Anthony Babington (Nottingham MP)

Sir Anthony Babington (1476 – 23 August 1536), was an English politician.

He was the 1st son of Thomas Babington of Dethick by Edith Fitzherbert, daughter of Ralph Fitzherbert of Norbury, Derbyshire.

He was educated at the Inner Temple and was appointed Recorder of Nottingham in 1525.

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Nottingham in 1529 and 1536.[1] He was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests from 1533 to 1534.

He was responsible for the addition of the tower of St John the Baptist's Church, Dethick between 1530 and 1532.[2]

Marriages and issue

He married twice. Firstly on 20 March 1498, to Elizabeth Ormond (d. 1505), daughter of John Ormond of Alfreton, Derbyshire and Joan Charworth.[3] The children from this marriage were

• Bernard Babington
• Thomas Babington (c. 1500–1560)
• Edward Babington

Secondly, Catherine Cotton, daughter of Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth, Staffs., widow of Thomas Cotton of Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire. The children from this marriage were

• Richard Babington (d. 1550)
• Katherine Babington (b. 1512)
• Elizabeth Babington
• John Babington

References

1. Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys. "BABINGTON, Anthony (by 1476-1536), of Dethick, Derbys. and Kingston-on-Soar, Notts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
2. "To Dethick by Canal and Lane". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 28 May 1936. Retrieved 5 March 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. Cockayne, G.E. (2000). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14. Vol. 3. Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing. p. 154.