Submitted by admin on
Family and Education
b. by 1585, Aged 21 by Nov. 1606, when he took on admon. of grandfa.’s estate: PROB 11/108, f. 252v. 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 1605, called 1614. G.C. Boase and W.P. Courtney, Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, i. 170; Al. Ox.; I. Temple database of admiss.; HP Commons, 1660-90, ii. 393 confuses Gewen with Thomas Gueane, who was admitted to Queen’s, Oxf. in 1603. m. (1) c.1609 (with up to £460), Anne, da. of Hugh Vaughan of Exeter, Devon, 2s. d.v.p.; C2/Chas.I/H51/8; GL, ms 6538; Al. Ox. (Christopher Gewen). (2) 23 July 1622, Mary, da. of Matthias Springham of London and Richmond, Surr., merchant, wid. of Arthur Puckell (admon. 1 July 1617) of London, Leatherseller, 1s. 4da. (2 d.v.p.). Richmond Par. Reg. (Surr. Par. Reg. Soc. i), 144; PROB 11/130, ff. 101v-2; 11/136, f. 242; 11/303, f. 34; GL, ms 4996, ff. 86-8; Cornw. RO, FP16/1/1, pp. 31, 33. The near-contemporary suggestion that Gewen married a Cosworth is unproven: Autobiog. of Sir John Bramston ed. P. Braybrooke (Cam. Soc. xxxii), 13. suc. fa. 1610. Christopher Gewen d. soon after 16 Nov. 1610 (admon. 9 Jan. 1611): Cornw. RO, WW640; PROB 6/8, f. 2v. d. by 27 Nov. 1660. CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 365. sig. Tho[mas] Gewen.
Offices Held

Auditor (jt.), duchy of Cornw. 1622–34, DCO, ‘Duchy Servants’, 105; C66/2409/18; 66/2538/30; 66/2673/1. commr. duchy of Cornw. assessions 1624, 1626; DCO, ‘Duchy Servants’, 105. viander, Newport, Cornw. 1626; C219/40/280. j.p. Cornw. 1628 – 42, by 1656–d., C231/4, f. 241; 231/5, p. 529; C193/13/6, f. 11v; C220/9/4, f. 13. commr. repair of St. Paul’s cathedral 1633; GL, ms 25475/1, f. 13. havenor, feodary and escheator, duchy of Cornw. 1633 – c.50, May 1660–d.; Western Antiquary, vii. 138; Parl. Survey of Duchy of Cornw. ed. N.J.G. Pounds (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. n.s. xxv), 73; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 365. stannator, Foymore, Cornw. 1636; Bodl. Add. C.85, p. 19. commr. assessment, Cornw. 1641 – 42, 1644, 1647 – 48, 1657, Jan. 1660, SR, v. 82, 149; A. and O. i. 545, 962, 1079; ii. 1064, 1365. sequestration Devon and Cornw. 1643, levying of money, Cornw. 1643, execution of ordinances 1644, militia 1648, Mar. 1660. A. and O. i. 111, 129, 228, 461, 1235; ii. 1428.

Recorder, Launceston, Cornw. 1646 – 51, 1653–60. R. and O.B. Peter, Launceston and Dunheved, 406.

Parlimentarian
GEWEN, Thomas (by 1585-1660), of the Inner Temple and St. Mary le Bow, London; later of Bradridge, Boyton, Cornw.
Main residences: the Inner Temple; St. Mary le Bow, London; Bradridge, Boyton, Cornw.
Author
P.M.H.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

GEWEN, Thomas (by 1585-1660)

Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image