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For the seventeenth-century official, see <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sadleir" title="Ralph Sadleir">Ralph Sadleir</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">The Right Honourable</a></div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Sir Ralph Sadler</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_banneret" title="Knight banneret">Knight banneret</a>, <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_England" title="Privy Council of England">PC</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_a_Man_(Sir_Ralph_Sadler%3F)_MET_DP278970.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Portrait_of_a_Man_%28Sir_Ralph_Sadler%3F%29_MET_DP278970.jpg/240px-Portrait_of_a_Man_%28Sir_Ralph_Sadler%3F%29_MET_DP278970.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Portrait_of_a_Man_%28Sir_Ralph_Sadler%3F%29_MET_DP278970.jpg/360px-Portrait_of_a_Man_%28Sir_Ralph_Sadler%3F%29_MET_DP278970.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Portrait_of_a_Man_%28Sir_Ralph_Sadler%3F%29_MET_DP278970.jpg/480px-Portrait_of_a_Man_%28Sir_Ralph_Sadler%3F%29_MET_DP278970.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3885" data-file-height="3801" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;"><i>Portrait of a Man (Sir Ralph Sadler?)</i>, 1535,<br /> Workshop of <a href="/wiki/Hans_Holbein_the_Younger" title="Hans Holbein the Younger">Hans Holbein the Younger</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(England)" title="Secretary of State (England)">Secretary of State</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />April 1540&#160;–&#32;23 April 1543</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell" title="Thomas Cromwell">Thomas Cromwell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Paget,_1st_Baron_Paget" title="William Paget, 1st Baron Paget">William Paget</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 May 1568&#160;–&#32;15 June 1587</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I" title="Elizabeth I">Elizabeth I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Ambrose_Cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Ambrose Cave">Sir Ambrose Cave</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Francis_Walsingham" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Francis Walsingham">Sir Francis Walsingham</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Ralph Sadler</div><br />1507<br /><a href="/wiki/Hackney_(parish)" title="Hackney (parish)">Hackney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middlesex" title="Middlesex">Middlesex</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">30 March 1587 (aged&#160;79&#8211;80)<br /><a href="/wiki/Standon,_Hertfordshire" title="Standon, Hertfordshire">Standon, Hertfordshire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:St_Mary%27s_church,_Standon,_Hertfordshire" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:St Mary&#39;s church, Standon, Hertfordshire">St. Mary's Church, Standon, Hertfordshire</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ralph_Sadler&amp;params=51.881111_N_0.027222_E_type:landmark_region:GB"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°52′52″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°01′38″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct">&#xfeff; / &#xfeff;</span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.881111°N 0.027222°E</span><span style="display:none">&#xfeff; / <span class="geo">51.881111; 0.027222</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Ellen Mitchell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sadleir_(died_1607)" title="Thomas Sadleir (died 1607)">Sir Thomas Sadler</a></li><li>Edward Sadler</li><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sadler" title="Henry Sadler">Henry Sadler</a></li><li>Anne Sadler</li><li>Mary Sadler</li><li>Jane Sadler</li><li>Dorothy Sadler</li><li>Richard Sadler</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data">Henry Sadler</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sutton_House,_London" title="Sutton House, London">Sutton House</a><br /><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Standon_Lordship" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Standon Lordship">Standon Lordship</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sir Ralph Sadler</b> or <b>Sadleir</b> <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_England" title="Privy Council of England">PC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Knight_banneret" title="Knight banneret">Knight banneret</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoros1982-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (1507 – 30 March 1587<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoros1982-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>) was an English statesman, who served <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a> as <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_England" title="Privy Council of England">Privy Councillor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(England)" title="Secretary of State (England)">Secretary of State</a> and ambassador to Scotland. Sadler went on to serve <a href="/wiki/Edward_VI" title="Edward VI">Edward VI</a>. Having signed the device settling the crown on <a href="/wiki/Jane_Grey" class="mw-redirect" title="Jane Grey">Jane Grey</a> in 1553, he was obliged to retire to his estates during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Mary_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary I">Mary I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoros1982-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sadler was restored to royal favour during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I" title="Elizabeth I">Elizabeth I</a>, serving as a Privy Councillor and once again participating in Anglo-Scottish diplomacy. He was appointed <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a> in May 1568.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoros1982-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ralph_Sadler_Escutcheon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Ralph_Sadler_Escutcheon.png/237px-Ralph_Sadler_Escutcheon.png" decoding="async" width="237" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Ralph_Sadler_Escutcheon.png/356px-Ralph_Sadler_Escutcheon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Ralph_Sadler_Escutcheon.png/474px-Ralph_Sadler_Escutcheon.png 2x" data-file-width="2554" data-file-height="3089" /></a><figcaption>Coat of Arms of Sir Ralph Sadler (1507–1587)</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sutton_House_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Sutton_House_1.jpg/237px-Sutton_House_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="237" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Sutton_House_1.jpg/356px-Sutton_House_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Sutton_House_1.jpg/474px-Sutton_House_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sutton_House,_London" title="Sutton House, London">Sutton House</a>, Hackney, was built in 1535 by Sir Ralph Sadleir</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_and_early_life">Family and early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Sadler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Family and early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ralph Sadler was born in <a href="/wiki/Hackney_(parish)" title="Hackney (parish)">Hackney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middlesex" title="Middlesex">Middlesex</a>, the elder son of Henry Sadler,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHenderson1897109_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHenderson1897109-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> a minor official in the service of the <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Grey,_2nd_Marquess_of_Dorset" title="Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset">Marquess of Dorset</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Belknap" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Edward Belknap">Sir Edward Belknap</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond196910_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond196910-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Henry Sadler was originally from <a href="/wiki/Warwickshire" title="Warwickshire">Warwickshire</a>, but later settled in Hackney.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoros1982-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Ralph had a brother, John, who commanded a company at the <a href="/wiki/Sieges_of_Boulogne_(1544%E2%80%931546)" title="Sieges of Boulogne (1544–1546)">Siege of Boulogne</a> in 1544.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurke1912615_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurke1912615-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>At around seven years of age, Sadler was placed in the household of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell" title="Thomas Cromwell">Thomas Cromwell</a>, later <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Essex" title="Earl of Essex">Earl of Essex</a>, where he received an excellent education.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond196910_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond196910-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was taught to read and write, becoming fluent in French, Latin and Greek and acquired a working knowledge of the law.