CARUS, Thomas (by 1515-71), of Halton, Lancs.; Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmld. and the Middle Temple, London.

Family and Education

b. by 1515, s. of William Carus of Asthwaite, Westmld. by Isabel, da. of Thomas Leyburn of Cunswick, Westmld. educ. M. Temple. m. by 1545, Catherine, da. of Thomas Preston of Preston Patrick, Westmld., 3s. 3da. Kntd. 1567.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxi), 60; H. Carus-Wilson and H. I. Talboys, Carus-Wilson Fam. 3-10; H. H. Leonard, ‘Knights and knighthood in Tudor Eng.’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1970), 302.

Offices Held

Lent reader, M. Temple 1556.

J.p. Lancs. 1538 – d., Westmld. 1554 – d., Berks., Cumb., Glos., Herefs., Mon., Oxon., Salop, Staffs., Worcs. 1558/59; commr. chantries, Cheshire, Chester and Lancs. 1548, Lancs. 1550, 1552, 1554, goods of churches and fraternities, Lancs. and Yorks. 1553, eccles. causes, diocese of Chester 1562; other commissions 1551 – d.; v.-chancellor at Lancaster, duchy of Lancaster by Aug. 1547–?d., feodary, Essex, Herts., London, Mdx. and Surr. 1553; serjeant-at-law Dec. 1558; Queen’s serjeant Oct. 1559; j. KB c.1566.LP Hen. VIII, xiii; CPR , 1554–5, p. 106; 1557–8, p. 457; 1558–60, pp. 21, 65, 335; 1560–3, pp. 94, 280–1, 434–5, 437, 441–4; 1563–6, pp. 20, 22–23, 25–28, 35, 37, 41, 104–5, 510; 1566–9, pp. 441, 444; 1569–72, pp. 37, 215, 223; VCH Lancs. ii. 96–98; Somerville, Duchy, i. 297; 298n, 215, 223; VCH Lancs. ii. 96–98; Somerville, Duchy, i. 297, 298n, 323n, 480–1, 611; Foss, Judges, v. 471.

Parlimentarian

CARUS, Thomas (by 1515-71), of Halton, Lancs.; Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmld. and the Middle Temple, London.

Main residences: Halton, Lancs. and Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmld and the Middle Temple, London.

Author

A.D.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

CARUS, Thomas (by 1515-71)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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