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b. c. 1556, 4th s. of Richard Myddelton† (d.1577/8) of Galch Hill, nr. Denbigh, Denb. and Jane da. of Hugh Dryhurst, alderman of Denbigh; bro. of Hugh* and Robert*.J.E. Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 285. educ. appr. Grocer, London to 1582; factor, Flushing 1578, Antwerp 1583. NLW, Chirk F12540, pp. 1-8; A.H. Dodd, ‘Mr. Myddelton the Merchant of Tower Street’ in Elizabethan Gov. and Soc. ed. S.T. Bindoff, 250-1. m. (1) 18 Feb. 1584 (with £400), Hester (bur. 21 July 1586), da. of Sir Richard Saltonstall†, Skinner and alderman of London and South Ockendon, Essex, 2s. (1 d.v.p.); NLW, Chirk F12540, pp. 18, 26, 31; St. Dunstan in the East (Harl. Soc. reg. lxix), 102, 153. (2) by 25 Mar. 1588 (with £400), Elizabeth, wid. of John Olmstead of Ingatestone, Essex, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.); NLW, Chirk F12540, p. 33. (3) 1604 (with at least £3,200) Elizabeth (d.1619/20), da. of Richard Brooke, Goldsmith of London, wid. of Richard Thorpe (d.1591), Vintner of London and Miles Hobart (d.1604), Clothworker of London, s.p.; C2/Chas.I/M42/25, 2/Chas.I/T36/36. (4) Anna, da. of one Vanaker of Antwerp, wid. of Jacob Wittewronge, Brewer of London, s.p. suc. bro. Richard by 1586; HP (Commons), 1509-58, i. 648; Dodd, 250, 266-7. Kntd. 1970. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 128. d. 12 Aug. 1631. C142/501/48. sig. Thomas Myddelton.
Offices Held

Freeman, Grocer’s Co., London 1582, liveryman 1592, asst. 1603–d.; GL, ms 11588/2, p. 304. member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. by 1585–d., Inferred from his participation in the Low Countries’ cloth trade. Guinea Co. 1594, E.I. Co. 1599 – d., asst. 1599 – at least1603; member, Virg. Co. 1609; H. Stevens, Dawn of Brit. Trade to E. Indies, 2, 4–6, 28–9; Reg. E.I. Co. Letters, 1600–19 ed. G. Birdwood and W. Foster, 44–6; T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 342. asst. New River Co. 1619. Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 111.

Dep. surveyor of customs, outports by 1586 – 89, surveyor (jt.) 1590–1605; NLW, Chirk F12540, p. 38, Chirk F13994; E122/234/71; E211/692; SP46/67, f. 20; HMC Hatfield, xvii. 244. treas. prize goods, 1592 – 93, commr. 1596, 1602; HMC Hatfield, iv. 227, 239–40; vi. 389–90; xii. 100, 104, 280; CSP Dom. 1601–3, pp. 226–7. farmer (jt.) alnage, Yorks. 1611–12. E112/138/1307.

J.p. Denb. 1594 – d., Merion. 1599 – d., custos rot. 1599–1617; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 40–7, 60–71. commr. tin coinage enquiry, Devon and Cornw. 1595; CSP Dom. 1595–7, pp. 49, 81–2. constable, Denbigh Castle 1596–d.; M. Gray, ‘Castles and Patronage in 16th Cent. Wales’, WHR, xv. 484, 486; HMC Hatfield, vii. 185. alderman, London 1603 – d., sheriff 1603 – 04, ld. mayor 1613–14; A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 110, 193; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 205. steward, Kynlleth Owen, Denb. 1604; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 103. commr. to survey lands and goods of Main and Bye plotters, London 1603, charitable uses, London 1604, 1626, 1630, licensing passengers 1608, 1611; C181/1, f. 72v; C93/2/28, 93/10/21; C192/1, unfol. (7 Dec. 1630); C193/6/167, 177, 230, 193/8/58, 193/12/2. col. militia ft. London by 1608–d.; Lansd. 255, f. 493; G. Goold Walker, ‘Trained Bands of London’, Jnl. of the Hon. Art. Co. xvi. 3. commr. aid, Merion. 1609, sewers, London 1611 – d., oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1613–d.; E179/283, vol. ‘commrs. for the aid’; C181/2, ff. 153v, 196; 181/3, f. 255v; 181/4, f. 25. pres. Bridewell and Bethlehem hosps. London 1613–d.; E.G. O’Donoghue, Bridewell Hosp. 272. trustee, Gresham coll., London 1614–d.; Mercers’ Co., London, Gresham Repertory i. 207, ii. 21. commr. coal meterage, London 1614, gaol delivery, London 1614 – d., oyer and terminer, London 1615 – d., pinmaking inquiry, London 1616 – 17, oyer and terminer for tumult at Spanish amb.’s house 1618, musters, Mdx. 1620 – 22, subsidy, London and Denb. 1621 – 22, 1624, 1628, new bldgs. London and suburbs 1625, 1630, Mines Royal, Card. 1625, subsidy arrears, Denb. 1626, Forced Loan, London, Denb. and Merion. 1626 – 27, victualling of troop transports, London 1627, sewers, Havering and Dagenham levels, Essex Jan. 1631, repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London Apr. 1631. CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 253; 1631–3, p. 6; C181/2, ff. 218, 238, 319; 181/4, ff. 66v, 76; C66/2234; C212/22/20–3; E115/278/64; C193/8/51; E179/224/598; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 142; pt. 3, p. 114; Remembrancia ed. W.H. and H.C. Overall, 253, 522–4.

Commr. cloth dressing inquiry 1613 – 14, to draft New Merchant Adventurers’ Co. patent 1614; A. Friis, Alderman Cokayne’s Project and the Cloth Trade, 241–4; HMC Downshire, iv. 338. treas. at war 1624–5; ‘Pym 1624’, f. 80; C66/2340/1. commr. French prize goods 1626 – 30, exacted fees 1630–d. CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 511; 1627–8, p. 32; 1629–31, pp. 179, 236; G.E. Aylmer, ‘Charles I’s comm. on Fees, 1627–40’, BIHR, xxxi. 61.

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MYDDELTON, Sir Thomas I (c.1556-1631), of The Bear, Tower Street, London; Stansted Mountfichet, Essex and Chirk Castle, Denb.
Main residences: The Bear, Tower Street, London and Stansted Mountfichet, Essex and Chirk Castle, Denb.
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Commons 1604-1629
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MYDDELTON, Sir Thomas I (c.1556-1631)

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