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoros1982-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He proved to be not only intelligent and resourceful but also capable of great feats of horsemanship and was skilled at <a href="/wiki/Falconry" title="Falconry">falconry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond196911_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond196911-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Roger_Ascham" title="Roger Ascham">Roger Ascham</a> compared Sadler's appearance in terms of complexion, countenance and beard to <a href="/wiki/Maurice,_Elector_of_Saxony" title="Maurice, Elector of Saxony">Duke Maurice</a>, although the Duke was taller.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAscham1904&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamenglishworkstoxo00aschuoftpage162mode2up_163&#93;_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAscham1904[httpsarchiveorgstreamenglishworkstoxo00aschuoftpage162mode2up_163]-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sadler is also represented by his tomb effigy at Standon,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond1969239–240_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond1969239–240-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStoney1877&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen5mode2up_i&#93;_plate_of_tomb_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStoney1877[httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen5mode2up_i]_plate_of_tomb-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and he may have been painted by <a href="/wiki/Hans_Holbein_the_Younger" title="Hans Holbein the Younger">Hans Holbein the Younger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGray20004–6_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGray20004–6-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEParker1945plate_33_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEParker1945plate_33-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Courtier_and_diplomat">Courtier and diplomat</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Sadler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Courtier and diplomat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sadler began his career as secretary to Thomas Cromwell and went on to serve four <a href="/wiki/Tudor_period" title="Tudor period">Tudor</a> monarchs. During his long career in royal service, he held many offices, including:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoros1982-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Clerk of the <a href="/wiki/Hanaper" title="Hanaper">Hanaper</a> 1535–1587</li> <li>Gentleman of the Privy Chamber by May 1536</li> <li>Ambassador to Scotland 1537, 1540, 1542</li> <li>Jointly (with John Godsalve, <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Railton" title="Gregory Railton">Gregory Railton</a> and Francis Kempe) prothonotary, Chancery 1537 – 1587?</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(England)" title="Secretary of State (England)">Principal Secretary</a> April 1540 – April 1543</li> <li>Privy Councillor 1540–1553, 1566–1587</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wardrobe_(government)" title="Wardrobe (government)">Master of the Great Wardrobe</a> 1543–1553</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Peace" class="mw-redirect" title="Justice of the Peace">Justice of the Peace</a> Hertfordshire 1544–1547, 1558/59 – 1561, Gloucestershire 1547, Hertfordshire 1562–1587</li> <li>Chamberlain or receiver, <a href="/wiki/Court_of_General_Surveyors" title="Court of General Surveyors">Court of General Surveyors</a> by 1545</li> <li>Commissioner for Musters, Hertfordshire 1546, loan 1546, 1562, goods of churches and fraternities 1550, relief, Hertfordshire and London 1550, ecclesiastical causes 1572</li> <li>Steward of Hertford and Constable of Hertford Castle December 1549 – 1554, 1559–1587</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Warden_of_the_Marches" title="Lord Warden of the Marches">Warden of the East and Middle Marches</a> 1559–1560.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custos_rotulorum" title="Custos rotulorum">Custos rotulorum</a> Hertfordshire. by 1562 – 1587</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a> 1568–1587</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Lieutenant">Lord Lieutenant</a>, Hertfordshire 1569</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_the_service_of_Cromwell_and_the_King,_1526_to_1539"><span id="In_the_service_of_Cromwell_and_the_King.2C_1526_to_1539"></span>In the service of Cromwell and the King, 1526 to 1539</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Sadler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: In the service of Cromwell and the King, 1526 to 1539"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the time he was 19 Sadler was serving as Thomas Cromwell's secretary, learning about administration, finance and politics. In this role, he handled Cromwell's household business and was also involved in drafting and writing his correspondence. By 1529 he had become one of Cromwell's most trusted friends and was appointed an executor of his will.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Between 1525 and 1529, his name appeared in Cromwell's correspondence in connection with the suppression of monasteries. It was probably around this time that his talents came to the attention of the king.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911993_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911993-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was granted the manor and lands from the suppressed <a href="/wiki/St_Leonard%27s_Priory,_London" title="St Leonard&#39;s Priory, London">St Leonard's Priory</a> in Bow. </p><p>It was probably soon after Cromwell's elevation to the peerage, on 9 July 1536, that Sadler was named a gentleman of the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Chamber" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Chamber">Privy Chamber</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHenderson1897109_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHenderson1897109-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the same year, he became <a href="/wiki/M.P." class="mw-redirect" title="M.P.">M.P.</a> for <a href="/wiki/Hindon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hindon (UK Parliament constituency)">Hindon, Wiltshire</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoros1982-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and his name also appears in the list of administrators named for <a href="/wiki/Catherine_of_Aragon" title="Catherine of Aragon">Catherine of Aragon</a>'s will.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStrype_I(II)1822&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamecclesiasticalme0102strypage252mode2up_253&#93;_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStrype_I(II)1822[httpsarchiveorgstreamecclesiasticalme0102strypage252mode2up_253]-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 1537, Sadler was sent to <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> to investigate complaints made by <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Tudor" title="Margaret Tudor">Margaret Tudor</a>, the King's sister, against her third husband, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Stewart,_1st_Lord_Methven" title="Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven">Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven</a>, and to improve Anglo-Scottish relations. He succeeded in both respects. On 1 April 1537, Ralph met <a href="/wiki/James_V_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="James V of Scotland">James V of Scotland</a>, newly married to <a href="/wiki/Madeleine_of_Valois" title="Madeleine of Valois">Madeleine of Valois</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Rouen" title="Rouen">Rouen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPaul1907&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamaccountslordhig00treagoogpagen78mode2up_21&#93;_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPaul1907[httpsarchiveorgstreamaccountslordhig00treagoogpagen78mode2up_21]-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The King was pleased with Sadler's work and sent him again to Scotland, this time to discourage the King of Scotland, James V, from accepting <a href="/wiki/David_Beaton" title="David Beaton">Cardinal Beaton's</a> proposed Franco-Scottish alliance. Sadler failed in that respect, but the King was nonetheless impressed with his work. As a New Year's Day gift in 1539, Sadler gave Henry VIII a gold signet ring with a dial.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Later in that year, he was elected <a href="/wiki/Knight_of_the_shire" title="Knight of the shire">knight of the shire</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)">Middlesex</a>. </p><p>In 1576, Thomas Avery of <a href="/wiki/Berden" title="Berden">Berden</a>, Essex, bequeathed to Sadler a gold table or locket with an image of Cromwell, a reminder of his old master who was executed in July 1540.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mr._Secretary:_Henry_VIII_and_Edward_VI,_1540_to_1557"><span id="Mr._Secretary:_Henry_VIII_and_Edward_VI.2C_1540_to_1557"></span>Mr. Secretary: Henry VIII and Edward VI, 1540 to 1557</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Sadler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Mr. Secretary: Henry VIII and Edward VI, 1540 to 1557"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 1540 Sadler was made <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(England)" title="Secretary of State (England)">principal secretary</a> to the king, a position he held jointly with <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wriothesley,_1st_Earl_of_Southampton" title="Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton">Thomas Wriothesley</a>. In the same year, he was knighted, made a <a href="/wiki/Privy_councillor" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy councillor">privy councillor</a>, and began more than 30 years of service representing <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Hertfordshire</a> in Parliament. He represented <a href="/wiki/Preston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Preston (UK Parliament constituency)">Preston</a> in 1545.