Henry Sadler

Henry Sadler or Sadleir ( – 17 March 1618), of Everleigh, Wiltshire and Hungerford, Berkshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1571 and 1587. He was elected MP for Lancaster in 1571, 1572, 1584, 1586 and was Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1595-6. Sadler was born about 1538, the third son of Sir Ralph Sadler (1507 – 1587) of Hackney, Middlesex and Standon, Hertfordshire and Ellen Mitchell, daughter of John Mitchell of Much Hadham, Hertfordshire and "widow" of Matthew Barre of Sevenoaks, Kent. He was a student at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1558. He was Steward of Duchy of Lancaster lands in Wiltshire from 1570 to 1618, Clerk of the Hanaper from 1572 to 1604, constable of Leicester Castle in 1576, Justice of the peace in the Court of quarter sessions for Wiltshire in 1592 and Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1595-6.