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bap. 11 Oct. 1561, s. of Emery Lake of Southampton, Hants, burgess and petty customer. Third Bk. of Remembrance, iii. ed. A.L. Merson (Soton Rec. Soc. viii), 33, n. 2. educ. ?King Edward VI g.s., Southampton c.1571; G. Inn 1592; MA Oxf. 1592. C.F. Russell, Hist. of King Edward VI Sch. Southampton, 97; GI Admiss. 81; Al. Cant. m. 29 June 1591, Mary (bur. 25 Feb. 1642), da. and coh. of Sir William Rider, Haberdasher and ld. mayor of London 1600-1, 3s. 2da. Reg. St. Christopher le Stocks ed. E. Freshfield, i. 24; G.E. Cokayne, Some Acct. of Ld. Mayors and Sheriffs of London, 3; Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 152; D. Lysons, Environs of London, iii. 413. Kntd. 20 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 109, incorrectly described as being of Derbys. d. 17 Sept. 1630.
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Clerk to sec. of state Sir Francis Walsingham† by 1584 – 90; clerk of the Signet 1589–?14; Third Bk. of Remembrance, iii. 33; T. Birch, Mems. of Reign of Queen Eliz. i. 57. kpr. of the recs., Whitehall 1603–11; C66/1624; M. Giuseppi, Guide to Contents of PRO, ii. 1; E214/605. commr. Union 1604; CJ, i. 208b. Latin sec. 1609–19; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 575; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 89. member, PC 1614–19; APC, 1613–14, p. 403. commr. to treat with agents from Stade 1614; Cott. Galba E.I, f. 432. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1605-at least 1613; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 353. sec. of state 1616–19; C66/2059/7. commr. sale of Cautionary Towns 1616, Rymer, vii. pt. 2, pp. 210–11. muster men, Tower defence 1616, PSO 5/3, unfol. inquiry, gold and silver thread 1618, Archaeologia, xli. 251. exile and banish Jesuits and seminary priests. Rymer, vii. pt. 3, p. 65.

Clerk of castle and ct. of York (jt.), 1599-at least 1603; Wentworth Pprs. ed. J.P. Cooper (Cam. Soc. ser. 4. xii), 42; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 43. freeman, Southampton 1603; HMC 11th Rep. III, 22. commr. sewers, Lea valley 1607, Coln valley 1609, 1624, C181/2, ff. 50, 90; 181/3, f. 116. subsidy, Mdx. 1608, SP14/31/1. musters 1608; Add. 11402, f. 142. j.p. Mdx. by 1608 (custos rot. by 1608-at least 1614), Hunts. 1614, C66/1988. Westminster 1619; C181/2, f. 331. woodward, Wallwood and Hamfrith Woods, Essex 1614; C66/2041/14. commr. new buildings, London 1615, APC, 1615–16, p. 122. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1615-at least 1617. C181/2, ff. 235, 287.

Member, Spanish Co. 1605, French Co. 1611. Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 96; Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 64.

Contractor (jt.) to purchase Crown rectories and parsonages 1607-at least 1612; A.F. Upton, Sir Arthur Ingram, 25; C66/1827/24; E214/611, 621. farmer (jt.) on behalf of the queen, imposts on sugar by 1609-at least 1611. CSP Dom. 1603–10, pp. 524, 588; E403/2730, ff. 73v, 238v.

Parlimentarian
LAKE, Sir Thomas I (1561-1630), of Little Church Lane, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster and Canons, Little Stanmore, Mdx.
Main residences: Little Church Lane, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, WestminsterBk. of Architecture of John Thorpe ed. J. Summerson (Walpole Soc. xl), 5.; Canons, Little Stanmore, Mdx.
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A.D.T.
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Commons 1604-1629
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LAKE, Sir Thomas I (1561-1630)

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