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bap. 8 Mar. 1581,Reg. St. Lawrence Jewry A.W. Hughes Clarke (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxx), 17. o.s. of Robert Rowe, Haberdasher, of London and Eleanor, da. of Robert Jermy of Antingham, Norf. PROB 11/71, ff. 60v-1; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 8-9; Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 174. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1593; M. Temple 1597. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. 15 Dec. 1614, Memorials of St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 323. Eleanor (bur. 6 Dec. 1675), D. Lysons, Environs of London, i. 745. da. of Sir Thomas Cave of Stanford, Northants., wid. of Sir George Beeston of Beeston, Cheshire, s.p. J. Bridges, Hist. and Antiqs. of Northants. ed. P. Whalley, i. 579. suc. fa. 1587; C142/217/118. Kntd. 23 Mar. 1605. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 137. d. 6 Nov. 1644. Ath. Ox. iii. 114. sig, Tho[mas] Roe/Rowe.
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Member, Virg. Council 1607; A. Brown, Genesis of US, 984. gent. of the privy chamber (?extraordinary), James I by 1615, (extraordinary), Charles I by 1632;Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to India ed. W. Foster, 58; LC5/132, p. 284. commr. Virg. plantation 1631, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 192. piracy 1632; C115/106/8398. chan. of the Garter 1636–d.; Rymer, ix. pt. 2, p. 87. PC 1640–d. CSP Dom. 1640, p. 447.

Member, embassy to Spain 1605; NLW, Carreglwyd I/699. amb. to the Great Mogul 1615 – 18, the Sublime Porte 1621 – 28, Denmark, Sweden and Poland 1629 – 30, Hamburg 1638 – 40, Ratisbon and Vienna 1641–2. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 34, 23, 63, 212, 215, 273, 285.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1609, Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iv. 363. E.I. Co. 1619–21; Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to India, pp. lvi-lvii. member, Levant Co. 1621; SP105/148, f. 58. member, Fishery Co. by 1633, dep. gov. by 1637;HMC 5th Rep. 355; CSP Dom. 1636–7, p. 489. member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. 1638. Add. 28079, f. 59.

J.p. Northants. 1634 – 36, Mdx. 1637-at least 1641; C231/5 pp. 140, 189, 237; C66/2859. commr. array, Mdx. 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

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ROE (ROWE), Sir Thomas (1581-1644), of Rendcomb, Glos. and St. Martin’s Lane, Westminster; later of Woodford, Essex
Main residences: Rendcomb, Glos.; St. Martin's Lane, Westminster; Woodford, Essex.
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ROE (ROWE), Sir Thomas (1581-1644)

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