Family and Education
b. c.1583, 3rd s. of John Hatton (bur. 19 Oct. 1587) of Longstanton, and Jane, da. of Robert Shute† of Oakington, Cambs., and Gray’s Inn, Mdx., j.q.b. 1586-90;Oakington par. reg.; MIs Cambs. 113; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. xviii), 115. bro. of Sir Christopher† and Sir Robert*. educ. Camb. to Dec. 1600;HMC Hatfield, x. 435. G. Inn 2 Feb. 1607.G. Inn Admiss. m. 14 Apr. 1632, Mary (bur. 27 Aug. 1674), da. of Sir Giles Alington of Horseheath, Cambs., 7s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Withersfield, Suff. par. reg.; MIs Cambs. 113; CB. Kntd. 26 July 1616;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 159. cr. bt. 5 July 1641.CB. d. 23 Sept. 1658.MIs Cambs. 113.
Offices Held

Local: dep. warden, Waltham Forest, Essex 1614–?d.Chamberlain Lttrs. ed. N. E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), i. 520. Steward (jt.), Barking manor, Essex 24 Jan. 1617–?d.C66/2092/19; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 430. Commr. sewers, Cambs. and Isle of Ely 11 June 1627;C181/3, f. 220v. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 9 May 1631–10 Feb. 1642;C181/4, ff. 83, 154v; C181/5, f. 149. Deeping and Gt. Level 30 July 1631 – 30 Mar. 1638, 7 July 1640-after Dec. 1641;C181/4, f. 93v; C181/5, ff. 9v, 181, 214v. East, West and Wildmore Fens, Lincs. 11 Mar. 1638;C181/5, f. 111v. Kent 25 June 1640;C181/5, f. 177v. Mdx. and Westminster 10 July 1656.C181/6, p. 175. J.p. Cambs. 26 Feb. 1634-aft. 1641.C231/5, p. 126. Dep. lt. by Apr. 1634-aft. Aug. 1640.Harl. 4014, ff. 16v, 55v. Commr. oyer and terminer, 23 June 1640;C181/5, ff. 177, 184. survey of St James’s bailiwick, Westminster c.Oct. 1640.CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 208.

Civic: freeman, Boston 23 Jan. 1624–?d.;Boston Corporation Mins. ed. J.F. Bailey (Boston, 1981), ii. 442. Stamford 28 Feb. 1640–?d.Stamford Town Hall, Stamford Hall Bk. 1, f. 401v.

Central: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, by 1625-aft. 1640.LC2/6, f. 38; LC3/1, unfol.; LC5/132, p. 105. Surveyor-gen. to Queen Henrietta Maria by 1629-c.1640.CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 37; 1640, p. 131; C181/5, f. 181; Aylmer, King’s Servants, 368. Commr. preservation of game, 4 Dec. 1635.CSP Dom. 1635, p. 531. Recvr. fines on licences of alienation, July 1640–?SO3/12, f. 109v.

: of Longstanton, Cambs.
Likenesses

Likenesses: fun. monument, Longstanton church, Cambs.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HATTON, Sir Thomas (c.1583-1658), of Longstanton, Cambs.

Will
10 July 1654, cod. 11 May 1658, pr. 5 Mar. 1659.PROB11/289, f. 293v.
Estates
at his d. consisted principally of manors of Longstanton, Cheyneys, Walwyns, Colvilles and Bassingbourne, Cambs. two manors in Norf. and rent charges on lands in Cambs. and Northants.C6/124/3; C33/209, ff. 603-4; PROB11/289, ff. 294-6; Add. 29571, ff. 6, 15; VCH Cambs. viii. 14; ix. 223-4; CCC 1342; CJ vii. 636. Estate said to be worth £3,000 p.a. and personal estate £30,000.C33/223, f. 78.
Oxford 1644
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