MALET (MALLET), Thomas (c.1582-1665), of the Middle Temple, London and Poyntington, Som.; later of Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London

Family and Education

b. c. 1582, o.s. of Malachi Malet of Luxulyan, Cornw. and Elizabeth, da. of Richard Trevanion of Tolverne, Cornw., wid. of Thomas Rashleigh of Fowey, Cornw.A. Malet, Malet Fam. 58-59, 60; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 391, 501, 504. educ. M. Temple 1600, called 1606. M. Temple Admiss.; MTR, 469. m. 18 Mar. 1619, St. Matthew Friday St. (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxiii), 51. Jane, da. of Francis Mylles† of God’s House, Southampton, clerk of the Signet 1606-18, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). Collinson, Som. i. 93. suc. fa. 1613, aged 28 plus; C142/341/70. Kntd. 6 July 1641; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 209. suc. uncle Michael in St. Audries estate, Som. 1651. PROB 11/215, f. 389v. d. 19 Dec. 1665. Collinson, Som. ii. 377. sig. Tho[mas] Mallet.

Offices Held

Steward to Westminster Abbey chapter 1621–d.; Acts of Dean and Chapter of Westminster 1609–42 ed. C.S. Kingston (Westminster Abbey Recs. ser. v), 69, 70–1, 118. commr. sewers, Westminster 1627 – 34, Som. 1660, Bedford level 1662; C181/3, f. 213v; 181/4, f. 191; 181/7, pp. 26, 148. j.p. Som. 1634 – at least43, Essex 1641; C231/5, p. 140; Q. Sess. Recs. ed. E.H. Bates (Som. Rec. Soc. xxviii), p. xx; HMC Westmorland, 507. commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1634 – 42, Home circ. 1642, London 1660 – 62, Mdx. 1660, Oxf. circ. 1660, Wales 1661, Verge 1662. C181/4, ff. 185, 194; 181/5, ff. 6, 221, 222; 181/7, pp. 1, 3, 10, 119, 130, 173.

Reader, M. Temple 1626, bencher 1626 – 35, treas. 1633–4; MTR, 701, 703, 810–11. solicitor gen. to Queen Henrietta Maria 1626–41; Stowe 142, f. 35. sjt.-at-law 1635; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 525. j.k.b. 1 July 1641 – 24 Oct. 1645, 31 May 1660–18 June 1663; Ibid. 525. just. assize, Home circ. 1641, Oxf. circ. 1660. C181/5, ff. 199, 217v; 181/7, p. 6.

Parlimentarian

MALET (MALLET), Thomas (c.1582-1665), of the Middle Temple, London and Poyntington, Som.; later of Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London

Main residences: the Middle Temple, London; Poyntington, Som.; Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane, London.

Mallet

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Commons 1604-1629

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MALET (MALLET), Thomas (c.1582-1665)

Will

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Oxford 1644

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