THYNNE, Charles (c.1568-1652), of Cheddar, Som.

b. c. 1568, 6th s. of Sir John Thynne† (d.1580) of Longleat, Wilts. being the 3rd s. with his 2nd w. Dorothy, da. of Sir William Wroughton† of Broad Hinton, Wilts.; half-bro. of Sir John*.R.C. Hoare, Hist. Wilts. ‘Heytesbury’, 60. One contemporary visitation shows him to have been the 5th rather than the 6th son: Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 192. educ. Blandford Forum sch. Dorset 1580; Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 1583, aged 15. Longleat, Thynne Pprs. TH/BOOK/161, f. 13; Al. Ox. unm. bur. 9 Oct. 1652 9 Oct. 1652. Memorials of St. Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A. Burke, 632.