norman earl of Hereford, England * Ralph de Gael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
