. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE Standon, on a much larger scale, it is said, than he wished," and here he several times entertained Queen Elizabeth.'-' Sadleir was treated knight banneret on the battlefield of Pinkie in 1547. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, sat for the county in seven Parliaments and survived until 1587, having served with distinction in ihree successive He was succeeded by his son Thomas, who was for Lancaster from 1572 to 1583 and Sheriff of Hertfordshire in [595.' On 30 April 1
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE Standon, on a much larger scale, it is said, than he wished," and here he several times entertained Queen Elizabeth.'-' Sadleir was treated knight banneret on the battlefield of Pinkie in 1547. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, sat for the county in seven Parliaments and survived until 1587, having served with distinction in ihree successive He was succeeded by his son Thomas, who was for Lancaster from 1572 to 1583 and Sheriff of Hertfordshire in [595.' On 30 April 1603 James I came to Standon and having been met by the Bishop of London and a company of gentlemen 'in coats and chains of gold,' proceeded to Sadleir's house, where he staved for a Sunday and knighted his host.' Sir Thomas Sadleir died in His son Ralph, the 'noble Mr. Sadler ' of Walton's Comphnt Angler, was Sheriff" Of Hertfordshire in 1609-10.' He died in ] 660, leaving no issue, and was succeeded in the manor by Walter Lord Aston, son of his sister Gertrude, who married Sir Walter Aston of Tixall, co. Stafford,. the institution of that order in 161 1 and made Lord Aston of Forfar in \6i~.' The Astons were a Roman Catholic Walter, second Lord Aston, was an adherent of Charles 1, and after fighting on the king's side had to compound for his estates and live His son Walter, third Lord Aston, who succeeded him in 1678,8 suffered as a victim of Titus Oates' plot. He was indicted for high treason in 1680 and was a prisoner in the Tower until 1685. On one occasion a mob came to plunder the Lordship while he was there, and he only escaped by hiding in a dovecot, valuables were packed in an iron chest n the ; His fortunes changed under ind he was made Lord Lieutenant of He died in 171+ and was buried at Walter, fourth Lord Asion, his son and ived in retirement at Standon owing to the severity of the penal laws against Roman Catholics. He die
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