HAWES, Thomas (bef. 1554-1620), of St. Mary’s, Bedford, Beds.

Family and Education

b. bef. 1554,Hawes must have been at least 21 when appointed chamberlain in 1574. o.s. of Thomas Hawes, tanner of Bedford and 1st w. PROB 11/91, ff. 17v-18v. Hawes’s stepmother Margery St. John of Sharnbrook (d.1601) m. his fa. after 1566: PROB 11/98, ff. 298v-99v; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 53-5. m. by 1572, Margaret (bur. 30 Oct. 1611), ?da. of Thomas Rolt of Bolnhurst, Beds., 2s. 1da. St. Mary’s, Bedford ed. F.G. Emmison (Beds. Par. Reg. xxxv), 4; St. Paul’s, Bedford (Beds. Par. Reg. lviii), B15. He refers to Rolt’s sons as his bros.-in-law: PROB 11/135, f. 430; Vis. Beds. 133-5. suc. fa. 1598; St. Mary’s, Bedford, 60. bur. 23 Apr. 1620 23 Apr. 1620. St. Paul’s, Bedford, B20. sig. Thomas Hawse senior.

Offices Held

Chamberlain, Bedford 1574 – 76, bridgewarden 1579 – 80, 1588–95, Beds. RO, Bor.B/D6/1, unfol. mayor 1587 – 88, 1596 – 97, 1602 – 03, 1610 – 11, alderman 1588–d., J. Godber, Story of Bedford, 146–7; Beds. RO, Bor.B/F11/4, pp. 38–233. assessor, subsidy 1598, 1600, commr. subsidy 1611, E179/72/222, 229, 255. j.p. 1599–d. Beds. RO, Bor.B/F2/5; C181/2, ff. 21, 58, 60, 261v, 343, 350v.

Parlimentarian

HAWES, Thomas (bef. 1554-1620), of St. Mary’s, Bedford, Beds.

Main residence: St. Mary's, Bedford, Beds.

Author

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

HAWES, Thomas (bef. 1554-1620)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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