HANHAM, Thomas (1577-1652), of Dean’s Court, Wimborne Minster, Dorset.

Family and Education

bap. 18 Apr. 1577, 2nd s. of Thomas Hanham (d. 30 Aug. 1593), sjt.-at-law, of South Perrott, Dorset, and Penelope, da. of Sir John Popham†, l.c.j. 1592-1607, of Wellington, Som.;South Perrott par. reg.; Vis. Dorset 1623, ed. Rylands, 50-1; Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 217, 231. bro. of Sir John†. educ. M. Temple 1594.M. Temple Admiss. i. 66. m. 10 June 1610, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Robert Broughton of Som. and wid. of William Frampton of Moreton, Dorset, 2s (1 d.v.p.), 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Moreton par. reg.; Vis. Dorset 1623, 51; Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 16; Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 231. suc. bro. Sir John 1625. d. 1 Aug. 1652.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 217.

Offices Held

Colonial: patentee, Virg. Co. 1606.CSP Col. i. 5, ix. 30–4. Capt. Plymouth Co. expedition, 1606.S. Purchas, Hakluytus Posthumus (Glasgow, 1905–7), xix. 270; S. Purchas, Purchas his Pilgrimage (2nd edn. 1614), 755–6.

Local: gov. Wimborne Minster 1626–d.Dorset RO, PE/WM GN 2/2/6; PE/WM GN 2/1/1, p. 16.

Civic: burgess, Poole 1627.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 232.

: of Dean’s Court, Dorset., Wimborne Minster.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HANHAM, Thomas (1577-1652), of Dean’s Court, Wimborne Minster, Dorset.

Will

23 July 1651.Dorset RO, WM18.

Estates

inherited lands at Weston, Isle of Portland, Dorset, 1593;PROB11/82/543. inherited Dean’s Court, Wimborne Minster 1625.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

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