FLEETWOOD, Thomas (1517/18-70), of London, The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks. and Rossall, Lancs.

Family and Education

b. 1517 /18, 2nd s. of William Fleetwood of Heskin, Lancs. by Ellen, da. of Robert Standish; bro. of John. m. (1) Barbara, da. (or cos.) and h. of Andrew Francis of London, 3s. inc. William 1da., (2) June 1563, Bridget, da. of Sir John Spring of Lavenham, Suff., 7s. inc. George and Henry 7da.Aged 52 at death, Chetham Soc. xxx. p. liv. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxi), 59; Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 227; R. Cunliffe-Shaw, Lancs. Fam. 180-1; J. B. Watson, ‘Lancs. gentry 1529-58’ (London Univ. M.A. thesis, 1959), 297-302.

Offices Held

Auditor of crown lands, Cheshire and Flints. 1544; teller, Tower I mint 13 Apr. 1545–7; auditor, ct. gen. surveyors of the King’s lands 1545 – 48; comptroller and assayer, Southwark mint 25 Dec. 1547 – 29 Sept. 1551; commr. chantries, Lancs., Cheshire and Chester 1548, new coinage 1550; esquire of the body by 1554; j.p. Bucks. 1558/59, q. 1562; under treasurer, Tower II mint 29 Sept. 1560 – 24 June 1562; sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 1564–5.LP Hen. VIII, xix, xx; Brit. Numismatic Jnl. xlv. 59–60; CPR, 1548–9, pp. 133, 135; 1553–4, p. 418; 1560–3, p. 434; 1569–72, p. 219; Lancs. and Cheshire Hist. Soc. lxviii. 144–5.

Parlimentarian

FLEETWOOD, Thomas (1517/18-70), of London, The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks. and Rossall, Lancs.

Main residences: London; The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks.; Rossall, Lancs.

Author

A.D.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

FLEETWOOD, Thomas (1517/18-70)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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