SUSSEX. of the Exchequer, 1532; L. Sewer at the corori. of Anne Boleyn, I June 1533, obtaining in that year an hereditary grant of that office, with a fee of £20 a year ; L.-Lieut. of Lancashire 1537; High Steward of that Duchy, 1539 and 1540; Chamberlain of the Household, and, 3 Aug. 1540, Great Chamberlain of England for his life ; received large grants of the abbey lauds including Cleve Abbey, Co. Somerset, the College and ehanntry of Attleborough, Co. Norfolk, kc. He m. firstly, about 1505, Elizabeth, da. of Henry (Stafford), 2d Dukk of Buckingham, by Katharine, da. of Richard ( Wydville), Haul Kivbiis. She was bur. at St. Laurence, poultney, London, but subsequently removed to Koreham, co. Essex. He m. secondly, after 1 521 , .Margaret, only da. of Thomas (Stanley), 2d Earl op Derby, by Anne, da. of Edward (Hastings!, Lord Hungerford and Hastings. She d. s.p.m. and was bur. at St. Laurence 'a afsd. He m. thirdly, .Mary, yst. da. of Sir John AlirNDKLL, of Lanherne, co. Cornwall, only child of his 2d wife Katharine, da. of Sir Thomas Orenvillf:. He if. at Chelsea, 27 Nov. and was bur. 4 Dec. 1542 at St. Laurence's afsd. (M.I. there), but subsequently removed to Bureham afsd. Will dat, 17 Oct. 1542. pr. 1545. His widow( :l ) m. 17 Dec. 1545 (mar. lie. Fac. off. 0 Sep. 1545) Henry (Kitzalani, Earl of Arundel, who d. s.p.m.s. 24 Feb. 1579/80. She d. at Arundel House, Strand, 21 and was our. 27 Oct. 155", at St. Clement Danes. IX. 15 12. I [entry (Radclyffe, » Ratcliffe), Earl of Sussex, Viscount Fitzwaltrr, &c, s. and h.,( h ) by first wife, b. ohont 1506 ; attached to Cardinal Wols-v's embassy to France, July to Sep. 1527 ; sti/Ud Viscount Fitzw.u.tkk, 1529-42 ; K.B. 30 May 1533, at the coron, of Anne Boleyn; sac (.i (he peerage, u above, 28 Nov. 1542 ; L. Sewer at the coron. of Ed. VI. in 1547 and of Mary in 1553 ; was in command against the Scots in 1547, where he narrowly escaped being slain ; was one of the first who declared for Qneeu Mary ; was on the trial of Lady Jane Grey, &e. ; P.O. and Ch. Justice in Eyre, south of Trent, 1553 ; el. KG 24 April ami inst. 4 Aug. 1554. He m. firstly, before 21 May 1521, Elizabeth, 5th da, of Thomas (Howard!, Duke op Norfolk, by his second wife, Agnes, da. of Hugh Tyi.NEY. She d. IS Sep. 1537 and was bur. (as '• Lady Pitewalter ") in the Howard chapel, at Lambeth, but subsequently removed to IWeham afsd. He m. secondly, in or before 153!) Anne, da* of Sir Philip Calthohpe. Her he divorced, obtaining an act [1555-543 2 and 3 Th. and M. to debar, her from dower. J* 1 ) He d. at Sir Henry Sydney's house, Canon row, Westui. 17 and was bur 20 Feb. 1556/7 at St. Laurence's afsd., but subsequently removed to Boreham.C 1 ; Will dat. 27 July 1555, directing his burial to be at Attleborough, Norfolk, pr. 1557. Funeral certif. at Coll. of Arms. X. 1557. $. Thomas (Radclyffe or Ratclyffe), Eam. of Sussex, &C 1st s. and h., b. about 1525 ; styhd Viscount FitzWaltek j knighted, by the King, 25 Sep. 1544 ; M.P. for Norfolk, 1553. Tho' one of the signatories^) to the letters patent, 16 June 1553, settling the Crown on Lady Jane (bay, he was sum. to Pari, v.p., by Queen Mary, as Lord FitzwaLtkr, 24 Aug. 1553, by writ directed " Thorn a; Dnmino Pitz- Walter" ; Capt. of the Gent Pensioners, 1553 83 ; was on the embassy to Spain, April to July 1554, to treat of the Queen's marriage with Philip II., to 'whom (155o) he was subsequently Gent, of the Privy (*) " A noted scholar, she translated the wise sayings and noted actions of the Emperor Severus which she dedicated to her father." Many of her MSS. are now in the Royal Library [Vivian's " Visitations of Corn trull," sub ' Arundell "J. ( b ) His uext br. George, by some called his elder br., d. young and v.p. (*) Of her [lawful] children (1) John Ratclyffe was bap. 31 Dec. 1539. (2) Egremout Ratclyffe, engaged in the rebellion of the north, fled the kingdom, and (I. s.p. about 1578, being put to death at Namur, by order of Don John of Austria; (3) Frances m. Sir Thomas Mildinay and was ancestress, after 1629, of the Lords Fitzwalt.er. Besides these children there is a baptism at St. Gregory's, London, 2 Jan. 1559/b'O of " Elizabeth, da. of lite Countess of Sussex," the father, presumably, being unknown. ( d ) He had lie. from Queen Mary "to were his cappe, coyf, or uigbt-cappe, or twoo of them iu our presens," 4c. C) See vol. iii, p. 70, note sub " Derby," for the names of these.
