MAY, Thomas (1604-55), of Rawmere, Mid Lavant, Suss.

Family and Education

b. 1604, eldest s. of John May of Rawmere and Elizabeth Hill. educ. St John’s, Oxf. 8 Apr. 1620; Al. Ox. M. Temple, 19 May 1620. MT Admiss.; Mins. of Parliament of MT, ii. 649. m. Margaret (bur. Jan. 1650), da. of John Austin of Shalford, Surr., 4s. (2 d.v.p.), 1da. (d.v.p.). Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 105; Add. 5699, f. 265. suc. fa. 20 Jan. 1631. Add. 5699, ff. 165, 265. d. 27 Dec. 1655. Suss. Arch. Coll. cxx. 231-4; Add. 5699, f. 265.

Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Suss. 19 June 1630, 26 May 1637. C181/4, f. 54; C181/5, f. 70. J.p. 1634–?43. C193/13/2; C 231/5, p. 265; QSOB Suss. 1642–1649, 1, 18, 37. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642. SR.

Military: capt. militia horse, rape of Chichester by 1635-Nov. 1642.Vis. Sussex (Harl. Soc. liii), 105.

: of Rawmere, Mid Lavant, Suss.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

MAY, Thomas (1604-55), of Rawmere, Mid Lavant, Suss.

Will

16 Jan. 1649, pr. 26 Jan. 1656.PROB11/252/288.

Estates

Jan. 1631, inherited from fa. lands incl. rectory of Mid Lavant (rent £10 p.a.);Suss. Manors, 306-8. Woodcote Farm in Goodwood Pk., sold 1636 for £1,500 to Sir John Denham.Goodwood Park, E694-9, 701-5. 1655, valued at £400 p.a. for decimation.SP28/181.

Oxford 1644

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