Myles Sandys (1523 - 1601)

Born 29 Mar 1523 in Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Colt) Sandys — married 25 Feb 1586 in London St Mary Aldermanbury, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 22 Oct 1601 at age 78 in Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England

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Biography

Miles Sandys was the 5th son of William Sandys of Hawkshead, Lancs. and of London and Margaret, daughter of John Dixon of London. ^[1] He was named in his father's will.^[2]

He matriculated into St. John’s, Cambridge in 1544 and attended the Middle Temple by 1551.

He married by 1562, Hester, daughter of William Clifton of Barrington, Somerset and was named in his father in law's will in that same year.^[3]

Miles had at least nine children. At least four of them were baptised at Fladbury in Worcestershire:

• Edwin (1563)
• William (1565)
• Miles (1566)
• Miles (1568)

Hester, born in 1569 was baptised at Chesham, Buckinghamshire.

Other children Bridget, Elizabeth, George and Henry have not yet had their place of baptism identified.

In 1573 Miles hosted Queen Elizabeth I on one of her many progresses around the country. ^[4]This would have involved a great deal of expense on the part of the Sandys family, but was a mark of their position in society and Miles' role as a clerk of the Crown on the Queen's Bench. She stayed again at Latimer in 1576.

In 1581 he was named in the will of his mother in law Elizabeth Clifton. ^[5]

After the death of his wife Hester he married Mary Colt, the widow of Alderman Woodcock of London. ^[6] Their marriage took place at St Mary Aldermanbury, London on 25 Feb 1586.

He made his own will on 6 Nov 1600, describing himself as Miles Sandys of Isenhampstead Latimers, Buckinghamshire. ^[7] He made bequests to:

• wife Mary, widow of the late Alderman Woodcock
• son Edward
• son William
• youngest son Henry
• grandson Miles Sandys, 2nd son of son Edwin
• grandson Henry Sandys, son of son Edwin
• daughter Sandys
• brother John Temple, Esq
• son in law Thomas Temple
• daughter Hester Temple
• son in law Nicholas Hyde
• daughter Bridget Hyde
• son in law Edmund Conquest
• daughter Elizabeth Conquest
• sister in law Cecily Sandys
• William, son of son Edwin
• Miles, son of son Edwin

Miles died 22 Oct 1601. He had requested burial in the church at Latimer beside his late loving wife Hester. His will was probated on 23 Oct 1601.

Sources

1. ↑ SANDYS, Miles (d.1601), of Fladbury, Worcs. and Latimer, Bucks. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981
2. ↑ Will: "History of the family of Sandys of Cumberland" Section IV. Appendix Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 17 December 2022)
3. ↑ Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), Ancestry.com, The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 47. Record for William Clyston. Ancestry Record 5111 #858525
4. ↑ Mary Hill Cole The Portable Queen: Elizabeth I and the Politics of CeremonyUniv of Massachusetts Press, 1999 pg 221 Google Books
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Ancestry Record 1610 #1931304
6. ↑ Marriage: "England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973" England, Marriages, 1538-1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 374991, 942 B4HA V. 61, 942 B4HA V. 62, 942 B4HA V. 65 Ancestry au Record 9852 #18179464 (accessed 14 January 2023) Mary Mrs Woodcock marriage to Myles Sands on 25 Feb 1586 in Saint Mary The Virgin Aldermanbury, London, London, England.
7. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 98
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5111 #924738 (accessed 14 January 2023)
   Will of Milon Sandys, granted probate on 23 Oct 1601. Died about 1601 in Isallthampsteed Latymers, Buckinghamshire, England.