FINCH, Sir Thomas (d.1563), of the Moat,, Canterbury and Eastwell, Kent.

Family and Education

2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir William Finch of the Moat by his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir James Cromer, wid. of Sir Richard Lovelace. m. 1547, Katherine (d. Feb. 1587), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Moyle of Eastwell, at least 5s. inc. Henry and Moyle 1da. suc. fa. 1553. Kntd. 2 Oct. 1553.Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), p. 68; DNB; Collins, Peerage, ed. Brydges, iii. 377-9; P. Finch, Hist. Burley on the Hill, ped. i after p. 120; CPR, 1560-3, p. 468.

Offices Held

J.p. Kent from 1554, commr. sewers 1553; freeman of Canterbury 1559; keeper of the site of St. Augustine’s priory, Canterbury Apr. 1560; knight marshal of the army at Havre 1563.J. M. Cowper, Freemen of Canterbury, 316; CPR, 1553–4, pp. 20, 28, 36.

Parlimentarian

FINCH, Sir Thomas (d.1563), of the Moat,, Canterbury and Eastwell, Kent.

Main residences: the Moat,, Canterbury; Eastwell, Kent.

Author

M.R.P.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

FINCH, Sir Thomas (-d.1563)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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