Sir Leonard Chamberlain

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Sir Leonard Chamberlain or Chamberlayne (died 1561) was an English soldier and politician. He was the

Governor of Guernsey
in 1553.

Life

The son of

High Sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire in 1546–7, and at the funeral of Henry VIII he bore the banner of the king and Queen Catherine Parr.[2]

In October 1549 members of the privy council opposed to

Protector Somerset required Sir John Markham, the lieutenant of the Tower of London, to bring Sir Edmund Peckham and Chamberlain in to strengthen the Tower guard. At the end of the reign of Edward VI, Chamberlain served for a second time as of Sheriff of Berkshire. On 22 July 1553 the privy council wrote to Sir John Williams, Chamberlain, and others of the gentry of Oxfordshire, directing them to dismiss soldiers (a muster to ensure Mary Tudor's succession, while Lady Jane Grey was a claimant) and repair to Queen Mary I of England.[2]

Chamberlain was knighted by Queen Mary at Westminster on 2 October 1551, the day after her coronation, and he sat for Scarborough in the parliament which assembled on 5 September. Mary in the first year of her reign granted him the site of Dunstable Priory, and other lands in Bedfordshire. He was constituted governor of Guernsey in 1553, where he improved the works at Castle Cornet, and was returned for Oxfordshire to the parliaments which sat on 2 April and 12 November 1554. At the trials of Rowland Taylor and John Bradford for heresy in January 1555 he was involved in the proceedings.[2]

Although he was often absent from the

Italian War of 1551–59, paying attention to Alderney and Sark.[3] He died in Guernsey about August 1561.[2]

Family

Chamberlain had four wives including; Dorothy, fourth daughter of John Newdigate, king's serjeant-at-law, and Margery Vaughan, widow of

Bishop of Ypres.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Chamberlain, Edward II (by 1509-57), of Fulwell, Oxon. and Astley, Warws., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Chamberlain, Leonard" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5048. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership
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  4. ^ "Chamberlain, Sir Leonard (by 1504-61), of Shirburn and Woodstock, Oxon., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 3 November 2014.

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Chamberlain, Leonard". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Political offices
Preceded by
Sir Humphrey Forster
High Sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire

1546–1547 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
High Sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire

1552–1553 		Succeeded by
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