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Family and Education
2nd s. of Sir Robert Urswyk by his 2nd. w. Ellen. m. by Apr. 1405, Joan, at least 1s. 1da.VCH Lancs. vi. 93; vii. 269; CP25(1) 279/150/16.. Chronological evidence, as well as the descent of certain family property, suggests that Thomas was the son of his father’s second, not first, marriage, but we cannot be entirely sure on this point.
Offices Held

Commr. to make an arrest, Lancs. 1410;Chetham Soc. n.s. xcvi. 148. of array Mar. 1430; to assess persons liable for taxation Apr. 1431.

Master forester of Amounderness, Quernmore and Wyresdale in the duchy of Lancaster, Lancs. 1 July 1413 – 10 Nov. 1443; receiver of the duchy estates in Lancs. and Cheshire 24 Nov. 1417 – 10 Nov. 1443; chief baron of the duchy exchequer, Lancaster 1436–10 Nov. 1443.Somerville, Duchy, i. 484–5, 494, 506.

J.p. Lancs. Mar. 1418, Aug. 1426, Dec. 1435, Mar. 1436, Feb. 1437, Mar. 1440-aft. May 1441.Ibid. i. 494; DKR, xl. 533–7.

Collector of taxes, Lancs. Apr. 1431,DKR, xxxiii. 33. Jan. 1436.

Dep. to Thomas Chaucer, chief butler of England, in Liverpool to Dec. 1422, extended to all Lancs. 2 May 1429.

Parlimentarian
URSWYK, Thomas I
Main residences: Tatham, Lancs.; Badsworth, Yorks.
Author
C.R.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
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URSWYK, Thomas

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Oxford 1644
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