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== Biography ==Miles Sandys was the 5th son of William Sandys of Hawkshead, Lancs. and of London and Margaret, daughter of John Dixon of London. <ref>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/sandys-miles-1601 SANDYS, Miles (d.1601), of Fladbury, Worcs. and Latimer, Bucks.] The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981</ref>
He matriculated into St. John’s, Cambridge in 1544 and attended the Middle Temple by 1551.
He married by 1562, Hester, daughter of William Clifton of Barrington, Somerset and was named in his father in law's will in that same year.<ref>Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), Ancestry.com, The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 47. Record for William Clyston. {{Ancestry Record|5111|858525}}</ref>
Miles had at least nine children. At least four of them were baptised at Fladbury in Worcestershire:
*Edwin (1563)
*William (1565)
*Miles (1566)
*Miles (1568)
Hester, born in 1569 was baptised at Chesham, Buckinghamshire.Other children Bridget, Elizabeth, George and Henry have not yet had their place of baptism identified.
In 1573 Miles hosted [[Tudor-1|Queen Elizabeth I]] on one of her many progresses around the country. <ref>Mary Hill Cole ''The Portable Queen: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Ceremony''Univ of Massachusetts Press, 1999 pg 221 [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=L64GFhuE6YoC&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&dq Google Books]</ref>This would have involved a great deal of expense on the part of the Sandys family, but was a mark of their position in society and Miles' role as a clerk of the Crown on the Queen's Bench. She stayed again at Latimer in 1576.
In 1581 he was named in the will of his mother in law Elizabeth Clifton. <ref>Ancestry.com. UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. {{Ancestry Record|1610|1931304}}</ref>
After the death of his wife Hester he married Mary Colt, the widow of Alderman Woodcock of London.
He made his own will on 6 Nov 1600, describing himself as Miles Sandys of Isenhampstead Latimers, Buckinghampshire. <ref>Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 98 {{Ancestry Record|CanturburyPrerogativeCourt|924738 }} </ref>He made bequests to:
*wife Mary, widow of the late Alderman Woodcock
*son Edwid
*son WIlliam
*youngest son Henry
*grandson Miles Sandys. 2nd son of son Edwin
*grandson Henry Sandys, son of son Edwin
*daughter Sandys
*brother John Temple, Esq
*son in law Thomas Temple
*daughter Hester Temple
*son in law Nicholas hyde
*daughter Bridget Hyde
*son in law Edmund Conquest
*daughter Elizabeth Conquest
*sister in law Cecily Sandys
*William, son of son Edwin
*Miles, son of son Edwin
Miles died 22 Oct 1601. He had requested burial in the church at Latimer beside his late loving wife Hester. His will was probated on 23 Oct 1601.
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== See Also ==
* http://www.culpepperconnections.com/ss/p9247.htm
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