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoros1982-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sadler survived the fall from power and subsequent execution of his friend and mentor in 1540; however, during the power struggle following <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Cromwell#Arrest" class="mw-redirect" title="Gregory Cromwell">Cromwell's demise</a>, he was arrested and sent to the <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_London" title="Tower of London">Tower</a>. On the evening of 17 January 1541, the <a href="/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Imperial</a> ambassador, <a href="/wiki/Eustace_Chapuys" title="Eustace Chapuys">Eustace Chapuys</a>, and the French ambassador, <a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Marillac" title="Charles de Marillac">Charles de Marillac</a>, reported to their masters that Sir Ralph Sadler and <a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Wyatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Thomas Wyatt">Sir Thomas Wyatt</a> had been arrested, as had another courtier <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Wallop" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir John Wallop">Sir John Wallop</a>. The following morning they were taken from <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Hampton Court">Hampton Court</a>, with their hands bound, accompanied by 24 archers, to the Tower.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELetters_and_Papers,_Foreign_and_Domestic,_Henry_VIII16,_&#91;httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid76228_461&#93;_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELetters_and_Papers,_Foreign_and_Domestic,_Henry_VIII16,_[httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid76228_461]-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELetters_and_Papers,_Foreign_and_Domestic,_Henry_VIII16,_&#91;httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid76228_466&#93;_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELetters_and_Papers,_Foreign_and_Domestic,_Henry_VIII16,_[httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid76228_466]-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Marillac noted that it "must be some great matter" for Wyatt "has for enemies all who leagued against Cromwell, whose minion he was."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELetters_and_Papers,_Foreign_and_Domestic,_Henry_VIII16,_&#91;httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid76228_466&#93;_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELetters_and_Papers,_Foreign_and_Domestic,_Henry_VIII16,_[httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid76228_466]-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sadler was able to clear himself and was released in a few days, returning to the council chamber.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELetters_and_Papers,_Foreign_and_Domestic,_Henry_VIII16_&#91;httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid76228_470&#93;_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELetters_and_Papers,_Foreign_and_Domestic,_Henry_VIII16_[httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid76228_470]-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He played a leading role in the examination of Catherine Howard and her relatives in November 1541, regained the King's trust, and was knighted for his part in holding matters of state while the court went on a summer progress of the North in a tripartite ministry with Lords Audley and Hertford.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Together with his allies in the council, notably <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cranmer" title="Thomas Cranmer">Thomas Cranmer</a>, Sadler gathered evidence in an unsuccessful attempt to discredit <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Howard,_3rd_Duke_of_Norfolk" title="Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk">Norfolk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Gardiner" title="Stephen Gardiner">Gardiner</a>, the men who had orchestrated Thomas Cromwell's downfall. <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="From_courtier_to_career_diplomat:_Mission_to_Scotland">From courtier to career diplomat: Mission to Scotland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Sadler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: From courtier to career diplomat: Mission to Scotland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Linlithgow_Palace_Presence_Chamber.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Linlithgow_Palace_Presence_Chamber.jpg/220px-Linlithgow_Palace_Presence_Chamber.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Linlithgow_Palace_Presence_Chamber.jpg/330px-Linlithgow_Palace_Presence_Chamber.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Linlithgow_Palace_Presence_Chamber.jpg/440px-Linlithgow_Palace_Presence_Chamber.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3366" data-file-height="3034" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Guise" title="Mary of Guise">Mary of Guise</a> discussed politics with <b>Ralph Sadler</b> in her Presence Chamber at <b><a href="/wiki/Linlithgow_Palace" title="Linlithgow Palace">Linlithgow Palace</a></b></figcaption></figure> <p>Sadler was sent to Scotland several times. In 1540 he tried to embarrass and undermine the authority of <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Beaton" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal Beaton">Cardinal Beaton</a>, an ally of France, with letters captured from his messenger <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Crichton_of_Brunstane" title="Alexander Crichton of Brunstane">Alexander Crichton of Brunstane</a> whose ship had been forced by a storm to put into England. However, <a href="/wiki/James_V_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="James V of Scotland">James V of Scotland</a> refused to accept that the letters were compromising, and argued in favour of the Cardinal that he had a separate spiritual authority in Scotland apart from the King's own temporal powers. Later, when the Cardinal was present, James and Sadler compared the captured letters with Beaton's copies and found a discrepancy. James V said he was thankful to Sadler and his uncle Henry VIII but still would not find fault in the Cardinal's actions.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Solway_Moss" title="Battle of Solway Moss">Battle of Solway Moss</a>, Sadler was sent to Scotland again, in March 1543, to arrange a marriage between the infant <a href="/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots" title="Mary, Queen of Scots">Mary, Queen of Scots</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Edward_VI_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward VI of England">Edward, Prince of Wales</a>. He was a successful negotiator for the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Greenwich" title="Treaty of Greenwich">Treaty of Greenwich</a>, although the marriage was not concluded. On 22 March 1543, he rode from Edinburgh to <a href="/wiki/Linlithgow_Palace" title="Linlithgow Palace">Linlithgow Palace</a> to see the queen for the first time. <a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Guise" title="Mary of Guise">Mary of Guise</a> asked the nurse <a href="/wiki/Jean_Sinclair" title="Jean Sinclair">Jean Sinclair</a> to show him the queen out of her swaddling clothes. The scene was depicted by a 19th-century artist <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Haydon" title="Benjamin Haydon">Benjamin Haydon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sadler wrote that the infant was "as goodly a child I have seen, and like to live".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Mary of Guise reminded him that in turn <a href="/wiki/Regent_Arran" class="mw-redirect" title="Regent Arran">Regent Arran</a> wanted his son <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_3rd_Earl_of_Arran" title="James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran">James Hamilton</a> to marry <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth I of England">Princess Elizabeth</a>. Mary tried to work on him to intercede for <a href="/wiki/Regent_Arran" class="mw-redirect" title="Regent Arran">Regent Arran</a> to release Cardinal Beaton from imprisonment, alleging the Cardinal's political expertise could be employed to mutual benefit.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Henry VIII wanted English servants in Mary's household, and Sadler recommended "Lady Edongcomb" for this role, his friend, <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Edgcumbe" title="Katherine Edgcumbe">Katherine Edgcumbe</a> the widow of <a href="/wiki/Peter_Edgecumbe_(died_1539)" title="Peter Edgecumbe (died 1539)">Peter Edgecumbe</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cotehele" title="Cotehele">Cotehele</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Queen%27s_Inner_Hall,_Stirling_Castle_(5897535215).