Life

Salusbury was a member of the Salusbury family

Salusbury Family

The Salusbury family is an Anglo-Welsh family notable for their social prominence, wealth, literary contributions and philanthropy. The family started a bank, Salusbury and Co., which later shut down during the Great Depression.-Rise to prominence:...

 of Lleweni in the Vale of Clywd, where they owned a considerable estate, including Lleweni Hall

Lleweni Hall

Lleweni Hall was a stately home in Denbighshire, northeast Wales Lleweni Hall (Welsh, Plas Lleweni, sometimes also referred to as Llewenny Palace) was a stately home in Denbighshire, northeast Wales Lleweni Hall (Welsh, Plas Lleweni, sometimes also referred to as Llewenny Palace) was a stately...

. Various members of the family acquired honours and appointments through their support of the Tudor monarchs. He was the son of Sir John Salusbury and Katheryn of Berain

Katheryn of Berain

Katheryn of Berain , sometimes called Mam Cymru , was a Welsh noblewoman noted for her four marriages and her extensive network of descendants and relations.-Family:...

, and the younger brother of Thomas Salusbury

Thomas Salisbury

Sir Thomas Salisbury was one of the conspirators executed for his involvement in the Babington Plot....

, who was executed in 1586 for his involvement in the Babington Plot

Babington Plot

The Babington Plot was a Catholic plot in 1586 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth, a Protestant, and put Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic, on the English throne. It led to the execution of Mary. The long-term goal was an invasion by the Spanish forces of King Philip II and the Catholic league in...

 against Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...

.

He was born in 1567 and educated at Jesus College, Oxford

Jesus College, Oxford

Jesus College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, Cornmarket Street and Market Street...

, where he matriculated

Matriculation

Matriculation, in the broadest sense, means to be registered or added to a list, from the Latin matricula – little list. In Scottish heraldry, for instance, a matriculation is a registration of armorial bearings...

 in 1581 aged 14. He studied law at the Middle Temple

Middle Temple

The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn...

 from March 1595. Elizabeth appointed him as squire of the body in the same year, and he was knighted in June 1601 for his help in suppressing the Earl of Essex

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG was an English nobleman and a favourite of Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599...

's revolt. He became MP for Denbighshire

Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Denbighshire was a county constituency in Denbighshire, in north Wales, from 1542 to 1885.- History :From 1542, it returned one Member of Parliament , traditionally known as the knight of the shire, to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then to the Parliament of Great...

 in December 1601. He also wrote sonnets and love lyrics. After Elizabeth's death, he spent little time in London, with his enemies attempting to discredit him at court. He died on 24 July 1612, and was succeeded by his son Henry, who became the first of the Salusbury Baronets

Salusbury Baronets

There have been two baronetcies created for the Salusbury family.The Baronetcy of Salusbury of Lleweni was created in 1619 for Sir Henry Salusbury in the Baronetage of England. The second Baronet sat in the English House of Commons representing Denbighshire in 1640...

in 1619.