PALMER, Thomas (by 1520-82), of Parham, Suss.

Family and Education

b. by 1520, 1st s. of Robert Palmer of London and Parham by 1st w. Bridget, da. and coh. of John Wesse or West of Millington, Yorks. m. (1) Bridget or Griselda da. of John Caryll of Warnham, Suss., 3da.; (2) by 1557, Catherine, da. of Sir Edward Stradling of St. Donats, Glam., 1 or 2s. suc. fa. May 1544. Kntd. 2 Oct. 1553.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/70/46. Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 25; PCC 12 Pynnyng; Comber, Suss. Genealogies (Horsham), 45; Suss. Rec. Soc. xix. 166.

Offices Held

J.p. Suss. 1547 – 61, q. 1562-d.; commr. relief 1550, musters, Chichester 1580; other commissions Suss. 1554 – 65; collector for loan 1562; sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1559 – 60; dep. lt. Suss. 1569–82.CPR, 1547–8, p. 90; 1553, p. 359; 1553–4, pp. 24, 28, 37; 1554–5, p. 110; 1563–6, pp. 27, 38, 40, 42; Osborn coll. Yale Univ. Lib. 71.6.41; SP12/6, f. 133; APC, vii. 283; xii. 8; J.E. Mousley, ‘Suss. country gentry in the reign of Eliz.’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1956), 641.

Parlimentarian

PALMER, Thomas (by 1520-82), of Parham, Suss.

Main residence: Parham, Suss.

Author

R.J.W.S.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

PALMER, Thomas (by 1520-82)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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