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Family and Education
b. c. 1609, 1st s. of Robert Grove of Ferne and Honor, da. of Thomas South of Swallowcliffe, Wilts.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 568. educ. M. Temple, 21 Apr. 1627.M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 15 Dec. 1628, Mary, da. of John Lowe of Salisbury and wid. of John Grove of Shaftesbury, Dorset, s.p.; (2) 1640, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Edward Lambert of Corton (or Boyton), Wilts. and wid. of Robert Henley of Leigh, Som. 3s. (2 d.v.p.).Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 568; Wilts RO, 865/5. suc. fa. 1643. d. 1692.VCH Wilts. xiii. 130.
Offices Held

Local: commr. raising forces and money, Wilts. 3 Feb. 1643.A. and O. J.p. Som. 13 July 1646-bef. Jan. 1650;C231/6, p. 51. Wilts. 22 July 1652-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 242. Dorset 28 Feb. 1655-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, pp. 305, 309. Commr. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Som. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Wilts. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1690;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Som. 2 Dec. 1648; Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Dorset 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, Wilts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. preservation of timber, New Forest 1 Mar. 1660;CJ vii. 856b. poll tax, Wilts. 1660.SR.

Central: commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647; exclusion from sacrament, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1. cttee. relief of Piedmont Protestants, 4 Jan. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 100.

: of Ferne, Donhead St Andrew, Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

GROVE, Thomas (1609-92), of Ferne, Donhead St Andrew, Wilts.

Will
23 Feb. 1689, pr. 27 Feb. 1693.PROB11/413/403.
Estates
manors of Ferne and Sedgehill, Donhead St Andrew, and other lands in Wilts.;Wilts. RO, 865/5. also held Semley estate 1645-54, and purchased Upton Farm, Berwick St John, 1658.VCH Wilts. xiii. 22, 73, 130, 171, 173.
Oxford 1644
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