WELDON, Thomas (c.1500-67), of Cookham, Berks.

Cofferer’s clerk 1520; third clerk of kitchen by Mar. 1526, second clerk by 1532, chief clerk by 1538 – 40; 1st master of Household by 1540; cofferer 1552 – 53, from 1559; keeper of the leads at Windsor castle from 1540, of the keys by 1553, great wardrobe 1559; j.p. Berks. by 1543, Wilts. from c. 1559; capt. in army in France 1544; high steward of New Windsor Apr. 1548-Sept. 1563.LP Hen. VIII, xiii(1), p. 457; xiii(2), p. 499; xv. p. 405; xvi. p. 202; xix(1), p. 160; Stowe 571, f. 59; APC, iii. 137; A. Woodworth, Purveyance for the Royal Household (American Philosoph. Soc.) 10; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 146; Bodl. Ashmole 1126, f. 41; CPR, 1547–8, p. 142; 1550–3, pp. 351, 393; 1553 and App. Edw. VI, pp. 413, 416.