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Sir Richard Sackville (c. 150721 April 1566) of Ashburnham and Buckhurst in Sussex and
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; was an
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administrator and
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Family

Richard Sackville was the eldest son of John Sackville (ca. 1484–1557) of
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and
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, Sussex, and his first wife, Margaret (d. ca. 1533), daughter of Sir William Boleyn of
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, and on his mother's side was cousin to
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Career

He was under-treasurer of the exchequer, chancellor of the
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of Surrey and Sussex in 1541–42 and was made ''
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'' of Sussex in 1549 (till his death). He is the first listed Lord Lieutenant of that county from 1550 (till his death); he was also made steward of the archbishop of Canterbury's Sussex manors in 1554. He was elected as MP for
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in 1547, for Sussex in March 1553, 1559 and 1563 and for
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in 1554. He was knighted by 1549. When the Court of Augmentations was dissolved in January 1554, Sackville, at the time losing most of his other paid positions, retired to the life of a Sussex gentleman, serving as JP. On the accession of Queen Elizabeth ( her mother was his mother's cousin) his fortunes improved. He was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1559, holding the position until his death in 1566.


Marriage and issue

In 1535 Sackville married Winifred (d. 1586), the daughter of Sir John Brydges ridges or Brugge(ca. 1460–1530), (
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in 1520) and his wife Agnes Ayloffe, the daughter of Thomas Ayloffe. They had a son
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, a favourite of
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, and a daughter
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.After Richard Sackville's death his widow, Winifred before 30 September 1568, married
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becoming his third wife, the marriage produced no issue.


See also

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Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stro ...
1500s births 1566 deaths People of the Elizabethan era Chancellors of the Exchequer of England People from Westenhanger English MPs 1547–1552 English MPs 1553 (Edward VI) English MPs 1554 English MPs 1559 English MPs 1563–1567 People from Ashburnham, East Sussex Escheators