THYNNE, John (1512/13-80), of London and Longleat, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. 1512 /13, 1st s. of Thomas Thynne of Church Stretton, Salop by Margaret, da. of Thomas Eynns of Church Stretton. m. (1) settlement Jan. 1549 Christian, da. of Sir Richard Gresham of London, 3s. 3da.; (2) 1566/67, Dorothy, da. of Sir William Wroughton of Broad Hinton, Wilts., 5s. Kntd. 10 Sept. 1547.Aged 4 in 1517, The Gen. n.s. xi. 194; Wilts. Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. cv, cvi), 192; CPR, 1547-8, p. 331; PCC 31 Populwell; HMC Hatfield, i. 325; DNB.

Offices Held

Servant of the 2nd Lord Vaux of Harrowden in 1535; steward of the household to Edward Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp and later Earl of Hertford and Duke of Somerset 1536 – 50; surveyor, ct. augmentations, Wilts. by 1545 – 53, Exchequer 1554 – d.; common packer, London Aug. 1547; commr. chantries, Wilts. and Salisbury 1548, musters, Wilts. 1569, loan 1570, subsidy 1576; sheriff, Som. and Dorset 1548 – 49, Wilts. 1569 – 70; high steward, Warminster Wilts. in 1553; j.p.q. and custos rot. Wilts. 1558/59–d.LP Hen. VIII, ix; HMC Bath, iv. 340; CSP Dom. 1547–80, pp. 29, 341; City of London RO, Guildhall, rep. 11, ff. 367–7v; 16, ff. 477–7v; Lansd. 19, f. 208; Stowe 571; f. 11V; Wilts. Arch. Mag. viii. 311; xiv. 201, 204; CPR, 1548–9, p. 135; 1560–3, pp. 443, 523; 1563–6, pp. 28, 42; Two Taxation Lists (Wilts. Arch. Soc. recs. br. x), 138; SP12/121, 132; VCH Wilts. v. 89.

Parlimentarian

THYNNE, John (1512/13-80), of London and Longleat, Wilts.

Main residences: London; Longleat, Wilts.

Author

T.F.T.B.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

THYNNE, John (1512/13-80)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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