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SADLER (or SADLEIR), SIR RALPH (1507-...

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 994 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SADLER (or SADLEIR), See also:SIR See also:RALPH (1507-1587)  , See also:English statesman, the son of See also:Henry See also:Sadler, steward of the See also:manor of Cilney, near See also:Great Hadham, See also:Hertfordshire, was See also:born at See also:Hackney, See also:Middlesex, in 1507 . While a See also:child he was placed in the See also:family of See also:Thomas See also:Cromwell, afterwards See also:earl of See also:Essex; whose secretary he eventually became . Between 1525 and 1529 his See also:patron's letters are full of Sadler's name in connexion with See also:Cardinal See also:Wolsey's suppression of the monasteries; this probably brought him under the See also:king's See also:notice, for in 1536'hewasmade 'See also:gentleman of the privy chamber, and from that See also:time was continually employed by Henry VIII . In 1537 Sadler went first to See also:Scotland to try to reconcile See also:Margaret to her son King See also:James V., and then to See also:France on the same See also:mission to James himself . He seems to have been successful, and was again in Scotland in 1540 trying to induce the king to `follow his See also:uncle's ecclesiastical policy . In or about See also:January 1540, he was made secretary of See also:state along with See also:Sir Thomas Wriothesly, and was knighted, probably about the same time . On James V.'s See also:death Sadler again went to Scotland (See also:March 1543) to negotiate a See also:marriage between See also:prince See also:Edward and his See also:cousin See also:Mary; he was unsuccessful, but still retained Henry's confidence . On Henry's death in 1547, Sadler was by his will made one of the councillors to the sixteen noblemen entrusted with the See also:young king's guardianship In the same See also:year he was appointed treasurer to the See also:army sent to Scotland, and for his services in rallying the repulsed See also:cavalry at the See also:battle of See also:Musselburgh or Pinkie, he was created a knightbanneret . He also received many grants of See also:land, including the manor of Standon in Hertfordshire, where he built a magnificent See also:house in 1546 . When Mary ascended the See also:throne he retired, living quietly till See also:Elizabeth's See also:accession . He issued the writs for the privy See also:council See also:meeting at See also:Hatfield on the zoth of See also:November 1558, and during the first year of the See also:queen's reign he once more became a privy councillor . He sat in the See also:parliament of January 1558-1559 as member for See also:Hertford, which he had already represented in 1541, 1542 and 1553 .

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long after-wards his strong See also:Protestant sympathies and his acquaintance with Scotch affairs induced Elizabeth to send him (1559) to Scotland, ostensibly to See also:settle the border disputes, but in reality to secure a See also:union with the Protestant party there, and he was largely instrumental in bringing about the treaty of See also:Leith, See also:July 6th, 156o . In 1568 Sadler was appointed See also:chancellor of the duchy of See also:Lancaster, and in,the same year was one of the English Commissioners employed in treating on the matters arising from the See also:flight of the Queen of Scots . From this time he seems to have been continually engaged as a discreet and trusty servant in connexion with Mary's captivity, and was frequently sent with messages to her . On the 25th of See also:August 1584, when, owing to the imputations made by his countess, See also:George 6th earl of See also:Shrewsbury was allowed to resign his guardianship of the Queen, Sadler was appointed to succeed him . In See also:September Mary was removed from See also:Sheffield to Wing-See also:field and thence See also:early in 1585 to See also:Tutbury . In See also:April, Sadler, after numerous petitions on his See also:part, was permitted to resign his distasteful See also:charge . He is said by some to have been sent to Scotland to announce to James VI. his See also:mother's death, but this is not corroborated by tne state papers . On the 30th of March 1.587 Sadler died at Standon, and was buried in the See also:church there . He had married about 1534 Elizabeth See also:Mitchell, II whose first See also:husband See also:Matthew See also:Barre had deserted her and was believed to be dead . Barre, however, re-appeared a few years later, and Sadler then obtained an See also:act of parliament legitimatizing his See also:children . Sadler was not a brilliant statesman, but a Most faithful and intelligent servant . His letters, particularly those on Scottish affairs, are most interesting .

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