EDWARDS, Thomas (c.1673-by 1743), of the Middle Temple and Filkins Hall, Oxon.

b. c. 1673, 1st s. of Thomas Edwards, attorney-at-law, of Redland, and Broad Street, Bristol by his 1st w. educ. Balliol, Oxf. matric. 29 Oct. 1691, aged 18, BCL Hart Hall 1698; M. Temple 1693, called 1698, bencher 1724. m. c.1703, Mary, da. and h. of Sir William Hayman, merchant, of Bristol, mayor of Bristol 1684, 1s. (d.v.p.) 2da. suc. fa. 1727. M.T. Adm. i. 231; Add. 36648, f. 126; W. Barrett, Hist. Bristol, 392; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 1481; Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. n.s. xi), 188; A. S. T. Fisher, Hist. Broadwell, 59; Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. xxxviii. 176.