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Family and Education
b. c. 1597, 1st s. of Richard Mytton of Halston and Shrewsbury and Margaret, da. of Thomas Owen† (d. 1598), of Condover, j.c.p.Vis. Salop 1623 ii. (Harl. Soc. xxix), 363. educ. Shrewsbury sch. 25 Jan. 1605; Balliol, Oxf. 11 May 1615, ‘aged 18’; L. Inn 27 Feb. 1616.Shrewsbury School Regestum, 195; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. i. 173. m. (1) 1629 Magdalen (bur. 20 Aug. 1648), da. of Sir Robert Napier of Luton, Beds., 2s. 5da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 1654, Barbara Stapilton, wid. of Sir Philip Stapilton*, da. of Henry Lennard, 12th Baron Dacre of Hurstmonceux, s.p.T. Pennant, Tour in Wales ed. J. Rhys (2 vols. 1883), i. 303; St Chad’s Shrewsbury par. reg.; Salop Archives, 2171/95, XD 3614/5/4; 6001/2791 p. 528; NLW, Rolls 44. suc. fa. c.1640.Cal. Wynn Pprs. 264; Salop Archives, 6001/2791 p. 528. bur. 29 Nov. 1656 29 Nov. 1656.St. Chad’s Shrewsbury, par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Salop 10 Aug. 1641 – ?43, 7 Oct. 1645–d.;C231/5 p. 476; C202/28/2. Mont. 30 Mar. 1649 – Mar. 1651; Denb. 31 Mar. 1649 – 25 July 1650; Merion. by July 1649 – ?Oct. 1653; Caern. ?- 25 July 1650; Anglesey 18 July 1649–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 13–14, 30–1, 49–50, 76, 144. Commr. assessment, Salop 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653; N. Wales 23 June 1647, 16 Feb.1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1068.28). sequestration, Salop 27 Mar. 1643;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. commr. west midlands cos. 10 Apr. 1643; levying of money, Salop 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Sheriff, 1643–4, 1645–6.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 120. Commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644.A. and O. V.-adm. N. Wales 25 Jan. 1648.CJ v. 442a; LJ ix. 622b, 676a, 677a. Commr. for Caern. 10 July 1648;CJ v. 613a; LJ x. 373a. associated cos. of N. Wales, Caern., Denb., Flint, Merion., Mont. 21 Aug. 1648; militia, Salop, Caern., Merion. 2 Dec. 1648; composition for delinquency and sequestration, N. Wales 10 Aug. 1649;A. and O. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651;CJ vi. 591b. ct. martial, James Stanley†, 7th earl of Derby, 11 Sept. 1651;Corpus Christi, Oxf. MS 296, f. 106; Stanley Pprs. ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxvii), p. cccxxxv. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6 pp. 11, 163. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655–d.;C181/6 pp. 68, 175. securing peace of commonwealth, Salop 1655–d.NLW, Clenennau 676.

Military: col. (parlian.) Salop regt. of west midlands assoc. 10 Apr.-July 1643;LJ v. 708a-709b; CJ iii. 155a. col.-gen. 4 July 1643–45. Maj.-gen. N. Wales 12 May 1645 – Apr. 1647; c.-in-c. 8 Apr. 1647–?Aug. 1649.CJ iii. 155a, v. 137a, vi. 277a. Gov. Oswestry 10 Nov. 1645; Anglesey and Beaumaris 25 June 1646.CJ iv. 337a, 586a; LJ vii. 686b, viii. 401a.

Religious: elder, second Salop classis, 1647.The Severall Divisions and Persons for Classicall Presbyteries (1647), 4. Patron of Habberley rectory (Thomas Cowper, rector) by 1655; patron of Halston.‘1655. An Inquisition in Salop’ ed. H.E. Evans, Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. xlvi. 19, 25. Commissioned Robert Fogg as chaplain of regt. by Apr. 1646.CJ iv. 506b; Calamy Revised, 203.

: Whittington, Salop.
Likenesses

Likenesses: line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Vicars, England’s Worthies (1647), 104. pen and ink drawing, unknown, aft. 1647.NPG.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

MYTTON, Thomas (c.1597-1656), of Halston, Whittington, Salop.

Will
24 June 1655, pr. 4 Nov. 1656.Salop Archives, 2171/143.
Estates
manors of Halston and Habberley, lands in Whittington, properties in Shrewsbury, Salop; manor of Dinas Mawddwy, Mer.; fee farm rents of £116, Anglesey, Caern. Flint. Denb.; Norton manor, Devon; prebendal manor of Pancras, Mdx.; properties in Gloucester.Salop Archives, 2171/95.
Oxford 1644
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