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b. 1547 /8, 2nd s. of Gabriel Hesketh (d.1573) of Aughton, Lancs. and Jane, da. of Sir Thomas Halsall of Halsall, Lancs.Lancs. and Cheshire Wills (Chetham Soc. n.s. xxviii), 165; Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxi), 94; Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxii), 22; DL7/12/32. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. to 1568; ?Camb. Univ.; G. Inn 1572, called 1580.Al. Ox.; Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; PBG Inn, i. 111, n. 2. m. by 29 Sept. 1599, Juliana (d. 10 Aug. 1629), da. of Edward Fusey of London, s.p.Lancs. and Cheshire Wills, 165; Westminster Abbey (Harl. Soc. reg. x), 128-9; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. lix), 69; C142/292/167. Kntd. c. 7 June 1603.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 110. d. 15 Oct. 1605.C142/292/167. sig. Tho[mas] Hesketh.
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Reader, Barnard’s Inn 1586, G. Inn 1596, bencher G. Inn 1596–d.;PBG Inn, i. 72, 109, 111, 120, 171. recorder, Lancaster by 1597–d.;C219/33/110; Hist. Lancaster (Chetham Soc. lxi), 190. fee’d counsel, Camb. Univ. 1601.CSP Dom. 1601–3, p. 116.

Escheator, Lancs. 1588–97;R. Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster, 484. j.p. Lancs. by 1592/3–d., Yorks. (E., W. and N. Ridings) 1599 – d., Cawood and Ripon liberties, Yorks. by 1601, co. Dur. by 1602;Hatfield House, ms 278; HMC Kenyon, 583; Lancs. RO, QSC 1–3; C231/1, ff. 66–7; C181/1, ff. 7–8, 24v. commr. recusants, Lancs. and Staffs. 1591,Recusant Roll ed. H. Bowler (Catholic Rec. Soc. xviii), 161–4, 299. ?member, High Commission, York prov. 1599;Entry struck out in HMC Hatfield, ix. 396. commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1599–d.;CSP Dom. 1598–1601, p. 272; C66/1509. freeman, Preston, Lancs. by 1602;Preston Guild Rolls (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 54. commr. piracy, Northumbs. 1604, sewers, Mdx. 1604, W. Riding 1605.C181/1, ff. 88, 100v, 109v.

Att.-gen. palatinate of Lancaster (jt.) 1591 – 92, (sole) 1592 – 1603, v.-chan. palatinate of Lancaster by 1603–d.; Somerville, 481, 484; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 94, 100. att. in the Ct. of Wards 1597–d.;C66/1462. justice, Council in the North, 1598–d.;R. Reid, Council in the North, 496; CSP Dom. 1598–1601, p. 112. master in Chancery (extraordinary), 1602–?d.C216/1/23.

Commr. Union 1604–d.CJ, i. 208a.

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HESKETH, Sir Thomas (1547/8-1605), of Heslington, Yorks., Preston, Lancs. and Gray’s Inn, London
Main residences: Heslington, Yorks.; Preston, Lancs.; Gray's Inn, London.
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Commons 1604-1629
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HESKETH, Sir Thomas (1547/8-1605)

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