BECKINGHAM, Sir Thomas (c.1574-1633), of Tolleshunt Major, Essex

b. c. 1574, 1st s. of Thomas Beckingham of Tolleshunt Major and Mary, da. of Thomas Hill of Derby, Derbys.Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 149. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 1590, aged 16; L. Inn 1593. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Waldegrave† of Smallbridge, nr. Sudbury, Suff., 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) settlement Feb. 1627, Katherine, da. of William Cotton of Panfield, Essex, wid. of Thomas Rivett* of Rattlesden, Suff., s.p. suc. fa. 1596; Kntd. 5 Aug. 1603. d. 13 Sept. 1633. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 122, 149; C142/513/22; Add. 19146, f. 293; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 128.