Sir Ambrose Cave (died 2 April 1568) was an English politician and

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a ministerial office in the Government of the United Kingdom. Excluding the prime minister, the chancellor is the highest ranking minister in the Cabinet Office, immediately after the prime minister ...

Life

Ambrose Cave was the son of Richard Cave (see

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) and Margaret Saxby of Stanford, Northamptonshire. He was educated at

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. He was knighted by 1525. He was a Member of Parliament for

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

in 1545, 1547 and 1553 and for

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Ox ...

in 1558, 1559 and 1563 and

High Sheriff of Warwickshire This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of the English county of Warwickshire. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most ...

in 1549. He was also

(1558–1569) and

Custos Rotulorum of Warwickshire This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Warwickshire. * Sir George Throckmorton bef. 1544–1552 * Sir Ambrose Cave bef. 1558–1568 * Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester bef. 1573–1588 * Sir Fulke Grevil ...

(also 1558–1568). As Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Cave inspected the castles and estates in the north of England in 1562. A committee viewed reports and drawings of the castles. Although the buildings were mostly redundant, only

Peveril Castle Peveril Castle (also Castleton Castle or Peak Castle) is a ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village of Castleton, Derbyshire, Castleton in the English county of Derbyshire. It was the main settlement (or ''caput'') of the English feudal ...

and Donington were declared beyond repair.

Tickhill Castle Tickhill Castle was a castle in Tickhill, in South Yorkshire, England and a prominent stronghold during the reign of King John. Early history The gatehouse range, seen from the bailey The castle started as an 11th-century motte-and-bailey ea ...

was to be retained as an "ancient monument".

Marriage and family

Cave married Margery Willington, daughter of William Willington. Their daughter Margaret married Sir Henry Knollys, privateer and MP. His nephew Roger Cave married Margaret, a sister of

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (13 September 15204 August 1598), was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Elizabeth I, Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State (England), Secretary of State (1550–1553 and ...

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