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Queen%27s_Inner_Hall%2C_Stirling_Castle_%285897535215%29.png/220px-Queen%27s_Inner_Hall%2C_Stirling_Castle_%285897535215%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="335" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Queen%27s_Inner_Hall%2C_Stirling_Castle_%285897535215%29.png/330px-Queen%27s_Inner_Hall%2C_Stirling_Castle_%285897535215%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Queen%27s_Inner_Hall%2C_Stirling_Castle_%285897535215%29.png/440px-Queen%27s_Inner_Hall%2C_Stirling_Castle_%285897535215%29.png 2x" data-file-width="673" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><b>Ralph Sadler</b> talked to <a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Guise" title="Mary of Guise">Mary of Guise</a> in her Audience Chamber at <a href="/wiki/Stirling_Castle" title="Stirling Castle">Stirling Castle</a></figcaption></figure><p> Sadler closely followed a <a href="/wiki/Secret_Bond" title="Secret Bond">controversy at Linlithgow</a> between Arran and Cardinal Beaton in July 1543. When an agreement was reached, the <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Stewart,_4th_Earl_of_Lennox" title="Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox">Earl of Lennox</a> escorted Mary to <a href="/wiki/Stirling_Castle" title="Stirling Castle">Stirling Castle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 9 August 1543 Sadler wrote to Henry VIII describing his visit to <a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Guise" title="Mary of Guise">Mary of Guise</a> and the infant Queen;</p><blockquote><p>"(Mary of Guise) is very glad that she is at Stirling, and much she praised there about the house, and told me, "That her daughter did grow apace; and soon," she said, "she would be a woman, if she took of her mother;" who indeed, is of the largest stature of women. And therefore she caused also the child to be brought to me, to the intent I might see her, assuring your majesty, that she is a right fair and goodly child, as any that I have seen for her age."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESadler_I1809&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamstatepaperslette01sadluoftpage252mode2up_253&#93;_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESadler_I1809[httpsarchiveorgstreamstatepaperslette01sadluoftpage252mode2up_253]-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELetters_and_Papers,_Foreign_and_Domestic,_Henry_VIII18(2),_&#91;httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid76760_22&#93;_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELetters_and_Papers,_Foreign_and_Domestic,_Henry_VIII18(2),_[httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid76760_22]-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tantallon_Castle_(3979724565).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Tantallon_Castle_%283979724565%29.jpg/220px-Tantallon_Castle_%283979724565%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Tantallon_Castle_%283979724565%29.jpg/330px-Tantallon_Castle_%283979724565%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Tantallon_Castle_%283979724565%29.jpg/440px-Tantallon_Castle_%283979724565%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1065" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption><b>Ralph Sadler</b> left Edinburgh for the safety of <a href="/wiki/Tantallon_Castle" title="Tantallon Castle">Tantallon Castle</a></figcaption></figure> <p>By November Sadler, fearing for his safety as the mood in Edinburgh turned against England, moved to <a href="/wiki/Tantallon_Castle" title="Tantallon Castle">Tantallon Castle</a>, which belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Douglas,_6th_Earl_of_Angus" title="Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus">Earl of Angus</a>. Regent Arran sent the <a href="/wiki/Rothesay_Herald" title="Rothesay Herald">Rothesay Herald</a> to Tantallon, ordering him to return Sadler to England, having "seen daily his great practices made to seduce and corrupt true faithful subjects of this realm to the opinion of England."<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Clan_Douglas" title="Clan Douglas">Earl's kinsmen</a> conveyed him to <a href="/wiki/Berwick_upon_Tweed" class="mw-redirect" title="Berwick upon Tweed">Berwick upon Tweed</a> on 11 December 1543.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESadler_I1809&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamstatepaperslette01sadluoftpage346mode2up_346–349&#93;_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESadler_I1809[httpsarchiveorgstreamstatepaperslette01sadluoftpage346mode2up_346–349]-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELetters_and_Papers,_Foreign_and_Domestic,_Henry_VIII18(2),_&#91;httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid76779_483&#93;_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELetters_and_Papers,_Foreign_and_Domestic,_Henry_VIII18(2),_[httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid76779_483]-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> All of his work in solidifying Anglo-Scottish relations came to nothing, and war followed after the Scottish rejection of <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Greenwich" title="Treaty of Greenwich">Treaty of Greenwich</a> in December 1543. </p><p>Sadler was replaced by <a href="/wiki/William_Paget,_1st_Baron_Paget" title="William Paget, 1st Baron Paget">William Paget</a> as Secretary of State in April 1543, owing to his frequent absences on diplomatic missions, but was appointed <a href="/wiki/Master_of_the_Great_Wardrobe" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of the Great Wardrobe">Master of the Great Wardrobe</a>. He was treasurer for the war against Scotland with the <a href="/wiki/Edward_Seymour,_1st_Duke_of_Somerset" title="Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset">Earl of Hertford</a> during his <a href="/wiki/Burning_of_Edinburgh" title="Burning of Edinburgh">punitive expedition to Edinburgh</a> in May 1544. Sadler accompanied Hertford into Scotland, in the same role in September 1545. He accompanied Lord Hertford again, this time at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pinkie" title="Battle of Pinkie">Battle of Pinkie</a> in the post of High Treasurer of the Army.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 10 September 1547, in recognition of his services during the fighting, Sadler was made a <a href="/wiki/Knight_banneret" title="Knight banneret">knight banneret</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoros1982-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sadler was present when <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Gardiner" title="Stephen Gardiner">Stephen Gardiner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Winchester" title="Bishop of Winchester">Bishop of Winchester</a>, was arrested, and he also accompanied the force that put down <a href="/wiki/Robert_Kett" title="Robert Kett">Robert Kett</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kett%27s_Rebellion" title="Kett&#39;s Rebellion">Norfolk Rebellion</a>. When Henry VIII was preparing his will on Boxing Day 1546, he had already appointed Sadler onto the Council of Regency that was to rule England during Edward VI's minority and left him £200 in his will.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1550 Sadler sold his mansion at Hackney. He was one of the signatories of Edward VI's will in 1553, proving one of the radicals in a Protestant government. He signed the device settling the crown on the <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> Jane Grey, and was noted by <a href="/wiki/Lord_Burghley" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Burghley">Lord Burghley</a> as one of those expected to act on her behalf.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoros1982-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mary_I_and_Elizabeth_I,_1558_to_1587"><span id="Mary_I_and_Elizabeth_I.2C_1558_to_1587"></span>Mary I and Elizabeth I, 1558 to 1587</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Sadler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Mary I and Elizabeth I, 1558 to 1587"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mary_Queen_of_Scots_by_Nicholas_Hilliard_1578.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Mary_Queen_of_Scots_by_Nicholas_Hilliard_1578.jpg/220px-Mary_Queen_of_Scots_by_Nicholas_Hilliard_1578.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Mary_Queen_of_Scots_by_Nicholas_Hilliard_1578.jpg/330px-Mary_Queen_of_Scots_by_Nicholas_Hilliard_1578.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Mary_Queen_of_Scots_by_Nicholas_Hilliard_1578.jpg/440px-Mary_Queen_of_Scots_by_Nicholas_Hilliard_1578.jpg 2x" data-file-width="528" data-file-height="658" /></a><figcaption>Miniature of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots</figcaption></figure> <p>On the accession of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Mary_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary I">Mary I</a> to the throne, after the resolution of the succession crisis, Sadler lost most of his offices, including <a href="/wiki/Wardrobe_(government)" title="Wardrobe (government)">master of the great wardrobe</a>, he was removed from the commissions of the peace and excluded from the Privy Council.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was briefly under house arrest from 25 to 30 July 1553 before being granted a pardon on 6 October.