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Sir Ralph Sadler (1507 – 30 March 1587)
Sir Ralph Sadler (1507 – 30 March 1587) was an English statesman of the 16th century, and served as a Secretary of State for King Henry VIII.
Sadler was born in Hackney, Middlesex to a minor official in the service of the Marquess of Dorset and Sir Edward Belknap. At a young age, he was taken into the household of Thomas Cromwell. Around 1536, he was made a gentleman of the King’s privy chamber, and was soon sent to Scotland to investigate complaints made by Margaret Tudor (the King’s sister) against her third husband, Henry Steward, Lord Methven, and to improve Anglo-Scottish relations. He succeeded in both respects. for more click here
