FARNEFOLD, Sir Thomas (1599-1644), of Gatewick House, Steyning, Suss. and Westminster

b. 28 Jan. 1599, 2nd s. of Richard Farnefold (d.1609) of Gatewick and Dorothy, da. and coh. of Thomas Parson, yeoman of Steyning. m. (1) 10 June 1616, Dorothy (bur. 17 Nov. 1636), da. of Bartholomew Rogers, usher of the Ct. of Wards, of Westminster, 9s. (3 d.v.p.) 1da.; (2) 28 Oct. 1637, Elizabeth (d.c.1661), da. of Richard Benion of Coggeshall, Essex, wid. of John Cudmore, counsellor at law, of Kelvedon, Essex, s.p. suc. bro. 1611;C142/325/196; W.P. Breach, ‘Farnefold of Steyning’, Suss. Arch. Colls. lix. ped. facing p. 84; Memorials of St. Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 110, 122, 125, 142, 324, 565; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 387. Kntd. 22 Dec. 1621. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 178. bur. 15 Mar. 1644 15 Mar. 1644. Soc. Gen. Steyning par. reg. 45.