Sadler, SIR RALPH, was born in 1507, and was employed by Cromwell, Henry, and Elizabeth in diplomacy with Scotland. He was left one of the twelve councillors of Edward VI.'s minority, fought at Pinkie, sat in the commission on Queen Mary at York, and was her gaoler at Tutbury. He was sent to carry the news of her execution to her son, and died himself soon after in 1587.
His Papers, of great value for Border and Scottish history generally, were edited by Sir Walter Scott, with a Memoir (1809).