Robert Sadington
Sir Robert Sadington | |
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Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (as Lord High Steward) | |
| Chancellor | John de Ufford |
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| Born | Joyce de Mortival |
| Children | Isabel Hastings |
| Parent | John de Sadington (father) |
Sir Robert Sadington (fl. 1340) was Lord Chancellor of England.
Life
He is assumed to be a native of Saddington in Leicestershire, and perhaps a son of John de Sadington, a valet of Isabella of France. He appears as an advocate in the year-books from 1329 to 1336. On 12 February 1332, he was placed on the commission of peace for Leicestershire and Rutland, and on 25 June 1332 was a commissioner for the assessment of the tallage in the counties of Leicester, Warwick, and Worcester. Previously to 8 August 1334 he was justice in eyre of the forest of Pickering and of the forests in Lancashire.
During 1336, he was a justice of gaol delivery at Lancaster and Warwick. On 20 March 1337 he was appointed
His successor as chief baron was appointed on 7 April 1350, Sadington having been given leave to retire in 1349.
Notes
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Sadington, Robert de". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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