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bap. 3 July 1569,Foss, Judges of Eng. vi. 359. 1st s. of William Richardson, rector of Mulbarton, Norf. 1575-1616, and his 1st w. Agnes.Blomefield, Norf. ii. opp. 449. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1584; Thavies Inn; L. Inn 1587, called 1594.Al. Cant.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 35. m. (1) 20 July 1595,CP, iii. 490. Ursula (bur. 13 June 1624), da. of John Southwell of Barham Hall, Suff., 5s.(4 d.v.p.) 7da. (3 d.v.p.);Ibid; Blomefield, ii. opp. 449. (2) 14 Dec. 1626,CP, iii. 488. Elizabeth (bur. 3 Apr. 1651),Ibid. 490. da. of Sir Thomas Beaumont II* of Stoughton Grange, Leics., wid. of Sir John Ashburnham of Ashburnham Place, Suss., suo jure 1st Baroness Cramond [S], s.p.Foss, vi. 360, 362. suc. fa. 1616;Norwich Wills (Norf. Rec. Soc. xxviii), 164. Kntd. 25 Mar. 1621.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 176. d. 4 Feb. 1635.C142/543/6. sig. Tho[mas] Rychardson.
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Commr. piracy, Norf. 1602–4;C181/1, ff. 21v, 77. j.p. Norf. by 1606 – d., Essex and Surr. 1629 – d., Notts. 1628 – 29, Peterborough, Northants. 1629, Midland circ. 1629, Western circ. 1630 – 33, Home circ. 1633–d.;HMC Hatfield, xxiv. 110; C66/2527; C181/3, f. 266v; 181/4, ff. 4v, 9; C231/5, ff. 25, 73, 124, 126. commr. sewers, Norf. 1607 – 11, 1622, river Ouse 1608, river Gleane 1609 – 18, 1627 – 34, Suff. and Essex 1617, Suff. 1626, Mdx. and Westminster, 1627, Cambs. 1627, Lincs. and Notts. 1627, Norwich, Norf. 1629, London 1629 – 32, Essex 1631 – 33, Surr. 1632, Westminster 1634, river Welland 1634,C181/2, ff. 46v, 62v, 84v, 148v, 272, 321; 181/3, ff. 41, 201v, 213, 214v, 220v, 228v, 255v; 181/4, ff. 76, 126, 128v, 136v, 154v, 161, 190v. subsidy, Norf. and Norwich 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624,SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. aid, Norf. 1609,SP14/43/107. swans, Norf. 1619,C181/2, f. 342v. gaol delivery, Dunwich, Suff. 1620, Newgate, London 1626 – 29, Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 1633;C181/3, ff. 9, 211v, 242v; 181/4, ff. 33v, 139. freeman, St. Albans, Herts. 1621;HALS, OFF ACC 1162/159. commr. oyer and terminer, Eastern circ. 1623 – d., London 1626 – d., Mdx. 1627 – 28, 1632 – d., Midlands circ. 1629 – d., Home circ. 1629 – d., the Verge 1629 – d., Western circ. 1630 – 33, Wilts. 1631;C181/3, ff. 87, 211v, 219v, 242v, 243v, 258, 261; 181/4, ff. 5, 43, 78v, 141v, 165, 170v, 175v, 181, 182v, 188v; C231/5, f. 74. piracy, Suff. 1627, London 1630,C181/3, f. 232; 181/4, f. 45. nisi prius, Bristol, Som. 1630–33.C181/4, ff. 56v, 147v.

Dep. steward, Norwich chapter, Norf. by 1605;Blomefield, iii. 360. bencher, L. Inn 1609 – 14, reader 1614;LI Black Bks. ii. 120, 158. sjt.-at-law 1614, KS 1625;Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 534. recorder, Bury St. Edmunds, Suff. by 1617,CD 1621, vii. 560. Dunwich, Suff. by 1620-bef. 1627;C181/3, ff. 9, 236. Speaker of the House of Commons 1621–2;CJ, i. 507a. c.j.c.p. 1626–31;T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, i. 169, 177; ii. 136. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1629–33;R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 357; CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 326. c.j.k.b. 1631–d.;Birch, ii. 136. commr. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1631,T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 173. soap monopoly 1634.C181/4, f. 186.

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RICHARDSON, Thomas (1569-1635), of Pentney, Norf. and Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London
Main residences: Pentney, Norf.; Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane, London.
Author
J.P.F.
R.C.L.S.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
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RICHARDSON, Thomas (1569-1635)

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Oxford 1644
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