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b. 10 July 1573,C142/196/7. 1st s. of Vincent Grantham of Goltho and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Francis Ayscough of South Kelsey, Lincs.; bro. of Francis†. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 422. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1589; L. Inn 1592; travelled abroad 1595-7. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss; SO3/1, unfol. (13 Mar. 1595). m. (1) Frances (d. 26 Jan. 1619), G. Holles, Lincs. Church Notes (Lincs. Rec. Soc. i), 58. da. of Sir John Puckering†, ld. kpr. 1592-6, of Kew, Surr., 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da.; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 423. (2) 1625, Lucy, da. of William Boughton of Lawford, Warws., wid. of Henry Sacheverell of Ratcliffe-upon-Soar, Notts., 1da. Ibid. 423; Soc. Gen. Boyd’s Mar. Index. suc. fa. 1581; C142/196/7. Kntd. 23 Apr. 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 103. d. 30 July 1630. C142/457/91.
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Freeman, Lincoln 1597; J.W.F. Hill, Tudor and Stuart Lincoln, 114. j.p. Lincs. (Kesteven, Lindsey) 1598 – 1626, 1628–d.; C231/1, f. 46v; 231/4, ff. 211, 261. sheriff, Lincs. 1600–1; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 80. collector, Privy Seal loan, Lincs. 1604 – 05, 1625–6; E401/2585, ff. 82–5; 401/2586, p. 158. commr. sewers, Fenland 1604, 1629, river Gleane, Lincs. and Notts. 1607 – 27, Lincoln 1608, 1625, 1629, Newark, Notts. 1610, preservation of ditches, Fenland 1605,C181/1, ff. 75, 117v; 181/2, ff. 48, 74v, 119, 353; 181/3, ff. 35v, 214v, 228v; 181/4, ff. 20, 39v. inquiry, boundaries of Holland and Kesteven, 1607,C181/2, f. 46. Admlty. causes, Lincs. 1608,HCA 14/39, no. 217. subsidy (Lindsey, Kesteven, Lincoln) 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, SP14/123/77; 14/31/1; C212/22/21, 23. aid Lincs. (Kesteven, Lincoln) 1609, SP14/43/107; E179/283/12. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1610–d.; C181/2, ff. 115v, 332v; 181/3, ff. 5, 258v; 181/4, ff. 11, 59. dep. lt. Lincs. by 1612–d.; Lincs. AO, Yarb. 8/2/2, 3. collector (jt.), aid 1612–13; E403/2732, f. 101. commr. preservation of game, Ancaster Heath, Lincs. 1619, HMC Rutland, i. 456. swans, Lincs., Northants., Rutland, Notts. 1619, 1625, Lincs. and elsewhere c.1629,C181/2, f. 341v; 181/3, ff. 165, 268v. Forced Loan, Lincs. (Lindsey) 1627. C193/12/2, f. 32v.

Member, Virg. Co. 1610. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 544; T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 301.

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GRANTHAM, Sir Thomas (1573-1630), of Goltho and St. Katherine’s Priory, Lincoln, Lincs.
Main residences: Goltho; St. Katherine's Priory, Lincoln, Lincs.
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R.C.L.S.
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Commons 1604-1629
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GRANTHAM, Sir Thomas (1573-1630)

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