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bap. 10 July 1586, 1st surv. s. of Sir Thomas Myddelton† Grocer and alderman of Tower Street, London and Stansted Mountfichet, Essex and 1st w. Hester, da. of Sir Richard Saltonstall†, Skinner and alderman of London and South Ockendon, Essex.Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 285; NLW, Chirk F12540, pp. 18, 26, 31; St. Dunstan in the East (Harl. Soc. reg. lxix), 25. educ. Queen’s Oxf. 1605; G. Inn 1607.Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. (1) 29 July 1612, Margaret (d. by 5 Feb. 1614), da. and h. of George Savile of Wakefield, Yorks., 1s. d.v.p.; (2) 18 Feb. 1617 (with £2,000), Mary, da. of Sir Robert Napier, 1st bt., of Luton Hoo, Beds., 7s. (3 d.v.p.) 6da.Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 285; NLW, Clenennau 293; Vis. Yorks. ed. J. Foster, 324; Chirk Castle Accts. 1605-66, 8; NLW, Chirk F1958; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 184. Kntd. 10 Feb. 1617;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 160. suc. fa. 12 Aug. 1631.C142/501/48. d. 11 Dec. 1666. Chirk Castle Accts. 1605-66, x, 132.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Denb. 1618 – bef.44, 1 Sept. 1646 – 27 July 1653, by Sept. 1655 – 5 Oct. 1659, 4 Sept. 1660 – d.; Salop 7 Oct. 1645 – bef.Jan. 1650; Flint by Mar. 1648 – 25 July 1650, by Sept. 1660–?d.; Merion. by July 1649-c.Oct. 1653, 31 Aug. 1660–?d.; Mont. by Mar. 1648 – bef.July 1650, 12 Sept. 1660–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 49–51, 64–80, 111–15, 143–8; C231/6, pp. 25, 196. Commr. subsidy, Denb. 1621–2, 1624 – 25, 1628, 1641, 1663; Mont. 1663. by 1623 – 42C212/20/21–3; E179/220/198, E179/221/203; SR. Dep. lt. Denb., 1 July 1646 – ?49, c.1661–d.Chester Archives, DNE16; CJ iv. 598b; Chirk Castle Accts. 1605–66, 100; G.R. Thomas, ‘Sir Thomas Myddelton II, 1586–1666’ (Univ. of N. Wales MA thesis, 1968), 59. Collector, subsidy, 1624.Thomas, thesis, 18. Commr. mines royal, Card. 1625.C193/8/51. Collector, privy seal loan, Denb. 1625–6.E401/2586, pp. 365–7. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627.Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2, f. 69. Dep. steward, crown lordship of Bromfield and Yale by 1630.Chirk Castle Accts. 1605–66, p. iv. Member, council in the marches of Wales, 1633–41.Eg. 2882, f. 162v. Commr. oyer and terminer, Wales 22 Jan. 1634, 31 July 1640;C181/4, f. 162; C181/5, f. 185. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Denb. 1637;Chirk Castle Accts. 1605–66, 20. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; Flint, Mont. 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Denb. 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Anglesey, Caern., Mdx. and Westminster, Salop 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Flint 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660; Merion., Mont. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance ... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, N. Wales 12 June 1643; commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644;A. and O. for reducing cos. of N. Wales, 28 Mar. 1646.CJ iv. 493b. Custos rot. Denb. 1 Sept. 1646 – 27 July 1653, 25 June 1656 – 5 Oct. 1659, 8 Nov. 1661 – d.; Merion 31 Aug. 1660–22 July 1663.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 51, 75, 77, 79. Commr. associated cos. of N. Wales, Denb., Flint, Merion., Mont. 21 Aug. 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. sewers, Denb. and Flint 4 Mar. 1654.C181/6, p.21.

Central: member, cttee. for advance of money, 26 Nov. 1642;CJ ii. 866a. cttee. for sequestrations, 27 Mar. 1643;CJ iii. 21b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647.A. and O.

Military: sgt.-maj.-gen. and v.-adm. N. Wales (parlian.) 12 June 1643-June 1645.CJ iii. 127a; LJ vi. 90b; Thomas, thesis,127.

: of Chirk Castle, Denb.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, manner of R. Walker, c.1650;NT, Chirk Castle. oil on canvas, unknown, c.1670.NT, Chirk Castle. line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Vicars, England’s Worthies (1647), 94. line engraving, unknown;NPG. fun. monument, J. Bushnell, Chirk church, Wrexham.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

MYDDELTON, Sir Thomas (1586-1666), of Chirk Castle, Denb.

Will
6 Aug. 1666, pr. 9 Mar. 1667.PROB11/323, f. 308v.
Estates
lordship of Chirk and Chirkland, manors of Isclawdd, Glynn, Llangollen, Mochnant, ‘Kynlleth yr Iarll’ and ‘Carreghova’.NLW, Chirk D250. Inherited over 30,000 acres from fa. in 1631.Thomas, thesis, 23.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Carey House, Strand, London, by June 1646-at least Dec. 1647.Chirk Castle Accts. 1605-66, 21n., 28.
Religion
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