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Family and Education
b. c. 1495,R. C. Strong, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 126. s. of Thomas Gargrave of Wakefield by Elizabeth, da. of William Levett of Normanton. educ. ?G. Inn or M. Temple. m. (1) by 1540, Anne, da. of William Cotton of Oxenhoath, Kent, 1s. Cotton; (2) by 1549, Jane, da. of Roger Appleton of Dartford, Kent, wid. of John Wentworth of North Elmsall, s.p. Kntd. (?3 Mar.) 1549.DNB; Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 133, 341; Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 69; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxiv), 42; J. J. Cartwright, Chapters in Yorks. Hist. 2-3; J. Hunter, S. Yorks. ii. 214; CPR, 1548-9, p. 196; 1553-4, p. 410; C142/185/84, 223/80.
Offices Held

?Escheator, Yorks. 1519 – 20; steward, household of Thomas, Lord Darcy 1521 – 37; j.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) from 1542, (W. and N. Ridings) from 1547; custos rot. Yorks. from 1559; j.p. Cumb., co. Dur., Northumb., Westmld. from 1561; member, council in the north by Aug. 1544, vice-pres. from 1557; treasurer, forces of Earl of Warwick against Scotland July 1547, in the north July 1557; commr. eccles. causes 1561, border causes 1561, musters, Yorks. 1569; dep. constable, Pontefract castle by 1556; steward, York minster 9 June 1557; sheriff, Yorks. 1565 – 66, 1569 – 70; steward, lordship and soke of Doncaster, Yorks. by 1571; receiver, Exchequer, Yorks. temp. Eliz.; master in Chancery temp. Eliz.; recorder, Kingston-upon-Hull. LP Hen. VIII, passim; CPR, 1548–9 to 1572–5, passim; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 336; Add. 1566–79, pp. 318, 424, 521; J. H. Gleason, JPs in Eng. 1558–1640, p. 224; APC, vi. 123, 147, 197; Reid, Council of the North, 169, 183–4, 337, 492; Somerville, Duchy, i. 515; York chapter archives Wb, ff. 86v 87, ex inf. D. M. Palliser; VCH Yorks. (E. Riding), i. 125; Doncaster Recs. ii. 220; HMC Shrewsbury and Talbot, i. 47.

Speaker of House of Commons 1559.

Parlimentarian
GARGRAVE, Thomas (1494/95-1579), of North Elmsall and Kinsley, Yorks.
Main residences: North Elmsall, Kinsley; Nostell Priory, Yorks.
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Commons 1558-1603
Web Title

GARGRAVE, Sir Thomas (c.1495-1579)

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