Robert Oxenbridge (died 1574)
Sir Robert Oxenbridge (1508–1574) was an English
Member of Parliament and Constable of the Tower
.
Career
Robert Oxenbridge was the son of Sir
Sussex
. Robert inherited the house at Brede from his cousin in 1550.
He was an
Sussex for 1551–52. He was knighted by 1553. He was also appointed a Lieutenant of the Tower of London in 1556 and Constable of the Tower
in 1557–58.
He was elected MP for
Knight of the Shire (MP) for Sussex in April 1554, 1555 and 1558. He moved to Hampshire in 1558 where he bought Hurstbourne Priors, near Whitchurch and was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire
for 1567–68.
He died in 1574, leaving Hurstbourne to his wife and his other properties to be shared between her and his son.
Marriages and issue
Oxenbridge married Alice Fogge, widow of Edward Scott (son of
Henry VIII,[1]
by whom he had a son and two daughters.
Their son, also named Robert, married Elizabeth Cocke, though some sources claim that it is Robert Oxenbridge snr who married her. As the latter predeceased his wife Alice, this is obviously incorrect.
Notes
- ^ 'Parishes: Ham', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 10 (1800), pp. 37-44 Retrieved 17 September 2013.