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Sir Richard Weston (1465–1541), KB, of Sutton Place in Surrey, was a courtier and diplomat who served as Governor of Guernsey, Treasurer of Calais and Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer during the reign of King Henry VIII. OriginsHe was born about 1465/6, the eldest son of Edmund Weston of Boston in Lincolnshire by his wife Catherine Cammel, daughter and heiress of Robert Cammel of Fiddleford in Dorset.{{sfn|Baker|1982}}{{sfn|Clarke|1899|p=363}} He quartered the canting arms of Cammel, also of Shapwick, Dorset: Argent, three camels sable. His brother was Sir William Weston (died 1540), the last Prior of the Order of St John in England, deemed Premier Baron of England. CareerImmediately after his accession on 22 May 1509, Henry VIII appointed Weston to several offices, including that of governor of Guernsey. In 1511, Weston served under Thomas, Lord Darcy, in the English contingent sent to assist King Ferdinand of Spain in his campaign against the Moors. Upon his return, Weston visited the court of Spain and received considerable honour. He was knighted by Henry VIII in 1514 and from 1516 was in personal attendance on the king as Knight of the Body. On 3 January 1518, he was dubbed Knight of the Bath. In 1519, he was one of the four "sad and ancient knights" who were "put into the king's privy chamber".[1] In 1520, he followed Henry to the Field of the Cloth of Gold. In 1521, he sat on the jury which tried and condemned Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham.[2] The manor of Sutton was granted to him on the day of the Duke of Buckingham's execution (17 May 1521).{{sfn|Clarke|1899|p=363}} In 1523, Weston served under Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, in France; in 1525, he became Treasurer of Calais and, in 1528, under-treasurer of England.{{sfn|Clarke|1899|p=363}} He also served as knight of the shire for Berkshire in 1529.{{sfn|Baker|1982}} His main residences were Cranbourne Lodge, where he was the keeper, and Ufton Court, both in Berkshire, and then Sutton Place, Surrey, the last two being granted to him by the king.{{sfn|Baker|1982}} In 1533, Henry VIII paid a state visit to Sutton. Thomas Cromwell was a guest there later.{{sfn|Clarke|1899|p=363}} In 1539, Weston was appointed to meet Anne of Cleves on her arrival in England. He must then have been considerably over seventy years of age.{{sfn|Clarke|1899|p=363}} In 1542, he surrendered his post of sub-treasurer of England "ob senectutem debilitatam et continuam infirmitatem" (20 January) and died on 7 August. He was buried in his family chapel in Holy Trinity Church, Guildford.{{sfn|Clarke|1899|p=363}} His eldest son, Francis, predeceased him, so Francis's son, Henry Watson, succeeded at age six to his grandfather's estates.{{sfn|Harrison|1899|p=40}} Frederic Harrison wrote: {{quote|There is hardly a single state ceremony or event during the eighth Henry's reign in which he is not recorded to have part. A bare list of the offices he held would fill some pages. He is a soldier, seaman, ambassador, governor, treasurer, privy councillor, judge of the Court of Wards.{{sfn|Harrison|1899|p=40}} }}Marriage & progenyHe married Anne Sandys, a daughter of Oliver Sandys of Shere, and one of the Gentlewomen of Queen Catherine of Aragon, by whom he had a son and two daughters as follows:{{sfn|Clarke|1899|p=364}}
Notes1. ^{{harvnb|Clarke|1899|p=363}} cites Hall's Chronicle. 2. ^{{harvnb|Clarke|1899|p=363}} cites State Trials, i. 287. References
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