Richard Southwell
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Sir Richard Southwell PC (c.1518 / 1519 – 11 January1564) was an English Privy Councillor.
Life
He was born ic. 1518/1519 at Windham Manor in Norfolk, the son of Francis Southwell and Dorothy Tendring.
In 1531 he was involved in the murder of Sir William Pennington and the following year he paid a fine of 1000 pounds to obtain a pardon.
From 1534 to 1535 he was Sheriff of Norfolk.
He was a witness in the trial of Sir Thomas More, where he claimed not to have heard the details of the damning conversation between Richard Rich and the accused.
He was a member of the House of Commons from around 1536. It was in 1536 that his portrait was painted by Hans Holbein the Younger.
He played a part in the downfall of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey.
He was an executor of Henry VIII of England's will.
Sir Richard was one of the signatories of The Will of King Edward the Sixth, and His Devise for the Succession to the Crown
He was appointed to the Privy Council on 12 March 1547, although he was removed from the full council the following year. He was reappointed by Mary of England
He was described as the driving force behind the plan to marry Elizabeth I of England to Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon.
External links
- [Biography, details of which are taken from the History of Parliament]
- [Holbein's drawing of Sir Richard in Windsor]
- [Holbein's painting of Sir Richard in Uffizi]
- [Edward VI's Will and Device for Succession]]
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