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For the rest of Mary I's reign he did not sit in any parliament, remaining in semi-retirement at <a href="/wiki/Standon,_Hertfordshire" title="Standon, Hertfordshire">Standon, Hertfordshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the reign of <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I" title="Elizabeth I">Elizabeth I</a>, restored to royal favour, Sadler was sent to Scotland on 8 August 1559 to arrange an alliance with the Scottish <a href="/wiki/Protestants" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestants">Protestants</a>, and forward the cause of the <a href="/wiki/Lords_of_the_Congregation" title="Lords of the Congregation">Lords of the Congregation</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_3rd_Earl_of_Arran" title="James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran">Duke of Chatelherault</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESadler_I1809&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamstatepaperslette01sadluoftpage390mode2up_391&#93;_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESadler_I1809[httpsarchiveorgstreamstatepaperslette01sadluoftpage390mode2up_391]-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECalendar_of_State_Papers,_Scotland1,_&#91;httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid44050strquerySadleyrs11_520&#93;_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECalendar_of_State_Papers,_Scotland1,_[httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid44050strquerySadleyrs11_520]-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After the English became directly involved in the fighting at the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Leith" title="Siege of Leith">Battle of Leith</a>, he was one of the architects of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Edinburgh" title="Treaty of Edinburgh">Treaty of Edinburgh</a>. In 1568 he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mary,_Queen_of_Scots"><span id="Mary.2C_Queen_of_Scots"></span>Mary, Queen of Scots</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Sadler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Mary, Queen of Scots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Mary, Queen of Scots, fled to England in 1568 after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Langside" title="Battle of Langside">battle of Langside</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sadler was unwillingly appointed to meet with the Scottish commissioners regarding that problem.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sadler was keeper of Mary, Queen of Scots, at <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Manor_Lodge" title="Sheffield Manor Lodge">Sheffield</a> in 1572 during the absence of the <a href="/wiki/George_Talbot,_6th_Earl_of_Shrewsbury" title="George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury">Earl of Shrewsbury</a> at court.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was sent to arrest the <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Howard,_4th_Duke_of_Norfolk" title="Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk">Duke of Norfolk</a> in Scotland in 1572 following the <a href="/wiki/Rising_of_the_North" title="Rising of the North">Rising of the Northern Earls</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>Sadler was again reluctantly appointed <a href="/wiki/Prison_officer" title="Prison officer">jailer</a> of Mary, Queen of Scots,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911993_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911993-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHenderson1897111_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHenderson1897111-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> from the summer 1584 to spring 1585, when she was housed at <a href="/wiki/Wingfield_Manor" title="Wingfield Manor">Wingfield Manor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tutbury_Castle" title="Tutbury Castle">Tutbury Castle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Mary's secretary <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Curle" title="Gilbert Curle">Gilbert Curle</a>, devised a code that seemed to include Sadler as the "carrier" and his assistant <a href="/wiki/John_Somers_(courtier)" title="John Somers (courtier)">John Somers</a> as the "carrier's man". An intercepted letter appeared to compromise Somers, and Sadler vouched for his loyalty to <a href="/wiki/Francis_Walsingham" title="Francis Walsingham">Francis Walsingham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During Mary's time with Sadler, Elizabeth was nervous about Mary's plans against her. Sadler reported that the guards at Sheffield and Wingfield carried swords and daggers, pistols, <a href="/wiki/Polearm" title="Polearm">halberds and partisans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was instructed to restrict Mary's freedom. Walsingham chided Sadler and Somers for letting Mary ride from Tutbury to go <a href="/wiki/Falconry" title="Falconry">"hawkyng"</a> and for giving her "more lybertye now then at any tyme when she was in the E of Shrewsbury chardge".<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Andrea Clarke, there was "a tangible, palpable sense of heightened levels of fear among Elizabeth's government and ministers about her safety in the midst of the danger posed by Mary Queen of Scots, who for many Catholics was a figurehead".<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sadler was required to post guards round the castle and to search the grounds "once or twice a moneth".<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/Babington_Plot" title="Babington Plot">Babington Plot</a>, Sadler was on the council that sentenced Mary to death.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond1969239_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond1969239-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marriage_and_issue">Marriage and issue</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Sadler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Marriage and issue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Around 1534,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261&#93;_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261]-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Ralph Sadler married Ellen, daughter of John Mitchell, of <a href="/wiki/Much_Hadham" title="Much Hadham">Much Hadham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> who at the time of their marriage was believed to be the widow of Matthew Barre (or Barrow) of <a href="/wiki/Sevenoaks" title="Sevenoaks">Sevenoaks</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_260–264&#93;_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_260–264]-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The couple had three sons and four daughters:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen288mode2up_264&#93;_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen288mode2up_264]-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:An_unidentified_man_(1)_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/An_unidentified_man_%281%29_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg/220px-An_unidentified_man_%281%29_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="296" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/An_unidentified_man_%281%29_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg/330px-An_unidentified_man_%281%29_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/An_unidentified_man_%281%29_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg/440px-An_unidentified_man_%281%29_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1114" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption><i>An unidentified man</i>, perhaps Sir Ralph Sadler, 1535, Hans Holbein the Younger</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sadleir_(died_1607)" title="Thomas Sadleir (died 1607)">Sir Thomas Sadler</a> of <a href="/wiki/Standon,_Hertfordshire" title="Standon, Hertfordshire">Standon, Hertfordshire</a>, (c. 1536 – 1607),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004_14-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> named after <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell" title="Thomas Cromwell">Thomas Cromwell</a>, who succeeded him<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> married twice:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>Ursula, daughter of Sir Henry Sherington of <a href="/wiki/Lacock" title="Lacock">Lacock</a>, Wiltshire</li> <li>Gertrude, daughter of Robert Markham, of <a href="/wiki/Cotham,_Nottinghamshire" title="Cotham, Nottinghamshire">Cotham, Nottinghamshire</a>, by whom he had a son <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sadleir" title="Ralph Sadleir">Ralph</a>, and a daughter Gertrude, who married <a href="/wiki/Walter_Aston,_1st_Lord_Aston_of_Forfar" title="Walter Aston, 1st Lord Aston of Forfar">Walter Aston, 1st Lord Aston of Forfar</a>. On Ralph's death in 1661, Standon passed to Gertrude's son, <a href="/wiki/Walter_Aston,_2nd_Lord_Aston_of_Forfar" title="Walter Aston, 2nd Lord Aston of Forfar">Walter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeal1943108,_111_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeal1943108,_111-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>Edward Sadler of <a href="/wiki/Temple_Dinsley" class="mw-redirect" title="Temple Dinsley">Temple Dinsley</a>, (died 4 April 1584)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStoney1877&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen263mode2up_249&#93;_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStoney1877[httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen263mode2up_249]-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> married Anne, daughter and heir of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Lee_(engineer)" title="Richard Lee (engineer)">Sir Richard Lee</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sopwell,_Hertfordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Sopwell, Hertfordshire">Sopwell, Hertfordshire</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sadler" title="Henry Sadler">Henry Sadler</a> of <a href="/wiki/Everleigh,_Wiltshire" title="Everleigh, Wiltshire">Everleigh, Wiltshire</a>, (c. 1538 – 1618),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004_14-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> married twice:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136_55-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>Mary, daughter of Gilbert Everley</li> <li>Ursula, daughter of John Gill</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>Anne Sadler (died 1576),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004_14-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> married George Horsey of <a href="/wiki/Digswell" title="Digswell">Digswell</a>, Hertfordshire<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136_55-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mary Sadler married Thomas Bolle of <a href="/wiki/Wallington,_Hertfordshire" title="Wallington, Hertfordshire">Wallington, Hertfordshire</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136_55-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Jane Sadler (died c. 1587),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004_14-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> married <a href="/wiki/Edward_Baeshe" title="Edward Baeshe">Edward Baeshe</a> of <a href="/wiki/Stanstead_Abbotts" title="Stanstead Abbotts">Stansted Bury</a>, Hertfordshire.