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b. bef. 1586,Aged 21 in Nov. 1606: PROB11/108/321 (Thomas Gewen). o.s. of Christopher Gewen of Werrington, Devon, and Joan, da. of William Noble of Boyton.C2/Jas.I/G11/2. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. by 1603, BA 1604; I. Temple, 23 Nov. 1605, called 18 Oct. 1614.G.C. Boase and W.P. Courtney, Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, i. 170; Al. Ox.; I. Temple database. m. (1) 4 Mar. 1609, Anne, da. of Hugh Vaughan of Exeter, Devon, 2s. d.v.p.;Werrington par. reg. transcript; C2/CHAS.I/H51/8; GL, 6538; Al. Ox. (Christopher Gewen). (2) 23 July 1622, Mary, da. of Matthias Springham of London and Richmond, Surr. wid. of Arthur Puckell of London, Leatherseller, 1s. 4 da. (2 d.v.p.).Richmond Par. Regs. (Surr. Par. Reg. Soc. i), 144; PROB11/130/14; PROB11/136/242; PROB11/303/157; GL, 4996, ff. 86-8; Cornw. RO, FP/16/1/1, pp. 31, 33. suc. fa. 1610.Cornw. RO, WW/640; PROB6/8, f. 2v. bur. 28 Nov. 1660 28 Nov. 1660.CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 365; Mems. of St Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 662.
Offices Held

Local: jt. auditor, duchy of Cornw. 17 July 1622–27 Oct. 1634.DCO, ‘Duchy servants’, 105; C66/2409/18; C66/2538/30; C66/2673/1. Commr. duchy of Cornw. assessions, 1624, 1626. 1 May 1628 – 15 July 1642DCO, ‘Duchy servants’, 105. J.p. Cornw., by Oct. 1656–d.C231/4, f. 241; C231/5, p. 529; C193/13/6, f. 11v; C220/9/4, f. 13. Commr. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1633.GL, 25475/1, f. 13. Havenor, feodary and escheator, duchy of Cornw. 20 May 1633-c.1650, May 1660–d.Western Antiquary, vii. 138; Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 73; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 365. Stannator, Foymore, Cornw. c.1636.Bodl. Add. C.85, p. 19. Commr. further subsidy, Cornw. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 8 June 1654, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1654, E.1064.10); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Dep. treas. Devon by Nov. 1643-c.Sept. 1645.SP28/153, ‘unfit parts’. Commr. for Cornw. 1 July 1644;A. and O. Cornw. militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Civic: viander, Newport 1626.C219/40/280. Recorder, Launceston 19 Sept. 1646-c.1651, 30 Mar. 1654–1660.Cornw. RO, B/LAUS/350, 355.

: Cornw., Boyton.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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GEWEN, Thomas (bef.1586-1660), of Bradridge, Boyton, Cornw.

Will
20 Jan. 1659, pr. 29 Jan. 1661.PROB11/303/157.
Estates
purchased lease of barton of Bradridge, Boyton, Cornw. 1625 (confirmed 1628).E306/12, box 2, bundle 22, item 2; E367/240, 2789. Barton House and 654 acres said to be worth £203 p.a. in 1650.Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 5-6. Purchased freehold of same, ?aft.1650, and granted that and manor of Boyton, 1660 (confirmed to son, 1661).PROB11/303/157; CTB i. 47, 214, 301.
Oxford 1644
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