THOMPSON, Sir Henry (c.1625-83), of York and Marston, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. c. 1625, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Richard Thompson, and bro. of Edward Thompson. m. (1) Mary, da. of John Thompson, merchant, of York, s.p.; (2) Jane (bur. 5 Sept. 1661), da. and coh. of Richard Newton of York, 2s. 2da.; (3) by 1665, Susannah, da. of Thomas Lovell of Skelton, wid. of William Belt of Overton, and of Edward Stanhope of Grimston, Yorks., 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1653; Kntd. 8 Mar. 1665.Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 149; Le Neves’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 189.

Offices Held

Freeman, York, 1649, chamberlain 1651 – 52, alderman 1652 – d., ld. mayor 1663 – 64; commr. for assessment, York Aug. 1660–9, Yorks. (W. Riding) 1663 – 64, (E. Riding) 1673 – 80, (N. Riding) 1677–80 gov. of merchant adventurers, York 1667–72; dep. lt. (W. Riding) 1667 – ?79; j.p. (W. Riding) ?1667 – 80, (E. Riding) 1669 – 80; commr. for recusants, N. and E. Ridings and York 1675.Freemen of York (Surtees Soc. cii), 109; CSP Dom. 1667–8; p. 151; Le Neves’s Knights, 189.

Parlimentarian

THOMPSON, Sir Henry (c.1625-83), of York and Marston, Yorks.

Main residences: York; Marston, Yorks.

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

THOMPSON, Sir Henry (c.1625-83)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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