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136_55-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Dorothy Sadler (died c. 1578),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004_14-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> married Edward Elrington of Byrchall, Essex<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136_55-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Sadler may have had an illegitimate son, Richard.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004_14-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStoney1877&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen261mode2up_247&#93;_footnote_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStoney1877[httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen261mode2up_247]_footnote-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_return_of_Matthew_Barre">The return of Matthew Barre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Sadler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: The return of Matthew Barre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Mary,_Standon,_Herts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_361615.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/St_Mary%2C_Standon%2C_Herts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_361615.jpg/220px-St_Mary%2C_Standon%2C_Herts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_361615.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/St_Mary%2C_Standon%2C_Herts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_361615.jpg/330px-St_Mary%2C_Standon%2C_Herts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_361615.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/St_Mary%2C_Standon%2C_Herts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_361615.jpg/440px-St_Mary%2C_Standon%2C_Herts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_361615.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="479" /></a><figcaption>St. Mary's Church, <a href="/wiki/Standon,_Hertfordshire" title="Standon, Hertfordshire">Standon, Hertfordshire</a>, where Sadler is buried</figcaption></figure> <p>More than eleven years after Ralph and Ellen had married, Matthew Barre returned alive and well from Ireland and was overheard in a London tavern claiming to be the lawful husband of Sadler's wife.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261&#93;_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261]-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond196912_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond196912-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Ralph and his wife had seven surviving children, and he was now a very wealthy and influential person at court whose reputation was at stake. Sadler, a man devoted to his wife and children, was informed of the matter in October 1545 while on a diplomatic mission in Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond196912,_14_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond196912,_14-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> "Master Sadler took his matter very heavily," the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wriothesley,_1st_Earl_of_Southampton" title="Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton">Wriothesley</a> reported to Secretary <a href="/wiki/William_Paget,_1st_Baron_Paget" title="William Paget, 1st Baron Paget">Paget</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELetters_and_Papers,_Foreign_and_Domestic,_Henry_VIII20(2),_&#91;httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid80427_697&#93;_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELetters_and_Papers,_Foreign_and_Domestic,_Henry_VIII20(2),_[httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid80427_697]-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ellen Mitchell and Matthew Barre had been legally married in 1526, in <a href="/wiki/Great_Dunmow" title="Great Dunmow">Dunmow</a> in Essex.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261&#93;_51-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261]-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They had two daughters before Barre abandoned them and went to Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261&#93;_51-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261]-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Ellen stayed in Dunmow for about a year trying to find out where he had gone.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261&#93;_51-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261]-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> She then became a servant of the prioress at the nunnery of Clerkenwell.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261&#93;_51-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261]-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Determined to find Matthew, she visited his birthplace and with his brothers made further enquiries, but without success. Despairing of an answer she returned to Clerkenwell.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261&#93;_51-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261]-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Not long afterwards a man belonging to the city of Salisbury positively assured her that her husband was dead.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261&#93;_51-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261]-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Recommended by the Prioress of Clerkenwell, Ellen entered the service of Thomas Cromwell's mother-in-law, Mercy Pryor, and was dwelling in his house when Ralph Sadler became enamoured of her.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261&#93;_51-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261]-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Ralph Sadler and Ellen married believing that Matthew Barre was dead.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261&#93;_51-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261]-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A version of Ellen's story was given by an Elizabethan writer, <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Sanders" title="Nicholas Sanders">Nicolas Sander</a>, and attempted to cast doubt on her character, without success.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESander1877&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamriseofschism00sanduoftpage176mode2up_176–177&#93;_and_footnotes_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESander1877[httpsarchiveorgstreamriseofschism00sanduoftpage176mode2up_176–177]_and_footnotes-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sander claimed that Ellen (née Mitchell) was related to Thomas Cromwell, and that she had worked for him in his household. Given that Cromwell was known to take pity on widows, this is not unlikely. <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESander1877&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamriseofschism00sanduoftpage176mode2up_176–177&#93;_and_footnotes_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESander1877[httpsarchiveorgstreamriseofschism00sanduoftpage176mode2up_176–177]_and_footnotes-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey65_Ellen_may_have_been_employed_in_Thomas_Cromwell&#39;s_household,_where_she_met_Ralph_Sadler,_however,_the_rest_of_Sander&#39;s_story_is_without_foundation_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey65_Ellen_may_have_been_employed_in_Thomas_Cromwell&#39;s_household,_where_she_met_Ralph_Sadler,_however,_the_rest_of_Sander&#39;s_story_is_without_foundation-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The 17th-century historian <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Burnet" title="Gilbert Burnet">Gilbert Burnet</a> considered that Sander's story was a fiction.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurnet1865&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamhistoryofreforma05burnialapage592mode2up_593&#93;_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurnet1865[httpsarchiveorgstreamhistoryofreforma05burnialapage592mode2up_593]-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sander was a <a href="/wiki/Jesuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesuit">Jesuit</a>, a Catholic recusant writing with an agenda. He took delight in attempting to discredit leading public figures in England.