Sir Edward Waldegrave (c. 15161 September 1561) was an
English
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courtier and Catholic
recusant
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The 1558 Recusancy Acts passed in the reign ...
.
Family
Edward Waldegrave was the eldest son of John Waldegrave (died 1543) by Lora Rochester, daughter of Sir John Rochester of Essex, and sister of
Sir Robert Rochester. He was the grandson of Sir Edward Waldegrave of Bures,
Suffolk
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, and a descendant of
Sir Richard Waldegrave,
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.
Career
In 1547 Waldegrave joined the household of
Princess Mary, and was granted the
manor and
rectory
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A clergy house is typically ow ...
of
West Haddon
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,
Northamptonshire
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two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...
. He also bought the manor of Borley in Essex, and made that his home.
In 1551 he was imprisoned in the
Tower of London
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by
King Edward VI
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(with Rochester and
Francis Englefield
Sir Francis Englefield (c. 1522 – 1596) was an English courtier and Roman Catholic exile.
Family
Francis Englefield, born about 1522, was the eldest son of Thomas Englefield (1488–1537) of Englefield, Berkshire, Justice of the Common P ...
), for refusing to carry out the
Privy Council
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's ban on Mary having
mass
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said in her house of
Copt Hall
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, near
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Essex
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. He was released a year later and on Mary's accession in 1553 he was knighted, admitted to the Privy Council, granted the manors of
Navestock
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, Essex, and
Chewton, Somerset, and appointed
Master of the Great Wardrobe
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.
Waldegrave was then elected to the
Parliament of England
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for
Wiltshire
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in October 1553, twice for
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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in 1554 and lastly for
Essex
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in 1558. He succeeded Rochester as
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
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in 1554 and was granted the manor of
Cobham, Kent
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. However, after Mary's death a year later, he was dismissed from all his posts and committed to the Tower again, by
Queen Elizabeth, for allowing mass to be celebrated in his house.
Waldegrave died in the Tower in 1561. His grandson was
Sir Edward Waldegrave, 1st Baronet
Sir Edward Waldegrave, 1st Baronet (c. 1568 – c. 1650) was an England, English soldier, MP and Cavalier during the English Civil War and a grandson of Edward Waldegrave, Sir Edward Waldegrave.
Waldegrave was knighted by James I of England, King ...
.
As Master of the Wardrobe, Waldegrave managed the financial account of the funeral of
Edward VI
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. Waldegrave had a budget of £1300 and a consignment of rich fabrics delivered from the queen's stock by
Ralph Sadler
Sir Ralph Sadler or Sadleir Privy Council of England, PC, Knight banneret (1507 – 30 March 1587) was an English statesman, who served Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII as Privy Council of England, Privy Councillor, Secretary of State (England) ...
.
Craven Ord
Craven Ord (1756–1832) was an English antiquarian. He was particularly noted for his brass rubbings.
Life
The younger son of Harry Ord, of the king's remembrancer's office, by Anne, daughter of Francis Hutchinson of Barnard Castle, County Durham ...
, 'Sir Edward Waldegrave's Account of the Burial of King Edward VI', ''Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity'', 12 (London, 1809), pp. 334-396.
Marriage and issue
Waldegrave married Frances Neville, a daughter of the executed
Sir Edward Neville
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, by whom he had five children.
Notes
References
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''Burke's Peerage & Gentry''
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