THYNNE, Thomas (c.1577/8-1639), of Longleat, Wilts. and Cannon Row, Westminster.
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Family and Education
b. c. 1577 /8, 1st s. of Sir John Thynne* and Joan, da. of Sir Rowland Hayward† of Cripplegate, London, alderman and ld. mayor of London.Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 461; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 164. em> educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1592, aged 14;Al. Ox. earl of Hertford’s embassy, Brussels 1605; NLW, Carreglwyd ms I/699; HMC Bath, iv. 200. I. Temple 1616. I. Temple admiss. database.m. (1) 16 May 1594, Maria, (d.1611), da. of George Tuchet, 11th Lord Audley, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) incl. Sir James† and Sir Thomas†, 1da.;Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 193; Two Elizabethan Women ed. A.D. Wall (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xxxviii), pp. xxvi, xxxii; PROB 11/186, f. 416v. (2) c.1612, Catherine (bur. 23 May 1650), da. of Charles Howard, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da.Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 193; R.C. Hoare, Hist. Wilts. ‘Heytesbury’, 61; Regs. Westminster Abbey ed. J.L. Chester, 143; Strafforde Letters (1739) ed. W. Knowler, i. 338; HMC Var. viii. 51.suc. fa. 1604; Kntd. 20 Aug. 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 135.d. 1 Aug. 1639.Glos. IPMs ed. W.P.W. Phillimore and G.S. Fry (Brit. Rec. Soc. xxi), 164.sig. Thomas Thynne.
Offices Held
Steward of various Crown manors, Wilts. 1604-at least 1608; E315/310, f. 35; Earl of Hertford’s Ltcy. Pprs. 1603–12 ed. W.P.D. Murphy (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 132. col. of militia ft., Wilts. 1605-at least 1611;Hertford’s Ltcy. Pprs. 92, 132, 168. sheriff, Wilts. 1607 – 08, Glos. 1621 – 22, Som. 1629 – 30, Salop 1633–4;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 51, 120, 125, 154. j.p. Salop 1614-at least 1625,VCH Herts. v. 84–5. Wilts., Glos. and Som. 1624–d.; C231/4, ff. 168, 334. dep. lt., Wilts. by 1624;CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 407. commr. subsidy, Glos., Salop and Wilts. 1624, Glos. and Wilts. 1629, C212/22/23; Add. 34566, f. 132 Forced Loan, Glos. and Wilts. 1626, C193/12/2, ff. 21, 64. disafforestation, Roche Forest, Som. 1627,CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 290. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Glos. 1632; Glos. RO, TBR A1/1, f. 80. dep. forester, Selwood Forest, Som. by 1633; J.E. Jackson, ‘Selwood Forest’, Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxiii. 283. commr. sewers, Glos. and Wilts. 1635, C181/5, f. 44. oyer and terminer, Hants, Wilts. and Dorset 1635–6. C181/4, ff. 64, 146, 187, 193.