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStoney1877&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen27mode2up_13–14&#93;_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStoney1877[httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen27mode2up_13–14]-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There was no scandal surrounding the marriage between Ellen and Ralph when it took place. Cromwell's paternal aunt was Margaret Mitchell, and Ellen may have been a relative of Margaret and her husband William, or William's brother Thomas, all of whom once lived with and worked for Walter Cromwell. Rather than slandering Ellen and Ralph, this shows a friendly familial beginning. </p><p>An investigation found that Ellen's first marriage was valid, and Sadler was therefore obliged to have his children legitimised by a private act of Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261–262&#93;_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261–262]-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1546, this act of Parliament <a href="/wiki/37_Hen._8" class="mw-redirect" title="37 Hen. 8">37 Hen. 8</a>. c. <i>30</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoros1982-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen286mode2up_262–264&#93;&lt;br_/&gt;Transcript_of_&#39;&#39;An_Act_for_the_Legitimation_of_the_children_of_Sir_Ralph_Sadler,_Knight&#39;&#39;,_passed_in_anno_37_Henry_VIII._No._28_&#91;Transcript_in_Harl._MS_7089,_f._453&#93;_is_presented_here_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen286mode2up_262–264]&lt;br_/&gt;Transcript_of_&#39;&#39;An_Act_for_the_Legitimation_of_the_children_of_Sir_Ralph_Sadler,_Knight&#39;&#39;,_passed_in_anno_37_Henry_VIII._No._28_[Transcript_in_Harl._MS_7089,_f._453]_is_presented_here-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> was passed on his behalf.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoros1982-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen286mode2up_262–264&#93;&lt;br_/&gt;Transcript_of_&#39;&#39;An_Act_for_the_Legitimation_of_the_children_of_Sir_Ralph_Sadler,_Knight&#39;&#39;,_passed_in_anno_37_Henry_VIII._No._28_&#91;Transcript_in_Harl._MS_7089,_f._453&#93;_is_presented_here_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen286mode2up_262–264]&lt;br_/&gt;Transcript_of_&#39;&#39;An_Act_for_the_Legitimation_of_the_children_of_Sir_Ralph_Sadler,_Knight&#39;&#39;,_passed_in_anno_37_Henry_VIII._No._28_[Transcript_in_Harl._MS_7089,_f._453]_is_presented_here-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The act set aside Ellen's marriage to Matthew Barre and made her marriage to Ralph Sadler a true and proper union. Sadler managed to prevent the publication of the act and its details never appeared among the statutes of the period.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond196914_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond196914-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The only known contemporary reference to the act appears in a transcript entitled <i>The Unprecedented Case of Sir Ralph Sadleir</i> in the Library of the <a href="/wiki/Inner_Temple" title="Inner Temple">Inner Temple</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Matthew Barre disappeared from the scene.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond196914_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond196914-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>This episode damaged Sadler's reputation, but not irretrievably. His marriage to Ellen was saved and the couple lived on, without further incident, for many years.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond196915_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond196915-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Sadler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sadler's wife was still living in 1569;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond1969214_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond1969214-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStoney1877&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen29mode2up_14&#93;_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStoney1877[httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen29mode2up_14]-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> however, there is no further record of her and there is no surviving tomb for her.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond1969239_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond1969239-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sir Ralph died 30 March 1587,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoros1982-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> reputedly, "the richest commoner in England".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESadler_I1809&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamstatepaperslette01sadluoftpagen43mode2up_xxxii&#93;_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESadler_I1809[httpsarchiveorgstreamstatepaperslette01sadluoftpagen43mode2up_xxxii]-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His tomb lies beneath a magnificent wall monument in <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:St_Mary%27s_church,_Standon,_Hertfordshire" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:St Mary&#39;s church, Standon, Hertfordshire">St. Mary's Church, Standon, Hertfordshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004_14-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStoney1877&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen255mode2up_241&#93;_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStoney1877[httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen255mode2up_241]-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He left the majority of his vast landholdings, including Standon and Buntingford, Hertfordshire, to his eldest son and heir, Thomas Sadler.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004_14-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Henry Sadler received the manors of Hungerford, Berkshire, and Everley, Wiltshire, Jane Bash received a diamond ring and an annuity was provided for Richard Sadler.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004_14-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Sadler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sadler is one of the few Renaissance statesmen for whom extant Parliamentary orations survive, including a speech on succession in 1563 and one on subsidy in 1566. Copies of the orations appear in the 1809 two-volume publication of his letters, which includes a biography by <a href="/wiki/Walter_Scott" title="Walter Scott">Walter Scott</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESadler_I1809_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESadler_I1809-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESadler_II1809_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESadler_II1809-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fictional_portrayals">Fictional portrayals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Sadler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Fictional portrayals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sadler is one of the major characters in <a href="/wiki/Hilary_Mantel" title="Hilary Mantel">Hilary Mantel</a>'s 2009 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Wolf_Hall" title="Wolf Hall">Wolf Hall</a></i>, which gives a fictional portrayal of Sadler's youth and early manhood in the household of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell" title="Thomas Cromwell">Thomas Cromwell</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/BBC_2" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC 2">BBC 2</a> series, he is portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Brodie-Sangster" title="Thomas Brodie-Sangster">Thomas Brodie-Sangster</a>. Sadler also appears prominently in <i><a href="/wiki/Bring_Up_the_Bodies" title="Bring Up the Bodies">Bring Up the Bodies</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mirror_%26_the_Light" title="The Mirror &amp; the Light">The Mirror &amp; the Light</a></i>, Mantel's sequels to <i><a href="/wiki/Wolf_Hall" title="Wolf Hall">Wolf Hall</a></i>. He is also a minor character in <a href="/wiki/Philippa_Gregory" title="Philippa Gregory">Philippa Gregory</a>'s book <i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Queen" title="The Other Queen">The Other Queen</a></i>, with an account given of the time he spent as the <a href="/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots" title="Mary, Queen of Scots">Queen of Scots</a>' gaoler. </p><p>Ralph Sadler plays a large role in the <i>Queenmaker</i> Series by author Caroline Angus, based on Thomas Cromwell's life between 1529 and 1540, with Ralph Sadler rising at the royal court and as a Scottish ambassador for Henry VIII. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Sadler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(England)" title="Secretary of State (England)">Secretary of State (England)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Privy_Councillor" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Councillor">Privy Councillor</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Sadler&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoros1982_2-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCoros1982">Coros 1982</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHenderson1897109-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHenderson1897109_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHenderson1897109_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHenderson1897">Henderson 1897</a>, p.&#160;109.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond196910-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond196910_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond196910_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDrummond1969">Drummond 1969</a>, p.&#160;10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurke1912615-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurke1912615_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBurke1912">Burke 1912</a>, p.