TURGIS, Thomas (1623-1704), of St Dionis Backchurch, London, and Lower Gatton, Surr.

Family and Education

bap. 7 Oct. 1623, 1st surv. s. of Thomas Turgis, Grocer, of St Dionis Backchurch, London and Ebbot (bur. 4 Mar. 1630), da. of Thomas Urry of Gatcombe, I.o.W. appr. to fa. 1640. m. bef. 1656, Mary, da. of William Beake, Merchant Taylor, of London, 3s. d.v.p. suc. fa. 11 Mar. 1651. d. 11 June 1704.Reg. of St Dionis Backchurch (Harl. Soc. Reg. iii), 99, 115, 217, 220, 227, 229, 273; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xcii), 139-40; Woodhead, Rulers of London, 165.

Offices Held

Mercantile: freeman, Grocers’ Co. 1648; asst. ?-1687.Woodhead, Rulers of London, 165.

Local: commr. sewers, Mdx. 5 Feb. 1657, 17 Aug. 1660;C181/6, p. 202; C181/7, p. 29. ?militia, Surr. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. London 1661, 1664, 1689 – 90; poll tax, Surr. 1660; subsidy, London, Surr. 1663;SR. recusants, Surr. 1675;CTB iv. 791. rebuilding of Southwark, 1677.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Civic: alderman, Farringdon Without, London 4–23 July 1661.Beaven, Aldermen, ii. 93; Woodhead, Rulers of London, 165.

: London and Surr., Lower Gatton.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

TURGIS, Thomas (1623-1704), of St Dionis Backchurch, London, and Lower Gatton, Surr.

Will

31 Jan. 1704, pr. 7 Apr. 1705.PROB11/481/249.

Estates

1651, property at the corner of Lime Street, parish of St Dionis Backchurch;PROB11/481/249. manor of Effingham, Surr., bought by father;VCH Surr. iii. 323. 25 May 1653, property in Shoreditch, London;Survey of London viii. 24-5. 1654, manor of Gatton, bought from John and Mary Weston;VCH Surr. iii. 198 betw. 1654–1668, advowson of Gatton;VCH Surr. iii. 200. in right of wife, Greyfriars, Colchester, Essex;VCH Essex ix. VCH Surr. iii. 198306. 1655-aft. 1659, manors of Bodeleyes or Bottalls, Upgroves and Scarletts in Ewell and Lambeth, Surr., acquired from Henry Saunders, together with other land there from Saunders and from Sir Francis Lawley and Dame Ann Lawley;VCH Surr. iii. 280; C3/460/34; PROB11/481/249; Coventry Docquets, 650 c. 1668, Bentworth Hall Place and Wivell Rodd, Hants., acquired from Robert Hunt;PROB11/481/249. 1674, manors of Horne and Burstow, Surr. and Suss., bought from Edward Bysshe II*.VCH Surr. iv. 293; PROB11/481/249.

Oxford 1644

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