Miles Sandys was an English courtier and Member of Parliament

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 who sat in every Parliament from 1563 to 1597 yet never represented the same constituency twice. Sandys was the brother of the Archbishop of York

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, Edwin Sandys

Edwin Sandys (archbishop)

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, and an influential crown official, working in the Court of Queen's Bench and becoming Clerk of the Crown

Clerk of the Crown in Chancery

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. He sat as MP for Taunton

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 (1563-7), Lancaster

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 (1571), Bridport

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 (1572), Buckinghamshire

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 (1584-5), Abingdon

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 (1586-7), Plymouth

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 (1588-9), Andover

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 (1593) and Stockbridge

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(1597-8).