FISHER, Thomas (1515/16-77), of Warwick.

Family and Education

b. 1515 /16, s. of Thomas Hawkins alias Fisher of Warwick, bro. of John. m. (1) by 1547, Winifred (d.1557), da. of William Holte of Aston, 1s.; (2) Susanna, da. of John Hornyold, s.p.Aged 33 in 1549, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Archer ms 35, f. 1; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 20; St. Nicholas, Warwick, churchwardens’ accts. 3 and 4 to 4 and 5 Phil. and Mary; C142/183/94; DNB.

Offices Held

Steward and bailiff, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leics. May 1542; servant of Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford and later Duke of Somerset by 1544, sec. by 1547; constable, Warwick castle July 1545–53; bailiff, Warwick manor ?1547 – 53; keeper, Banbury castle, Oxon. and bailiff, Banbury hundred ?1550–68 or later; ?bailiff, Egremont, Cumb. Dec. 1554; commr. chantries, Leics., Warws. and Coventry 1548, relief, Warws. 1550; j.p.q. Warws. 1554, 1558/59; escheator, Warws. and Leics. 1559 – 60; receiver, Exchequer, Leics., Warws. and Coventry 8 Sept. 1559–72 or later.LP Hen. VIII , xx; CPR, 1548–9, p. 135; 1553, p. 360; 1553–4, pp. 25, 29; 1558–60, pp. 27, 146; E. G. Tibbits, Anct. Recs. Warwick (Dugdale Soc. Occasional Pprs. v), 9.

Parlimentarian

FISHER, Thomas (1515/16-77), of Warwick.

Main residence: Warwick.

Author

S.M.T.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

FISHER, Thomas (1515/16-77)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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