CANON, Sir Thomas (c.1568-1639), of Haverfordwest, Pemb. and London

Family and Education

b. c. , 2nd s. and h. of Maurice Canon of Cilgetty, Pemb. and Elizabeth, da. of John Voyle, mercer, of Haverfordwest; bro. of John†. educ. Jesus, Oxf. 1585, aged 17; Clifford’s Inn; L. Inn 1593. unm. suc. fa. 1587;Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 109; Cal. of Recs. of Bor. of Haverfordwest ed. B.G. Charles (Univ. Wales Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. xxiv), 19; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; PROB 11/71, f. 39. Kntd. or 18 July 1623. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 182. d. by 13 Nov. 1639. PROB 11/181, f. 350

Offices Held

Appropriator and clerk of the ct., lordships of Bromfield and Yale, Denb. 1587; bailiff itinerant, lordship of Haverfordwest alias Rhos, Pemb. 1587-at least 1616; E315/309, f. 62; 315/310, f. 27; Exch. Procs. (Equity) Concerning Wales comp. E.G. Jones. (Univ. Wales Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. iv), 301. bailiff, bor. of Haverfordwest, Pemb. 1588 – 89, sheriff 1596 – 97, mayor 1598 – 99, 1601 – 02, 1605 – 06, 1611 – 12, 1631–2,Cal. of Recs. of Bor. of Haverfordwest, 65, 205, 237; information from Maj. Francis Jones, Wales Herald. alderman 1610; LR1/237, f. 200. j.p. Pemb. 1601 – 16, 1617 – d., Haverfordwest 1603–38, JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 209–12, 214–17, 234–40. feodary, Pemb. 1601–d.; WARD 9/275, unfol.; C181/5, f. 26v. bailiff and rent coll., former lands of Sir John Perrot†, Pemb. 1602-at least 1604; E315/309, f. 142v; 315/310, f. 27. dep. constable, Haverfordwest castle 1603; Information from Maj. Francis Jones, Wales Herald. commr. debts of William Morgan, Pemb. 1605, E178/3484. subsidy, Pemb. and Haverfordwest 1608, 1622, 1624; SP14/31/1; C212/22/21, 23. dep. lt. Pemb. by 1609-at least 1616; Cheshire Archives, DNE16; Some Names in Hist. of South Pemb. comp. B.H.J. Hughes, 7. commr. aid, Pemb., Card., Carm., Carmarthen, Haverfordwest 1609, SP14/43/107. inquiry, Carew castle, Pemb. 1610, E178/208. i.p.m. Pemb. 1611, 1637, WARD 7/49/233; F. Green, ‘Wogans of Boulston’, Y Cymmrodor, xv. 126. mises, Pemb. 1612; C181/2, f. 167v. surveyor-gen. S. Wales by 1616-at least 1625; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 55; SP16/231/7. commr. survey lands of the Prince of Wales, Pemb. 1620–1, LR2/206, f. 246. survey castles of Pembroke, Haverfordwest and Carew, Pemb. 1624, DCO, Letters and Warrants, 1623–6, f. 107. mines, Card. 1625, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 49. subsidy arrears, Haverfordwest, Pemb. 1626, E179/224/598. Forced Loan, Pemb. and Haverfordwest, Pemb. 1627, C193/12/2, f. 73. knighthood compositions, Carm., Card. and Pemb. 1630 – 32, collector Card. and Pemb. by 1634, SP16/231/7; E178/7154, ff. 62, 140, 142; 178/5901, ff. 4, 8, 12; 178/5938, f. 5; 198/4/32, f. 5. Exch. arrears, Wales 1632, NLW, Bettisfield 1672. piracy, London 1633–5, C181/4, f. 138v; 181/5, f. 26v. exacted fees, Card., Carm., Pemb., Carmarthen, Haverfordwest 1635, C181/5, f. 16. inquire into death of William Baynham, Pemb. 1636–7, C181/5, ff. 45v, 82v. lands flooded by the sea, Card., Carm., Glam. and Pemb. 1637, concealed lands, Card. and Pemb. 1638. E178/5854; 178/5856.

Member, Virg. Co. 1609. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 222.

Commr. exacted fees 1627–d., CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 232; 1629–31, p. 236; E215/173A; G.E. Aylmer, ‘Charles I’s Commission on Fees’, BIHR, xxxi. 61. goldsmiths’ abuses 1635. Rymer, viii. pt. 4, p. 123.

Parlimentarian

CANON, Sir Thomas (c.1568-1639), of Haverfordwest, Pemb. and London

Main residences: Haverfordwest, Pemb.; London.

Author

A.D.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

CANON, Sir Thomas (c.1568-1639)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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