EDMONDES, Sir Thomas (1563/6-1639), of Blackfriars, London and Albyns, Stapleford Abbots, Essex

Family and Education

b. 1563 /6, 5th s. of Thomas Edmondes (d.1604) of Plymouth, Devon and Fowey, Cornw. and 1st w. Joan, da. of Anthony Delabere of Sherborne, Dorset; bro. of John*.C142/613/47; London Mar. Lics. (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 175; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 327. m. (1) May 1601, Magdalen (d. 31 Dec. 1614), da. and coh. of Sir John Wood, clerk of the signet, of Albyns, Stapleford Abbots, Essex 2s. d.v.p. incl. Henry*, 3da.; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiv), 620; J. Morant, Essex, i. 177. (2) lic. 11 Sept. 1626, aged 60, Sarah (d.1629), da. of Sir James Harington† of Exton, Rutland, wid. of Francis, Lord Hastings†, Sir George Kingsmill† of Burghclere, Hants and Edward, 11th Lord Zouche, s.p. London Mar. Lics. 175; CP (Zouche). Kntd. 20 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 109. d. 1970. Smyth’s Obit. ed. H. Ellis (Cam. Soc. xliv), 16; C142/613/47. sig. Tho[mas] Edmondes.

Offices Held

Sec. to amb. (Sir) Henry Unton† 1591 – 92, 1595 – 96; agent in France 1592 – 95, 1597 – 99; envoy, Spanish Neths. 1599 – 1600, France 1601; commr. treaty of Boulogne 1600; amb., Spanish Neths. 1604 – 09, France 1610 – 17, 1629–30. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 22, 98–104, 265.

Sec. for French tongue 1596–1621; CSP Dom. 1595–7, p. 218. clerk of PC (extraordinary) 1599, (ordinary) 1601–14; APC, 1598–9, p. 740; C66/1559. PC 1616–d.; Ibid. 1616–17, p. 98. comptroller, king’s Household 1616 – 18, treas. 1618–d.; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 47, 136. commr. banishment of Jesuits 1618, wine casks 1619–21; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 65. clerk of the Crown, Chancery 1620–9; CSP Dom. 1611–18, pp. 407, 417; 1628–9, p. 572; Chamberlain Letters, ii. 293. commr. purveyance compositions 1622, Virg. plantation 1624; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 360; C66/2463; Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 145. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1625–d.; CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 326; commr. poor relief 1631, transportation of felons 1633, defective titles 1635, wardrobe inquiry 1635, colonial govt. 1636. APC, 1630–1, p. 4; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 474; 1631–3, p. 547; 1635–6, p. 363; Rymer, ix. pt. 1, p. 7.

Freeman, Southampton, Hants 1603, Poole, Dorset 1623, Coventry, Warws. 1624; HMC 11th Rep. III, 23; Hutchins, Dorset, i. 32; Coventry Archives, BA H/C/17/1, f. 268. commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1604 – d., the Marshalsea 1620 – d., Home, Midland and Oxf. circuits 1620–d.; C181/1, f. 93v; 181/3, ff. 1, 5–7. j.p. Essex 1608 – d., Westminster 1618 – d., Berks., Glos., Herts., Kent, Northants. and Surr. 1621 – d., Slaughter liberty, Glos. 1624 – d., Hants 1625 – d., custos rot. Mdx. 1619–d.; C181/2, f. 331; 181/3, f. 104v; C231/4, p. 81. steward, Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 1619; E315/ 310, f. 80. lt. Waltham forest, Essex by 1620; VCH Essex, ii. 619; APC, 1619–21, p. 279; commr. sewers, Essex, Herts. and Mdx. 1623 – d., new bldgs., Mdx. 1624, annoyances, Mdx. 1625, London 1630; C181/3, ff. 91v, 157r; Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 96; viii. pt. 3, p. 114. dep. lt. Essex 1626–?d.; Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. (ser. 3), x. 120. commr. martial law, Mdx. 1627, survey of the Thames 1630 – 31, repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Mdx. 1631, sewers, Westminster 1634. APC, 1627–8, p. 237; C181/3, f. 219; CSP Dom. 1631–3, pp. 6, 133; C181/4, p. 191.

Member, French Co. 1611, E. India Co. 1614. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 285.

Parlimentarian

EDMONDES, Sir Thomas (1563/6-1639), of Blackfriars, London and Albyns, Stapleford Abbots, Essex

Main residences: Blackfriars, London; Albyns, Stapleford Abbots, Essex.

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Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

EDMONDES, Sir Thomas (1563/6-1639)

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Oxford 1644

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