POWLETT, Thomas (c.1588-1644), of Bridy, Burton Bradstock, Dorset

b. c. 1588,Date estimated from age at univ. admiss. 1st s. of William Powlett of Melplash, Dorset and his w. Eleanor. Som. Wills ed. F. Brown, ii. 93. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1606, aged 18. Al. Ox. m. (1) by 1613, Anne (d.1626), da. of Francis Chaldecot of East Whiteway, Dorset, 3s. 3da.; Hutchins, Dorset, i. 591; ii. 144, 287; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 377. (2) settlement 18 Aug. 1629, Alice (d.1656/7), da. of Sir William Sutton of Aram, Notts., wid. of Thomas Symcocks (d.1619) of Butleigh, Som., s.p. Dorset RO, ms 3645; PROB 11/261, f. 351v; Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 143; Sale of Wards ed. M.J. Hawkins (Som. Rec. Soc. lxvii), 68. suc. fa. 1621. Som. Wills, ii. 93. d. 8 May 1644. A.R. Bayley, Gt. Civil War in Dorset, 151.