SECKFORD (SAKFORD), Thomas (1515/16-87), of Gray’s Inn, London.

Family and Education

b. 1515 /16, 2nd s. of Thomas Seckford of Seckford Hall, Great Bealings, Suff. by Margaret, da. of Sir John Wingfield of Letheringham, Suff.; bro. of Thomas. educ. Camb.; G. Inn, adm. 1540, called 1542. m. lic. 18 Jan. 1567, Elizabeth (d. 28 Nov. 1586), da. of Thomas Harlowe, wid. of William Billingsley and Sir Martin Bowes (d. 4 Aug. 1566) both of London, s.p.Aged 67 in 1583 according to parents’ MI at Great Bealings. C142/175/69; ppr. on Seckford family read by P. Chandler to Soc. of Antiqs. 2 June 1923; Mar. Lic. London (Harl. Soc. xxv), 35; Wards 7/23/57; Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 64.

Offices Held

Ancient, G. Inn 1547, Lent reader 1556, treasurer 1565.

Dep. chief steward, duchy of Lancaster, northern parts 6 Sept. 1558; master of requests 9 Dec. 1558; j.p.q. Mdx. and Suff. 1558/59; steward, Marshalsea ct. by 1559 – ?70; commr. eccles. causes 1559; other commissions, London and E. Anglia; steward, bp. of Ely’s liberty, Suff. 1563; surveyor, ct. wards 1579.APC, vii. 17; Somerville, Duchy, i. 427; CPR, 1558–60, pp. 19, 28, 118; 1563–6, pp. 126, 184, 257, 488; 1566–9, p. 132; 1569–72, pp. 34, 217–18, 224, 440–2; Lansd. 104, f. 53; Exchequer deposition, Mich. 44–45 Eliz. 39, at Woodbridge; J. Hurstfield, Queen’s Wards, 224.

Parlimentarian

SECKFORD (SAKFORD), Thomas (1515/16-87), of Gray’s Inn, London.

Main residence: Gray's Inn, London.

Author

M.K.D.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

SECKFORD (SAKFORD), Thomas (1515/16-87)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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