Miles Sandys (died 1601)

Miles Sandys (c. 1520 – 22 October 1601) was an English courtier and politician. He sat in each of the eight Parliaments from 1563 to 1597, yet never represented the same constituency twice.

Sandys was the brother of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York. Like his brother, he was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1544. He was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1551, became a Bencher in 1578, and served as Treasurer 1588–95.^[1]

He was an influential crown official, working in the Court of Queen's Bench and becoming Clerk of the Crown. He sat as MP for Taunton (1563–1567), Lancaster (1571), Bridport (1572), Buckinghamshire (1584–85), Abingdon (1586–87), Plymouth (1588–89), Andover (1593) and Stockbridge (1597–98).^[2]

He died on 22 October 1601 in Latimer, Buckinghamshire.^[1]

Family

Sandys was married firstly to Hester Clifton, daughter of William Clifton. They had four sons and three daughters:^[3]

Sir Edwin Sandys (c. 1564–1608)
Sir William Sandys (1565–1641)
Hester Sandys (1569–1656),^[4] married Sir Thomas Temple, Bt
George Sandys
Henry Sandys
Elizabeth Sandys, married Sir Edmund Conquest, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire 1618^[5]
Bridget Sandys, married Sir Nicholas Hyde, Bt^[6]

Sandys was married secondly to Bridget Colt, widow of alderman Woodcock of London.^[1]^[2]

Family tree of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York

William Sandys

Edwin Sandys
(1519–1588)
Archbishop of York

Miles Sandys
(c. 1520–1601)

Baronet, 1611

Samuel Sandys
(1560–1623)

Edwin Sandys
(1561–1629)

also James, William,
Margaret (Aucher),
Thomas, Henry

Miles Sandys
(1563–1645)

Anne Sandys
(1570–c. 1629)
m. William Barne

George Sandys
(1578–1644)
poet

Edwin Sandys
(c. 1564–1608)
m. Elizabeth, dau. of
William, 3rd Baron Sandys

William Sandys
(1565–1641)

Edwin Sandys
(1591–1623)

Henry Sandys
(c. 1607–1640)

Edwin Sandys
(d. 1642)
killed in Civil War

Miles Sandys
(d. 1654)

Anne Barne
(1587–1633)
m(1) William Lovelace
m(2) Jonathan Browne

Henry Sandys
5th Baron Sandys
(d. 1644)
killed in Civil War
m. Jane, dau. of
William Sandys

Miles Sandys
(c. 1601–1636)

William Sandys
(c. 1607–1669)
"Waterworks"

Samuel Sandys
(1615–1685)

Richard Sandys
(d. 1669)

Richard Lovelace
(1617–1657)
poet

Francis Lovelace
(c. 1621–1675)
Govr. of New York

William, 6th Baron
Henry, 7th Baron
Edwin, 8th Baron

Baronet, 1684

Samuel Sandys
(c. 1637–1701)

Richard Sandys
(1670–1726)

James Madison
U.S. President

Edwin Sandys
(1659–1699)

Baron Sandys, 1743

Samuel Sandys
1st Baron Sandys
(1695–1770)
Chancellor of the Exchequer

Edwin Sandys
2nd Baron Sandys
(1726–1797)

Martin Sandys
(1729–1768)

Baron Sandys, 1802

Mary Sandys
1st Baroness Sandys
(1764–1836)
m. Arthur Hill, 2nd
Marquess of Downshire

Marquesses of Downshire
Barons Sandys

Disambiguation pages: Edwin Sandys · Henry Sandys · Miles Sandys · Samuel Sandys
See also: Marquesses of Downshire family tree

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Sandys, Miles (SNDS544M)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ ^a ^b "SANDYS, Miles (d.1601), of Fladbury, Worcs. and Latimer, Bucks". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
^ "Sandys Family: Myles Sandys of Latimers (High Sheriff)". tudorplace.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
^ Willis, Browne (1755). The History and Antiquities of the Town, Hundred, and Deanry of Buckingham. p. 276. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
^ Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1848). Memoirs Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of the County and City of York. p. 230. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
^ Courthope, William John (1835). Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England. p. 107. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

Neale, J. E. (1949). The Elizabethan House of Commons. London: Jonathan Cape.
Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. p. 119.

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[venn-1] "Sandys, Miles (SNDS544M)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[hist-parl-2] "SANDYS, Miles (d.1601), of Fladbury, Worcs. and Latimer, Bucks". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[3] "Sandys Family: Myles Sandys of Latimers (High Sheriff)". tudorplace.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[4] Willis, Browne (1755). The History and Antiquities of the Town, Hundred, and Deanry of Buckingham. p. 276. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[5] Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1848). Memoirs Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of the County and City of York. p. 230. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[6] Courthope, William John (1835). Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England. p. 107. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

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