Family and Education
b. by 1502, 1st s. of John Dalston of Dalston Hall by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of George Kirkbride of Kirkbride. m. (1) by 1523, Mabel Denton of Cardew, 2s. inc. John; (2) by 1545, Eleanor, da. and coh. of Thomas Carlile of Carlisle, 1s.; 4da. suc. fa. by 1537.Date of birth estimated from marriage. Hutchinson, Cumb. ii. 445; Nicolson and Burn, Westmld. and Cumb. ii. 316; Jefferson, Cumb. i. 217, 223; CCR, 1500-9, p. 283; LP Hen. VIII, xx; Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. n.s. x. 213-14.
Offices Held
Under steward to Henry, 1st Earl of Cumberland in 1534; steward (for the earl) lands of Holme abbey, Cumb. until Dec. 1534; assistant to dep. warden, west marches 1537; j.p. Cumb. 1538 – d.; sheriff, 1540 – 41; mayor, Carlisle in Nov. 1542.
Main residence: Dalston Hall, nr. Carlisle, Cumb.
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Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
DALSTON (DAWSTON), Thomas (by 1502-50)
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Oxford 1644
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