MOMPESSON, Sir Thomas (1630-1701), of Mompesson House, The Close, Salisbury; Little Bathampton, Wylye, Wilts.; and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx.

b. 4 Jan. 1630, o. s. of Thomas Mompesson of The Close, by Catherine, da. and coh. of Thomas Davy of Roche Court, Winterslow, Wilts. educ. L. Inn 1648, called 1654. m. (1) ?Florence, ?at least 2da.; (2) lic. 21 June 1662 (with £1,500), Barbara (d. 1677), da. and h. of John Waterer of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 1s. 1da.; (3) 31 Aug. 1679, Elizabeth, da. of Matthew Nicholas, DD, of St. Paul’s 1660–1, wid. of Sir William Calley of Burderop Park, Chisledon, Wilts. and Thomas Willis, MD, of St. Martin’s Lane, Westminster. s.p. suc. fa. 1640, uncle Sir Giles Mompesson† at Codford St. Mary, Wilts. c.1651; Kntd. 23 Feb. 1662. Wilts. Inquisitions (Index Lib. xxiii), 297, 301; Wilts. Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. cv–cvi), 134; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 154; PCC 101, 109 Juxon, 139 Duke, 92 Laud, 83 Coventry; J. Harris, Epitaphs in Salisbury Cathedral, 122–4; Coll. Top. et Gen. v. 347; Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxxi. 181; Hoare, Wilts. Dunworth, 112, 117; Wilts. RO, 906/c40.