Family and Education
b. c. 1580,Inferred from dates of entry to school and inn of ct. 3rd s. of Edward Owen (d.1613), draper and alderman of Shrewsbury and Joanna, da. of Richard Purcell†, draper and alderman of Shrewsbury and Dinthill, Salop. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 385-6; PROB 11/123, ff. 9v-11. educ. Shrewsbury g.s. 1589; ?L. Inn 1598, ?called 1606. Shrewsbury Sch. Regestum Scholarium ed. E. Calvert, 117; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 97. m. Priscilla, da. of Arthur Chambre of Petton, Salop, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da. Vis. Salop, 386; CCC, 1614. bur. 25 May 1661.St. Chad’s, Shrewsbury (Salop Parish Reg. Soc. xv), 286. sig. Tho[mas] Owen.
Offices Held
?Dep. town clerk, Shrewsbury 1610 – 24, town clerk 1624 – 45, 1660;
Commr. subsidy, Shrewsbury 1621 – 22, 1624, 1628,
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Shrewsbury, Salop.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title
OWEN, Thomas (c.1580-1661)
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