MANSELL, Sir Thomas (c.1556-1631), of Margam, Glam.

Family and Education

b. c. 1556,STAC 8/124/3, f. 1; C142/209/35. 1st s. of Edward Mansell† of Margam and Jane, da. of Henry Somerset, 2nd earl of Worcester; bro. of Sir Robert*. educ. travelled abroad (Italy) 1578. HMC Hatfield, ii. 173. m. (1) 30 July 1582 (settlement 11 July with £2,000), Mary (d. by 1603), da. of Lewis Mordaunt†, 3rd Bar. Mordaunt, 3s. (2 d.v.p.); D. Lysons, Environs of London, ii. 118; C142/290/35; R. Halstead, Succinct Genealogies of Mordaunt, (1685), pp. 611-13; D.M. Cole, ‘Mansells of Oxwich and Margam, 1487-1631’ (Univ. of Birmingham MA thesis, 1966), p. 123; C2/Jas.I/M15/52. (2) by 1603 Jane (bur. 14 Mar. 1624), da. of Thomas Pole of Bishop Hall, Mdx., wid. of John Bussey of Lincs. and John Fuller (d.1592) of Stepney, Mdx., 2da. (1 d.v.p.) C78/319/15; Descriptive Cat. of Penrice and Margam Abbey Mss ed. W. de Gray Birch, ii. 105-6, 114. suc. fa. 1585; C142/209/35. Kntd. by 1593; NLW, Penrice and Margam 2965. cr. bt. 22 May 1611. C66/1942/86. d. 20 Dec. 1631. C142/490/179. sig. Th[omas] Mansell.

Offices Held

J.p. Glam. c.1580–d.; SP16/31/44. In this letter of 1626 Mansell claimed to have served as a magistrate for 46 years, whereas the modern compilation of Welsh justices dates his tenure from 1585: JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 289–99. chamberlain and chan., S. Wales 1585–d.; Cole, 69; E315/310, f. 12; E214/371. steward, Gower and Swansea, Glam., Penkelly, Brecs., royal manors, Pemb. 1585–d.; Cole, 69; NLW, Penrice and Margam L.67; W.J. Hemp Deeds 70; W. Glam. AS, B/S Corp. B1, ff. 104, 159, 202; C66/1709/3; M. Gray, ‘Power, Patronage and Pols.’, in Estates of English Crown ed. R.W. Hoyle, 153. commr. piracy, S. Wales 1586, 1601, 1615; APC, 1586–7, p. 144; C181/1, f. 6; 181/2, f. 228. dep. lt. Pemb. 1590–5, APC, 1590, pp. 248, 353; G. Owen, Taylor’s Cussion, pt. 1, f. 36. Glam. 1595–d.; APC, 1595–6, p. 15; E112/275/3; SP16/202/42. commr. recusants, Carm. 1592; APC, 1591–2, pp. 544–5. sheriff, Glam. 1593 – 94, 1603 – 04, 1622–3; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 257. Member, Council in the Marches 1601–d. P. Williams, Council in Marches of Wales, 352–3. commr. oyer and terminer, Wales 1602-at least 1626, C181/1, f. 32v; 181/2, ff. 17v, 201. sewers, Glam. 1604-at least 1626; C181/1, f. 87; 181/2, f. 234v; 181/3, f. 201. collector, Privy Seal loan, Glam. 1605, E401/2585, f. 75. commr. repair of sea walls, Glam. 1607 – 08, 1627, Glam. RO, Bushby I.12; W. Glam. AS, B/S Corp. B2, f. 126. subsidy 1608, 1622, 1624, 1629, SP14/31/1; C212/22/21, 23; E179/221/286. aid 1609, E179/283; SP14/43/107. houses of correction 1610, C181/2, f. 122v. public money retained in private hands, 1626, APC, 1626, p. 114. subsidy arrears 1626, E179/224/598. Forced Loan 1626–7. C193/12/2, f. 70v; SP16/53/84.

Member, Virg. Co. c.1618. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 86, 329.

Parlimentarian

MANSELL, Sir Thomas (c.1556-1631), of Margam, Glam.

Main residence: Margam, Glam.

Author

L.B.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

MANSELL, Sir Thomas (c.1556-1631)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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