CHETTLE, Thomas (c.1553-1641), of Broad Street, Worcester, Worcs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1553. educ. ?Brasenose, Oxf. 1565, ?BA 1567, ?G. Inn 1569. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. by 1589, da. of Thomas Hanbury of Redcross Street, London, 2s. d.v.p. 5da. Vis. Worcs. ed. Metcalfe, 31; Vis Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 67; Al. Ox. (Chetle, Richard). bur. 28 Jan. 1641 28 Jan. 1641. Worcs. RO, MF288/1, All Saints Worcester par. reg. (ex inf. Sue Campbell). sig. Thomas Chetel.

Offices Held

Constable, All Saints Ward, Worcester 1588 – 89; member of the Forty-Eight, Worcester aft. 1588, low chamberlain 1590 – 91, auditor 1593 – 94, 1596 – 97, 1599 – 1600, 1602 – 03, 1607 – 08, the Twenty-Four by 1600, high chamberlain 1600 – 01, low bailiff 1603 – 04, low alderman 1604 – 05, high bailiff 1605 – 06, judge of Ct. of Orphans 1605 – 06, high alderman 1606 – 07, permanent alderman 1622–7; Worcs. RO, X496.5/BA9360, shelf 644/1, ff. 169v, 176, 185v, 196, 205, 207; Chamber Order Bk. of Worcester ed. S. Bond (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. viii), 22, 54, 64, 77, 92, 97, 178, 206. gov. of g.s. and almshouse, Worcester by 1622 – 33, treas. 1623 – 24, 1626–7. Worcs. RO, b261.1 BA/3617/7, ff. 74v, 78v, 88, 90.

Warden of the Weavers, Walkers and Clothiers’ Co., Worcester 1589 – 90, asst. by 1596, high master 1603 – 04, 1622–3; Worcs. RO, b705:232 BA6955/2, ff. 11, 45v, 122; VCH Worcs. ii. 291. gov. Free sch. and Trin. almshouse, Worcester by 1626. C91/3/3.

Collector subsidy, Worcester 1603, E179/260/1. assessor, Privy Seal loan 1612, Chamber Order Bk. of Worcester, 116. commr. subsidy 1626. E179/201/294.

Parlimentarian

CHETTLE, Thomas (c.1553-1641), of Broad Street, Worcester, Worcs.

Main residence: Broad Street, Worcester, Worcs.

Author

G.R.

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

CHETTLE, Thomas (c.1553-1641)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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