20TH GENERATION

846080. Thomas READ ⁽¹⁸⁶⁾. Children were:

423040 i. Hon. John READ.
ii. Sir Bartholomew READ⁽¹⁸⁶⁾. Goldsmith of London, and Master of the London Mint in the reign of King Henry IV; Sheriff of London, 1497, and Lord Mayor in 1502.
iii. Richard READ⁽¹⁸⁶⁾. of Shipden, Norfolk
iv. Simon READ⁽¹⁸⁶⁾.
v. William READ⁽¹⁸⁶⁾. Goldsmith of London
vi. Thomas READ⁽¹⁸⁶⁾.
vii. Sir Robert READ⁽¹⁸⁶⁾ died in 1518. Knight, and Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. Lord Robert Read was of Buckingham, now Magdalene College, Cambridge, and subsequently Fellow of King's, and founder of the "Rede Lecture." He was Chief Justice 25 April, 1509; executor of the will of King Henry VII, and guardian of Henry VIII during his minority. He was Autumn Reader at Lincoln's Inn 1481, and Lent Reader 1486; Sergeant at Law 1486; King's Sergeant 1494; Justice of the King's Bench 1496, and Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1507. In 1516 he built a chapel in honor of St. Katherine.

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