THOROWGOOD, John (1588-1657), of Brewer’s Lane, Charing Cross, Westminster; later of Billingbear, Berks. and Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. 12 July 1588, 1st s. of John Thorowgood (d.1599), cllr. at law, of Hoddesdon, Herts. and the M. Temple, London and Jane, da. of William Wroth, Mercer, of London and Standon, Herts. St. Peter Cornhill (Harl. Soc. Reg. i), 32, 236; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 373-4; MTR, 230, 393, 501. educ. M. Temple 1608; M. Temple Admiss. travelled abroad (France, Italy); academy, Angers 1615. C2/Jas.I/T5/49; ‘Les Gentilshommes Étrangers à l’Académie d’Équitation d’Angers’, Revue d’Anjou, xxvi. 15. m. aft. 29 June 1629, Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Smythe I* of Westenhanger, Kent, wid. of Sir Henry Neville III* of Billingbear, 1s. d.v.p. Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 250; Ashmole, Berks. ii. 437. suc. grandfa. 1602; J.A. Tregelles, Hoddesdon, 160. Kntd. 4 Sept. 1630. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 198. bur. 31 Jan. 1657 31 Jan. 1657. St. James Clerkenwell (Harl. Soc. Reg. xvii), 313.

Offices Held

Sec. to William Herbert, 3rd earl of Pembroke c.1621–30. CSP Dom. Addenda, 1625–49, p. 113.

J.p. Berks. 1632 – 36, from 1637, 1650 – 53, Wilts. 1632 – 36, from 1642, C231/5, pp. 85, 247, 329; Names of JPs in Eng. and Wales (1650), p. 4; C193/13/4. commr. array, Berks. 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. assessment 1649–50, A. and O. ii. 293, 461. Mdx. and Westminster 1649–52. Ibid. 119, 303, 471–2, 668–9.

Parlimentarian

THOROWGOOD, John (1588-1657), of Brewer’s Lane, Charing Cross, Westminster; later of Billingbear, Berks. and Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Main residences: Brewer's Lane, Charing Cross, Westminster; Billingbear, Berks.; Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

THOROWGOOD, John (1588-1657)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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