FITCH, Thomas (c.1602-66), of Cheshunt, Herts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1602.HCA13/58, f. 205v. m. by Nov. 1653, Jane (d. aft. 1666), ?da. of John Gosnell, butcher, of St Andrew, Holborn, Mdx. at least 3s. 1da.St Andrew, Holborn par. reg. (bap. 20 Sept. 1624); PROB11/321, f. 372; Bodl. Rawl. A.8, f. 127. d. July 1666.PROB11/321, f. 373.

Offices Held

Colonial: dep. gov. Providence Is. 9 Mar. 1641–?CO124/2, f. 194v.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) 19 Aug. 1642–?;SP28/1A, f. 187; SP28/143, pt. 6, f. 13; Peacock, Army Lists, 34. maj. by Apr.-Dec. 1643;BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database, ‘Walter Aylworth’; ‘Thomas Fitch’. lt.-col. 15 May 1644 – 28 Nov. 1646, by Oct. 1648-bef. July 1649;SP28/17, f. 249; SP28/253B, pt. 2, f. 62v; SP28/267, f. 231; The Moderate no. 15 (17–24 Oct. 1648), 126 (E.468.24). col. by July 1649–23 Apr. 1660.SP28/125, pt. 1, unfol.; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2016), ii. 58–9, 141. Dep. gov. Carlisle Oct. 1648-c.Dec. 1651.SP28/259, f. 409; The Moderate no. 15, p. 126; CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 68; CCC 1169; Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, ii. 74–5. Gov. Inverness Nov. 1651–5 July 1659.CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 7; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 510, 515; Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, ii. 74–5. Lt. Tower of London 10 June-11 Dec. 1659.CJ vii. 679a; CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 370; Mercurius Politicus no. 598 (8–15 Dec. 1659), 954 (E.195.45).

Local: commr. assessment, Cumb. 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652;A. and O. propagating gospel northern cos. 1 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 374a; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 23 (28 Feb.-7 Mar. 1650), 312. (E.534.15). Member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 16 Aug. 1659.Ancient Vellum Bk. of the Hon. Artillery Coy. ed. G.A. Raikes (1890), 78. Commr. sewers, precinct of St Katherine by the Tower, Mdx. 13 Oct. 1659.C181/6, p. 401.

Scottish: sheriff, Inverness-shire 1653–4.Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/128. Commr. assessment, 31 Dec. 1655;Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, p. 838. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

: of Cheshunt, Herts.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

FITCH, Thomas (c.1602-66), of Cheshunt, Herts.

Will

13 July 1666, pr. 16 Oct. 1666, 28 Jan. 1668.PROB11/321, f. 371v.

Estates

at his d. estate inc. manor and fee farm rent of Sonning, Berks.PROB11/312, f. 372.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx. (1642);HCA13/58, f. 205v. lodgings in St James’s, Westminster (1660).CSP Dom. 1659-60, p. 325.

Religion

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