First Baron Sandys of The Vyne. A kinsman of the Tudors through their mutual Stourton ancestry, he acquired notice at court and was soon associated with Prince Henry, even assisting at his knighting in 1494. Sandys was made a Knight of the Body in 1509, and accompanied the king to Spain in 1512 serving as keeper of the ordnance, served as treasurer of Calais in 1517, was made a Knight of the Garter on May 16, 1518, and was one of the commissioners appointed to arrange the 'Field of the Cloth of Gold' in 1520. His elevation to the peerage as Baron Sandys of The Vyne occurred on Apr. 27, 1523, and in 1526 was sworn in as Lord Chamberlain of the Household. Henry VIII visited him at his residence The Vyne at least three times, once in the company of Anne Boleyn. Sandys was buried with his wife under a tomb in the middle of the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, which he founded circa 1524 along the south wall of the chancel of the Chapel of the Holy Ghost.
The surname Sandys, originally del Sondes, meaning 'man from the sands', originated at Burgh by Sands, near the Solway in Cumberland.
The following traditional distich preserves the memory of his marriage with Margery:
My Lord Sandys, my Lord Sandys,
Lift up both your hands,
And down on your knees and pray,
That when you come from France,
You may lead up the dance,
With good Mistress Margery Bray.
First Baron Sandys of The Vyne. A kinsman of the Tudors through their mutual Stourton ancestry, he acquired notice at court and was soon associated with Prince Henry, even assisting at his knighting in 1494. Sandys was made a Knight of the Body in 1509, and accompanied the king to Spain in 1512 serving as keeper of the ordnance, served as treasurer of Calais in 1517, was made a Knight of the Garter on May 16, 1518, and was one of the commissioners appointed to arrange the 'Field of the Cloth of Gold' in 1520. His elevation to the peerage as Baron Sandys of The Vyne occurred on Apr. 27, 1523, and in 1526 was sworn in as Lord Chamberlain of the Household. Henry VIII visited him at his residence The Vyne at least three times, once in the company of Anne Boleyn. Sandys was buried with his wife under a tomb in the middle of the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, which he founded circa 1524 along the south wall of the chancel of the Chapel of the Holy Ghost.
The surname Sandys, originally del Sondes, meaning 'man from the sands', originated at Burgh by Sands, near the Solway in Cumberland.
The following traditional distich preserves the memory of his marriage with Margery:
My Lord Sandys, my Lord Sandys,
Lift up both your hands,
And down on your knees and pray,
That when you come from France,
You may lead up the dance,
With good Mistress Margery Bray.
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