OWEN, Thomas (c.1580-1661), of Shrewsbury, Salop.

Family and Education

b. c. 1580,Inferred from dates of entry to school and Inn of Court. 3rd s. of Edward Owen (d. 1613), draper and alderman of Shrewsbury and Joanna, da. of Richard Purcell†, draper and alderman of Shrewsbury and Dinthill, Salop.Vis. Salop 1623, i (Harl. Soc. xxix), 385-6; PROB11/123/29. educ. Shrewsbury g.s. 1589; ?L. Inn 23 May 1598.Shrewsbury School Regestum, 117; LI Admiss. i. 126. m. Priscilla, da. of Arthur Chambre of Petton, Salop, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da.Vis. Salop 1623, i. 386; CCC 1614. bur. 25 May 1661.St. Chad’s, Shrewsbury (Salop Parish Reg. Soc. xv), 286.

Offices Held

Legal: ?called, L. Inn 11 Feb. 1606; ?steward, reader’s dinner, Lent 1613.LI Black Bks. ii. 97, 147. Dep. prothonotary, S. Wales bef. 1641.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 55.

Civic: ?dep. town clerk, Shrewsbury 1610 – 24; town clerk, 1624 – 45, 1660.Owen, Blakeway, Hist. Shrewsbury, i. 543; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. xi. 182.

Local: commr. subsidy, Shrewsbury 1621 – 22, 1624, 1628, 1641;C212/22/20–23; E179/167/203; Salop Archives, 3365/223; SR. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), Salop 1642.SR v. 155; Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

: of Shrewsbury, Salop.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

OWEN, Thomas (c.1580-1661), of Shrewsbury, Salop.

Will

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Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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