Sir Richard Sacheverell (by 1469 – 14 April 1534), of Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of the Newarke (Newarke College), Leicester, and Ratcliffe-upon-Soar, Nottinghamshire, was an English politician. He was the son of Ralph Sacheverell of Morley, Derbyshire. In 1509, he married

Mary Hungerford Mary Hungerford, Baroness Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns (c.1468 – before 10 July 1533) was the daughter of Sir Thomas Hungerford and Anne, daughter of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland. Titles Mary became ''suo jure'' 5th Baroness Bo ...

, ''suo jure'' Baroness Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns, the daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Hungerford and widow of

Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, KB PC (26 November 1466 – 8 November 1506) was an English peer. Origins Edward Hastings was born in Kirby Muxloe Castle, Leicestershire to Sir William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings and Katherine Neville ...

. Both Sacherevell and his wife were well known at the English court. In 1513, he took part in the war in France, where he was treasurer of the war, and was knighted in the same year. He was present at the

Field of the Cloth of Gold The Field of the Cloth of Gold (french: Camp du Drap d'Or, ) was a summit meeting between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France from 7 to 24 June 1520. Held at Balinghem, between Ardres in France and Guînes in the English ...

in 1520 and at the reception for Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, in England in 1522. In 1522, he was in command of a substantial cavalry unit in the north of England. He was a

knight of the shire Knight of the shire ( la, milites comitatus) was the formal title for a member of parliament (MP) representing a county constituency in the British House of Commons, from its origins in the medieval Parliament of England until the Redistributio ...

(MP) for Leicestershire in 1523 (probably) and 1529. On his death in 1534, he was buried alongside his wife in the College of the Annunciation of St Mary in the Newarke, Leicester (Newarke College), where they had lived for many years. He was survived by his wife's two sons, including

George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, KB (148824 March 1544) was an English nobleman. Family George Hastings, born in 1488 at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, was the son of Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, and Mary Hungerford, daughter and heiress o ...

, and a daughter.

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