Sir Robert Oxenbridge, MP

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Sir Robert Oxenbridge (1508–1574) was an English Member of Parliament and Constable of the Tower.

Career Robert Oxenbridge was the son of Sir Goddard Oxenbridge of Brede, Sussex, who was three times High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex. Robert inherited the house at Brede from his cousin in 1550.

He was an Esquire of the Body by 1541. He was a Justice of the Peace for Sussex by 1541 until 1558, Constable of Pevensey Castle, Sussex from 1550 until his death and High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex for 1551–52. He was knighted by 1553. He was also appointed a Lieutenant of the Tower of London in 1556 and Constable of the Tower in 1557–58.

He was elected MP for East Grinstead in March 1553 and elected Knight of the Shire (MP) for Sussex in April 1554, 1555 and 1558. He moved to Hampshire in 1558 where he bought Hurstbourne Priors, near Whitchurch and was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire for 1567–68.

He died in 1574, leaving Hurstbourne to his wife and his other properties to be shared between her and his son.

Marriages and issue Oxenbridge married firstly Alice Fogge, widow of Edward Scott (son of Sir William Scott), and daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas Fogge of Ash, Kent, sergeant porter of Calais during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII,[1] by whom he had a son and two daughters.

He married secondly Elizabeth Cocke, widow of Sir Robert West, eldest son of Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr, and daughter of Henry Cocke of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.[2][3][4]

Notes

'Parishes: Ham', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 10 (1800), pp. 37-44 Retrieved 17 September 2013.

West, Robert (c.1574-94), of the Inner Temple, London, History of Parliament Retrieved 17 September 2013.

Cocke, Henry (1538-1610), of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, History of Parliament Retrieved 17 September 2013.

Oxenbridge, Sir Robert (1508/9-74), of Brede, Sussex, and Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire Retrieved 17 September 2013.

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Family and Education b. 1508/9, 1st s. of Sir Goddard Oxenbridge of Brede by 2nd w. Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Fiennes of Claverham, Kent. m. by 1543, Alice, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Fogge of Ash, Kent, wid. of Edward Scott, 1s. 2da. Kntd. by 18 Feb. 1553.1

Offices Held

Commr. musters, Suss. 1539, relief 1550; other commissions 1539-54; esquire of the body by 1541; bailiff, Rye 1541 (reversion)-64; j.p. Suss. by 1541-58/59, q. Hants 1561-2; constable, Pevensey castle, Suss. 1550-d.; sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1551-2, Hants 1567-8; lt. the Tower 1556, constable 1557-8.2

Biography The Oxenbridge family had lived in Sussex since at least the early 14th century. Robert Oxenbridge’s grandfather Adam Oxenbridge sat for Rye in three Parliaments between 1484 and 1495, and his father was three times sheriff of Surrey and Sussex. Although Oxenbridge lived at Brede after his father’s death in 1531, the house was not his until his cousin William Oxenbridge bequeathed it to him in 1550; a dispute over William Oxenbridge’s goods was settled by the Council in his favour.3

During the first part of his career Oxenbridge was largely concerned with his own part of East Sussex, although he had a place in the royal household and afterwards in Princess Elizabeth’s. He does not seem to have served in war but his chief appointments were quasi-military, first the constableship of Pevensey castle and then the lieutenancy and constableship of the Tower. Pevensey belonged to the duchy of Lancaster, and it was for the duchy borough of East Grinstead that Oxenbridge was first returned to Parliament. That connexion apart, he was well befriended in the shire: he was related to the Pelhams of Laughton, the Gages of Firle and the Lords Dacre of the South, and the sheriff who returned him, Sir Anthony Browne, was the son of his predecessor at Pevensey. Oxenbridge had himself served as sheriff in the previous year and it was perhaps then that he had been knighted: these marks of favour look like attempts by the Duke of Northumberland to win over one who was to be a lifelong Catholic. In the event it was under Mary that Oxenbridge reached the height of his career with his three elections as knight of the shire and his appointment at the Tower: both indicated that the mantle of his kinsman Sir John Gage had passed to him. Of his role in the Commons it is known only that in 1555 he did not vote with the opposition against one of the government’s bills.4

