HOBY, Sir Thomas Posthumous (1566-1640), of Hackness, nr. Scarborough, Yorks. and Blackfriars, London; later of Twickenham, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. Oct. 1566, 2nd (posth.) s. of Sir Thomas Hoby of Bisham Abbey, Berks. by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Anthony Cooke† of Gidea Hall, Essex;Diary of Lady Margaret Hoby ed. D.M. Meads, 4, 8-9. bro. of Sir Edward*. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 1574; volunteer, Low Countries 1586, Ireland 1594; G. Inn 1588. Al. Ox.; R.C. Strong and J.A. van Dorsten, Leicester’s Triumph, 120; GI Admiss. m. 8 Aug. 1596, Margaret (d. 4 Sept. 1633), da. and h. of Arthur Dakins of Linton, Yorks., wid. of Walter Devereux of Lamphey, Pemb. and Thomas Sidney of Penshurst, Kent, s.p. Diary of Lady Margaret Hoby, 8-9, 27, 32, 39. Kntd. 7 July 1594. Shaw, Knights of Eng, ii. 91. d. 30 Dec. 1640. Hackness par. reg. (Yorks. par. reg. soc. xxv), 65. sig. T[homas] Posth[umous] Hoby.

Offices Held

J.p., Yorks. (E. Riding) 1596 – 1626, 1629 – d., N. Riding 1597 – 1626, 1629–d. (custos rot. ?1610–26, 1629–37), W. Riding 1617–26, 1629 – d., Cawood liberty, Yorks. 1609 – 26, 1628 – d., Ripon liberty, Yorks. 1609 – 26, 1629–d. (custos rot. 1617–26, 1629), York 1625–6, 1629 – d., Southwell liberty, Notts. 1629 – d., Mdx. 1629–33; C181/2, ff. 99–100; 181/3, ff. 221, 244, 265–6; 181/5, pp. 164–5; C231/4, ff. 206v, 260–2. freeman, Scarborough ?1597; Scarborough Recs. 1600–40 ed. M.Y. Ashcroft (N. Yorks. RO pubs. xlvii), 32. commr. musters, Yorks. 1598 – 1601; col. militia ft., N. Riding 1599; Add. 36293, ff. 3, 16, 31–2, 83. member, High Commission, York prov. 1599 – 1630, subsidy, Yorks. 1601, 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, 1629, oyer and terminer, Northern circ. by 1602 – 26, 1628 – d., Mdx. 1621, sewers, E. Riding 1603, N. Riding 1604, R. Ouse 1610; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 1, 224; pt. 3, p. 174; viii. pt. 1, p. 90; pt. 3, p. 47; SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–3; Fairfax Corresp. ed. G.W. Johnson, i. 210; C181/1, ff. 20, 27, 64; 181/2, f. 127v; 181/4, f. 105v. member, Council in the North 1603 – 22, 1633 – d., v.-pres. 1605; R. Reid, Council in the North, 496, 498. commr. aid, E. Riding 1609, 1612; E179/204/405, 179/283. bailiff, Whitby Strand, Yorks. 1609 – 11, Scarborough 1610–11; E214/1496; Scarborough ed. J. Rowntree, 399. commr., concealed lands, Yorks. 1612; steward, manor of Ripon 1617 – 29; receiver, Pickering honour 1621; DCO, Letters and Warrants 1620–1, ff. 66, 150v. dep. lt. N. Riding 1623–37; Add. 28082, f. 81. commr. recusants, Northern counties to 1630, to take Benevolence accts., Yorks. 1630, repair of St. Paul’s cathedral, E. Riding 1633. SP17/A/12; HUL, DDHA 18/35.

Parlimentarian

HOBY, Sir Thomas Posthumous (1566-1640), of Hackness, nr. Scarborough, Yorks. and Blackfriars, London; later of Twickenham, Mdx.

Main residences: Hackness, nr. Scarborough, Yorks.; Blackfriars, London; Twickenham, Mdx.

Author

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

HOBY, Sir Thomas Posthumous (1566-1640)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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