Ralph Sadler PC MP (1507 - 1587)

Born 12 Mar 1507 in Hackney, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 30 Mar 1587 at age 80 in Standon, Hertfordshire, England

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Biography

The Rt Sir Ralph Sadler was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Sir Ralph Sadlier PC, Knight banneret(1507 – 30 March 1587;[2] also spelled Sadleir, Sadler) was an English statesman, who served Henry VIII as Privy Councillor, Secretary of State and ambassador to Scotland. Sadlier went on to serve Edward VI. Having signed the device settling the crown on Jane Grey in 1553, he was obliged to retire to his estates during the reign of Mary I. Sadlier was restored to royal favour during the reign of Elizabeth I, serving as a Privy Councillor and once again participating in Anglo-Scottish diplomacy. He was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in May 1568.

Ralph Sadlier was born in Hackney, Middlesex, the elder son of Henry Sadler a minor official in the service of the Marquess of Dorset and Sir Edward Belknap.Henry Sadler was originally from Warwickshire, but later settled in Hackney. He had a brother, John, who commanded a company at the Siege of Boulogne in 1544

• He married bigamously Ellen Margaret Mitchell about 1534. They had at least three sons and four daughters including:

1. Henry Sadler MP (1541-1618)
2. Thomas Sadler MP(1534-1606)
3. Edward Sadler (unknown-1584)
4. Anne Sadler (1540-unknown)
5. Mary Sadler (unknown-unknown)
6. Jane Sadler (unknown-1587)
7. Dorothy Sadler (unknown-1578)

• Offices Held:
• Clerk of hanaper from 1535; gent. of privy chamber 1536, ambassador extraordinary to Scotland 1537, 1540, 1542; prothonotary in Chancery from 1537; P.C. 1540-53, from 20 Nov. 1558; principal sec. 1540-3; master of gt. wardrobe 1543-53; treasurer, war against Scotland 1544, 1547, of northern army 1569-70; receiver, ct. of gen. surveyors by 1545; duchy of Lancaster steward of Hertford and constable of Hertford castle 1549-54, 1559-87; warden of east and middle marches l559-60; chancellor of duchy of Lancaster from 1568; custodian of Mary Queen of Scots 1584-5.
• J.p. Herts 1544-53, from 1559, q. and custos rot. from c.1562, ld. lt. 1569; j.p. Glos. 1547-53; eccles. commr. 1572.
• A diplomat, he served several times as English ambassador to Scotland. He was a Privy Councillor and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Created Knight Banneret for his part in the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh (Musselburgh, near Edinburgh)1547. He was a reluctant custodian of Mary Queen of Scots 1584-1585 and took part in her trial in 1587.

Death

Sr Ralphe Sadler died on the 30 of March 1587 and was buried at Stondon. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Harvey, William. (1884). The visitations of Bedfordshire (Vol. 2, pp. 136, 234). London. Retrieved from Internet Archive online); accessed 27 May 2021.

• Sir Ralph Sadleier: (http://www.heardfamilyhistory.org.uk/Sadleir%20Family.html)
• The State Papers and Letters of Sir Ralph Sadler, Knight-Banneret 1809 pg. 603 etc.
• Wikipedia. [1]
• History of Parliament. [2]
• Find A Grave. Find A Grave: Memorial #12838692
• Sadleir Tomb. [3]
• LP Hen. VIII, xx(2), pp. 412-13; Clutterbuck, Herts. iii. 28, 226-8; DNB; Lansd. 2, f. 34; 13, f. 48; 16, f. 78; APC, ii. 70; vii. 3; CPR, 1547-8, pp. 83-4; 1550-3, pp. 141, 394; 1553, pp. 354, 361; 1553-4, p. 326; 1558-60, pp. 156-7; 1560-3, p. 438; 1563-6, pp. 226, 497; 1569-72, p. 440; Somerville, Duchy, i. 333-4, 395, 604; Read, Cecil, 352; HMC Hatfield, i. 443; Bull. IHR, xxxviii. 31-47.
• Sadler Pprs. i. pp. xxi, xxii; ii. 33-4; CSP Scot. i. 248.
• Sadler Pprs. i. pp. vi, xvi, xxiv-xxv, 387, 391-2, 438-9, 451-3, 460, 470-3, 476, 480, 517, 527, 530, 533, 550-5, 596, 645-7, 651-4, 715-16; ii. 577-95; CPR, 1558-60, pp. 296, 380; 1560-3, p. 62; 1563-6, pp. 204, 308; Somerville, 395; Read, 154-6, 157, 158, 172, 174; P. Forbes, A Full View of Public Transactions, i. 460.
• Add. 33593, ff. 3-4; 33591; Sadler Pprs. ii. 548-52, 553-5, 556-61, 570-4; Neale, Parlts. i. 104-5, 137-9, 144-5; D’Ewes, 55, 80, 103, 124, 126; CJ, i. 61, 74, 77; Camb. Univ. Lib. Gg. iii. 34, p. 209; Read, 361.
• Somerville, i. 327, 333-4, 395; CSP Dom. 1547-80, p. 309; Sadler Pprs. ii. 146, 486-8; HMC 4th Rep. 339; Neale, Commons, 172-3, 224, 227-30; HMC Hatfield, ii. 148.
• D'Ewes, 124, 126, 155, 157, 159, 160, 165, 168, 176, 178, 183, 186, 187, 189, 205, 206, 212, 213, 219, 221, 222, 224, 225, 241, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 253, 254, 260, 262, 288, 290, 291, 292, 294, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 306, 343, 345, 353, 355, 356, 365, 368, 371, 393, 394, 395, 399, 407, 409, 410, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416; CJ, i. 85, 91, 93, 94, 98, 100, 101, 103, 106, 107, 121, 128, 129, 130, 132, 136; Trinity, Dublin, Thos. Cromwell's jnl., f. 63; Bodl. Tanner 78, f. 16; Sadler Pprs. ii. 41-4, 54-6, 57-60, 69, 74-5, 85-6, 88-9, 144, 146, 356-9, 381, 457, 460-2, 486-8, 538-9, 544; Read, Cecil, 407-8, 458-9, 460; Burghley, 40; CSP Dom. 1547-80, pp. 387, 422; HMC Hatfield, i. 167-8, 364, 450, 520, 521, 522; ii. 16, 17, 551; Murdin, State Pprs. 152; C142/215/259; PCC 23 Spencer; Trans. E. Herts. Arch. Soc. iii. 92.

See Also:

• http://www.sadleirtombs.org

• http://www.psnews.org.uk/dec20.pdf