Elizabeth did not reappoint Oxenbridge as lieutenant of the Tower and while his migration to Hampshire was followed by his transfer from the Sussex bench he was not to remain on that of Hampshire for long. He bought the manor and park of Hurstbourne Priors, near Whitchurch, in 1558 for more than £2,000, and during the next three years he parted with two Sussex manors and a London house in Trinity Lane; Brede he kept but let to the family of Devenish. The marriage arranged in 1565 between his heir Robert and a daughter of his fellow-Catholic (Sir) Thomas White II of South Warnborough helped to establish him socially in his new county, but even after serving as its sheriff in 1567-8 he was not restored to the commission; the bishop of Winchester had written to Cecil advocating his exclusion. He does not appear to have been further penalized but after his death his stepson William Scott and nephew Andrew Oxenbridge D.C.L. were to be imprisoned for their religious beliefs.5

Oxenbridge made his will on 21 June 1574. He left Hurstbourne to his wife and the rest of his lands and goods to be shared between her and the heir. He named his wife and son executors and as overseers his nephew Andrew Oxenbridge and William Lawrence, probably the Member for Winchester. He gave £20 to his nephew and smaller sums or rings to his sister Lady Tyrwhitt (widow of Sir Robert Tyrwhitt I), his daughter Catherine Tuck and daughter-in-law Anne Cheyne. Oxenbridge died on 17 Nov. 1574.6

Ref Volumes: 1509-1558 Author: R. J.W. Swales Notes 1.Aged 65 at death. Suss. Arch. Colls. viii. 231-2; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 153; C219/20/133. 2.LP Hen. VIII, xiv, xvi, xx; CPR, 1547-8, p. 90; 1553, pp. 359, 376; 1553-4, pp. 24, 28, 37; 1554-5, p. 108; 1555-7, pp. 403, 531; 1557-8, pp. 106, 380, 462; 1560-3, p. 442; 1563-6, pp. 42, 91; APC, vi. 44, 78; Somerville, Duchy, i. 615. 3.Suss. Arch. Colls. viii. 213 seq.; PCC 9 Coode. 4.LP Hen. VIII, xiv-xvi, xx, add.; Suss. Rec. Soc. xvi. 38; CPR, 1553, p. 363; Machyn’s Diary (Cam. Soc. xlii), 108. 5.CPR, 1557-8, p. 462; 1560-3, p. 199; Harl. 608, f. 86; Suss. Rec. Soc. xix. 23, 172; VCH Hants, iv. 287-9; HMC Hatfield, i. 392 ii. 512; SP12/59, f. 162. 6.PCC 45 Martyn; C142/172/113.

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Sir Robert Oxenbridge (1508–1574) was an English Member of Parliament and Constable of the Tower.

Career Robert Oxenbridge was the son of Sir Goddard Oxenbridge of Brede, Sussex, who was three times High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex. Robert inherited the house at Brede from his cousin in 1550.

He was an Esquire of the Body by 1541. He was a Justice of the Peace for Sussex by 1541 until 1558, Constable of Pevensey Castle, Sussex from 1550 until his death and High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex for 1551–52. He was knighted by 1553. He was also appointed a Lieutenant of the Tower of London in 1556 and Constable of the Tower in 1557–58.

He was elected MP for East Grinstead in March 1553 and elected Knight of the Shire (MP) for Sussex in April 1554, 1555 and 1558. He moved to Hampshire in 1558 where he bought Hurstbourne Priors, near Whitchurch and was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire for 1567–68.

He died in 1574, leaving Hurstbourne to his wife and his other properties to be shared between her and his son.

Marriages and issue Oxenbridge married firstly Alice Fogge, widow of Edward Scott (son of Sir William Scott), and daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas Fogge of Ash, Kent, sergeant porter of Calais during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII,[1] by whom he had a son and two daughters.

He married secondly Elizabeth Cocke, widow of Sir Robert West, eldest son of Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr, and daughter of Henry Cocke of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.[2][3][4]

Notes

'Parishes: Ham', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 10 (1800), pp. 37-44 Retrieved 17 September 2013.

West, Robert (c.1574-94), of the Inner Temple, London, History of Parliament Retrieved 17 September 2013.

Cocke, Henry (1538-1610), of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, History of Parliament Retrieved 17 September 2013.

Oxenbridge, Sir Robert (1508/9-74), of Brede, Sussex, and Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire Retrieved 17 September 2013.

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Sir Robert Oxenbridge Knight of Husborne: Sh of Hants

• Married: Elizabeth, 2d d & coheir of Sir Henry Cock of Broxborne, Herts, Knight relic of Robert West, son & heir of Lord De la Warr. She married 3rd, Sir Richard Lucy, Knight and ob, 1645