1456 KNOLE bought by Archbishop BOURCHIER
1486 Death of Bourchier. Succeeded by Cardinal MORTON
1500 Death of Morton. Succeeded by HENRY DEAN
1502 Death of Dean. Succeeded by WAREHAM
1532 Death of Wareham. Succeeded by CRANMER
1539 KNOLE given by Cranmer to HENRY VIII
1546 Death of Henry VIII. Succeeded by EDWARD VI
1550 KNOLE granted by Edward VI to JOHN DUDLEY, Earl of Warwick
1556 KNOLE resold by Warwick to EDWARD VI
1553 Death of Edward VI. Succeeded by QUEEN MARY
KNOLE granted by the Queen to REGINALD POLE
1558 Death of Mary. Succeeded by QUEEN ELIZABETH
1586 KNOLE granted to THOMAS SACKVILLE by Elizabeth
Thos. Sackville, Lord Buckhurst, 1st EARL of DORSET
1536-1608
1554 Married CECILIE BAKER
1557 } Member of Parliament
1563 }
1563 Travelling abroad
1566 Death of his father, Sir RICHARD
1567 Created Lord BUCKHURST
1568 Ambassador to France
1569 Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex
1571 Ambassador to France
1586 Execution of MARY Queen of SCOTS
1586 Given KNOLE by QUEEN ELIZABETH
1587 Ambassador to the Low Countries
1589 Ambassador to the Low Countries
1589 Knight of the Garter
1591 Chancellor of Oxford
1598 Ambassador to the Low Countries
1599 Lord High Treasurer
1601 Lord High Steward
1603 Death of Queen Elizabeth. Succeeded by JAMES I
1603 Lord Treasurer for life
1604 Created Earl of DORSET
1608 Death at the Council Table
