Family and Education
b. 1520, 1st s. of Thomas Layton of Thornton le Street by Muriel, da. and coh. of Thomas Lindley of Skutterskelfe. educ. G. Inn 1547. m. by 1551, Elizabeth, da. of James Metcalf of Nappa, 2s. suc. fa. 1536.J. Graves, Hist. Cleveland, 171, 172; C142/51/61; 57/65; 64/122.
Offices Held
Attorney-gen. co. palatine of Durham 1561; chancellor, bishopric of Durham 1562 – c.72; j.p. co. Dur. from c. 1562, custos. rot. by 1574; j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) from c. 1562, Northumb. from c.1574.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Sexhow, Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
LAYTON, Thomas I (1520-84)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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