Edwin Sandys b. 1519 d. 1588
| Lineage | Sandys |
| Sex | Male |
| Full name (at birth) | Edwin Sandys |
| Parents
♂ William Sandys b. 1480 d. 1548 | |
| Wiki-page | wikipedia:en:Edwin_Sandys_(archbishop) |
Events
1519 birth:
child birth: ♀ Hester Sandys
child birth: ♂ Samuel Sandys
19 February 1560 marriage: ♀ Cicely Wilford
9 December 1561 child birth: ♂ Edwin Sandys b. 9 December 1561 d. October 1629
2 March 1577 child birth: ♂ George Sandys b. 2 March 1577 d. March 1644
1588 death:
Notes
Archbishop Edwin Sandys (1519–1588) was an English prelate. He was Anglican Bishop of Worcester (1559–1570), London (1570–1576) and Archbishop of York (1576–1588) during the reign of Elizabeth I of England. He was one of the translators of the Bishops' Bible.
Edwin was born in 1519 at Esthwaite Hall, which is 1 mile south of Hawkshead, Cumbria, on the road to Newby Bridge. The Hall nestles in the valley and overlooks Esthwaite Water. Today it is still a family home, although the Sandys family now reside in the grander Graythwaite Hall a few miles further south. He was the son of William Sandys and Margaret Dixon, a descendant of William I of Scotland it is claimed.
He went first to Antwerp and then Augsburg and Strasbourg where his wife joined him. His wife and infant son died there of a plague. He then lived in Zurich until the ascendancy of Elizabeth I made it safe for him to return to England; on the day of Elizabeth's coronation. On 19 February 1560 he married Cicely Wilford, sister of James Wilford.
