Sir Edward Wotton [SEP] date of death
Sir Edward Wotton
Sir Edward Wotton (1489–1551) was the Treasurer of Calais and a privy councillor to Edward VI of England.
Life.
Edward first appears in the commission of the peace for Kent on 2 June 1524; subsequently his name was generally included in the commissions of the peace, of gaol delivery, and oyer and terminer for the county. He was knighted before 22 April 1528, and on 9 November 1529 was appointed sheriff of Kent. He accompanied Henry VIII to Calais in 1532, landing on
, and he had again visited the Netherlands before his death in London.
He is buried in the Trinity Chapel of Canterbury Cathedral.
Relatives.
His brother Sir Edward Wotton was made Treasurer of Calais in 1540, and was one of those who took part in the overthrow of the Lord Protector Somerset.
His nephew, Thomas Wotton (1521–1587) was the father of Sir Henry Wotton and of Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton.
His sister Margaret was the mother of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk