William Sandys

1493 - 1540  (47 years)

• Name	William Sandys  [1]
  Birth	1493	Furness Fells, Lancershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	1540	Church St Michaels, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England
  Death	1548	Church St Michaels, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England   [1]
  Burial	Hawkshead, South Lakeland District, Cumbria, England   [1]
  Person ID	I164	Parlett-Stancliff
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	George Sandys,   b. 1465, Furnace Fells, Lancashire, England d. 1513, Graythwaite Hall, Lancashire, England (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Margaret Curwen,   b. Abt 1463, Furnace Fells, Lancashire, England d. Lancashire, England
  Family ID	F394	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Dixon,   b. 1497, Cranbrook,,Kent,England d. Aft 1548, Hawkshead,Furness Fells,Lancastershire,England (Age > 52 years)
  Children	1. William Sandys,   b. 1515, Lancashire,England d. 1558 (Age 43 years)   2. George Sandys,   b. 1518, Graythwaite Hall, England d. 1547, Battle, Trabzon, Turkey (Age 29 years) + 3. Edwin Sandys,   b. 1519, Hawkshead, South Lakeland District, Cumbria, England d. 10 Jul 1588, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 69 years)   4. Ann Sandys,   b. 1521, Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England d. 1551, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England (Age 30 years)   5. Christopher Sandys,   b. Abt 1522   6. Margaret Sandys,   b. 1523, Estherwaite Hall, England   7. Myles Sandys,   b. 29 Mar 1523, Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England d. 22 Oct 1601, Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England (Age 78 years)   8. Anthony Sandys,   b. 1577, Estherwaite Hall, England d. 13 Nov 1591, Hawkshead, Lancastershire, England (Age 14 years)
  Family ID	F395	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2023

  
  

• Notes

  == Biography == : William supported Henry VIII and was made Receiver General for the Liberties at Furnace. He lived in Hawkshead, Furnace Fells. His principal residence was Esthwaite Hall, but he owned Graythwaite Hall as well. His death date is disputed, some give it as late as 1558, but apparently it was between 23 April 1546 (date of will) and 1549 when during the easter term a suit was filed in the Duchy Court of Lancaster against William and Christopher Sandys, sons of William Sandys, deceased, in regard to certain smithies in Furnance Fells granted 15 November 1537 by Henry VIII jointly to William Sandys and William Sawrey. :: William and his wife are emtombed in the Sandys Choir in the church of St Michael's at Hawkshead, under a table monument. His will is no longer found but was quoted from in 1774. ''No more info is currently available for William Sandys. Can you add to his biography?'' === Name ===: William Sandys<ref name=MF>[[#MF|Millennium File]]</ref><ref>[[#WER|Wiltshire, England Records]]</ref>, of Esthwaite === Birth === :: ABT 1490 :: 1493 Furness Fells, Lancershire, England<ref name=MF/> === Death === :: 1547 Furnace, Lancashire, England<ref name=MF/> === Burial === :: Church of St. Michael's, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England == Sources ==* <span id='French'></span>French, George Russell. ''[[Space:Shakspeareana Genealogica|Shakspeareana Genealogica]]'' (MacMillan and Co., London and Cambridge, 1869) [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924079621094#page/n285/mode/1up Page 264]]* http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=70394b4a-e302-427d-b0c6-075a7a101388&tid=25971230&pid=1777979586* <span id='WER'></span>Wiltshire, England, Extracted Parish Records (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001) Original data - Electronic databases created from various publications of parish and probate records. http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=epr_wiltshire&h=1478&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt* <span id='MF'></span>''[[Space:Millennium File|The Millennium File]]'' ([http://www.heritageconsulting.com/ Heritage Consulting]. Salt Lake City, UT, USA)::: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=millind&h=10387571&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt ::: Birth: 1490 Hawkshead, Lancs, England ::: Death: 1548* <span id='AFT'></span>Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=25971230&pid=1777979586 === Footnotes === <references/> <!-- Please edit, add, or delete anything in this text, including this note. Be bold and experiment! If you make a mistake you can always see the previous version of the text on the Changes page. --> Author: Phil Grace

  
  

• Sources

  [S1850015317] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).