&#160;615.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond196911-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond196911_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDrummond1969">Drummond 1969</a>, p.&#160;11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAscham1904&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamenglishworkstoxo00aschuoftpage162mode2up_163&#93;-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAscham1904[httpsarchiveorgstreamenglishworkstoxo00aschuoftpage162mode2up_163]_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAscham1904">Ascham 1904</a>, p.&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/englishworkstoxo00aschuoft#page/162/mode/2up">163</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond1969239–240-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond1969239–240_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDrummond1969">Drummond 1969</a>, pp.&#160;239–240.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEStoney1877&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen5mode2up_i&#93;_plate_of_tomb-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStoney1877[httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen5mode2up_i]_plate_of_tomb_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFStoney1877">Stoney 1877</a>, p.&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/cu31924027961683#page/n5/mode/2up">i</a> plate of tomb.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGray20004–6-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGray20004–6_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGray2000">Gray 2000</a>, pp.&#160;4–6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style 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Gossips"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 February</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Sir+Ralph+Sadleir+%281507%E2%80%931587%29+and+the+Gossips&amp;rft.pub=Talltalesfromthetrees.blogspot.com.au&amp;rft.date=2010-09-18&amp;rft.aulast=Salter&amp;rft.aufirst=Colin&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftalltalesfromthetrees.blogspot.com.au%2F2010%2F09%2Fsir-ralph-sadleir-1507-1587-and-gossips.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARalph+Sadler" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136_55-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136_55-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136_55-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136_55-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136_55-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136_55-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey_et_al1884136_55-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHarvey_et_al1884">Harvey et al 1884</a>, p.&#160;136.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeal1943108,_111-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeal1943108,_111_56-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHeal1943">Heal 1943</a>, pp.&#160;108, 111.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEStoney1877&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen263mode2up_249&#93;-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStoney1877[httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen263mode2up_249]_57-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFStoney1877">Stoney 1877</a>, p.&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/cu31924027961683#page/n263/mode/2up">249</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEStoney1877&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen261mode2up_247&#93;_footnote-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStoney1877[httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen261mode2up_247]_footnote_58-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFStoney1877">Stoney 1877</a>, pp.&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/cu31924027961683#page/n261/mode/2up">247</a> footnote.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond196912-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond196912_59-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDrummond1969">Drummond 1969</a>, p.&#160;12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond196912,_14-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond196912,_14_60-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDrummond1969">Drummond 1969</a>, pp.&#160;12, 14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELetters_and_Papers,_Foreign_and_Domestic,_Henry_VIII20(2),_&#91;httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid80427_697&#93;-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELetters_and_Papers,_Foreign_and_Domestic,_Henry_VIII20(2),_[httpwwwbritish-historyacukreportaspxcompid80427_697]_61-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLetters_and_Papers,_Foreign_and_Domestic,_Henry_VIII">Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII</a>, 20(2), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=80427">697</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESander1877&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamriseofschism00sanduoftpage176mode2up_176–177&#93;_and_footnotes-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESander1877[httpsarchiveorgstreamriseofschism00sanduoftpage176mode2up_176–177]_and_footnotes_62-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESander1877[httpsarchiveorgstreamriseofschism00sanduoftpage176mode2up_176–177]_and_footnotes_62-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSander1877">Sander 1877</a>, p.&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/riseofschism00sanduoft#page/176/mode/2up">176–177</a> and footnotes.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey65_Ellen_may_have_been_employed_in_Thomas_Cromwell&#39;s_household,_where_she_met_Ralph_Sadler,_however,_the_rest_of_Sander&#39;s_story_is_without_foundation-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey65_Ellen_may_have_been_employed_in_Thomas_Cromwell&#39;s_household,_where_she_met_Ralph_Sadler,_however,_the_rest_of_Sander&#39;s_story_is_without_foundation_63-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHarvey">Harvey</a>, p.&#160;65 Ellen may have been employed in Thomas Cromwell's household, where she met Ralph Sadler, however, the rest of Sander's story is without foundation.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurnet1865&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamhistoryofreforma05burnialapage592mode2up_593&#93;-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurnet1865[httpsarchiveorgstreamhistoryofreforma05burnialapage592mode2up_593]_64-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBurnet1865">Burnet 1865</a>, p.&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/historyofreforma05burniala#page/592/mode/2up">593</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEStoney1877&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen27mode2up_13–14&#93;-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStoney1877[httpsarchiveorgstreamcu31924027961683pagen27mode2up_13–14]_65-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFStoney1877">Stoney 1877</a>, pp.&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/cu31924027961683#page/n27/mode/2up">13–14</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261–262&#93;-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen284mode2up_261–262]_66-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFThe_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle1835"><i>The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle</i> 1835</a>, III:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/gentlemansmagaz70unkngoog#page/n284/mode/2up">261–262</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:&#91;httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen286mode2up_262–264&#93;&lt;br_/&gt;Transcript_of_&#39;&#39;An_Act_for_the_Legitimation_of_the_children_of_Sir_Ralph_Sadler,_Knight&#39;&#39;,_passed_in_anno_37_Henry_VIII._No._28_&#91;Transcript_in_Harl._MS_7089,_f._453&#93;_is_presented_here-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen286mode2up_262–264]&lt;br_/&gt;Transcript_of_&#39;&#39;An_Act_for_the_Legitimation_of_the_children_of_Sir_Ralph_Sadler,_Knight&#39;&#39;,_passed_in_anno_37_Henry_VIII._No._28_[Transcript_in_Harl._MS_7089,_f._453]_is_presented_here_67-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE&#39;&#39;The_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle&#39;&#39;1835III:[httpsarchiveorgstreamgentlemansmagaz70unkngoogpagen286mode2up_262–264]&lt;br_/&gt;Transcript_of_&#39;&#39;An_Act_for_the_Legitimation_of_the_children_of_Sir_Ralph_Sadler,_Knight&#39;&#39;,_passed_in_anno_37_Henry_VIII._No._28_[Transcript_in_Harl._MS_7089,_f._453]_is_presented_here_67-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFThe_Gentleman&#39;s_Magazine,_and_Historical_Chronicle1835"><i>The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle</i> 1835</a>, III:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/gentlemansmagaz70unkngoog#page/n286/mode/2up">262–264</a><br />Transcript of <i>An Act for the Legitimation of the children of Sir Ralph Sadler, Knight</i>, passed in anno 37 Henry VIII. No. 28 [Transcript in Harl. MS 7089, f. 453] is presented here.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrummond196914-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond196914_68-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrummond196914_68-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDrummond1969">Drummond 1969</a>, p.&#160;14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>A Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts in the Library of the Inner Temple, arranged in classes</i> (C. &amp; W. 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