William Sandys1,2

M, b. 1492, d. 1548
FatherGeorge Sandys b. 1470
MotherMargaret Curwen
     William was born in 1492 in Hawksfieldshead [Hawkshead] Parish, Lancastershire, England. William married Margaret Dixon, daughter of John Dixon and Ann Roos, circa 1511 in England. William was an officer in the English army. He was knighted & made Lord Sandys in 1524. He was Lord Chamberlain under King Henry VIII [1509-1547] & was involved in the down fall of Cardinal Wolsey [1475-1530] in 1529 & in sustaining charges against Pope Clement VII [1523-1534]. He was one of the "Dramatis-Personae" in Shakespeare's, Henry VIII. In early life, he was Receiver General for Liberties for Furnesse Fells, with the responsability for the collection for the crown tithes that had previously gone to Furness Abbey prior to its dissolution. His grandson, William was one of the judges who sat at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scotts [1542-8 February 1587], & condemned her to death.3 William departed this life in 1548 in Hawksfieldshead [Hawkshead] Parish, Lancastershire, England. He was buried at Hawksfieldshead [Hawkshead] Parish, Lancastershire, England.

Family

Margaret Dixon b. c 1490
Children

Citations

  1. [S229] Edward Sutton Sandys, History of the Family of Sandys of Cumberland, afterwards of Furness in North Lancashire, and its branches in other parts of England & in Ireland.
  2. [S230] Charles H. Sandys, Dawn to Twilight in American Colonization.
  3. [S1847] The Sandys Family at Wickhamford - 222.badsey.net/wickhamford/sandys.pdf.