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TOMSON, Laurence (1539-1608), of London; later of Laleham, Mdx.

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b. 1539, of a Northants. family. educ. Magdalen Coll. Oxf. 1556, BA 1559, MA 1564, fellow 1559-69; Heidelberg 1568. m. Jane, 1da.
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Sec. to Francis Walsingham 1575 – 90.

Main residences: London; Laleham, Mdx.
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This biography is largely based upon DNB and A. F. S. Pearson, Thomas Cartwright and Elizabethan Puritanism, 1535-1603.

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TOMSON, Laurence (1539-1608)

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THYNNE, Sir John (1513 or 1515-80), of Longleat, Wilts.

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b. 1513 or 1515, 1st s. of Thomas Thynne of Stretton, Salop by Margaret, da. of Thomas Heynes or Eynes of Stretton. m. (1) 1548, Christian or Christiana, da. of Sir Richard Gresham of London, 3s. inc. John and Thomas I 3da.; (2) by 1567, Dorothy, da. of William Wroughton of Broadhenton, later wife of Sir Carew Ralegh of Downton, 5s. Kntd. 1547.Genealogist, xi. 193-5; Wilts. Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. cv, cvi), 192-3; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 461.
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Citizen and mercer of London; high steward, Warminister; surveyor, crown lands, Wilts. 1545, 1580; commr. chantries 1548, musters 1569; sheriff, Som. and Dorset 1548 – 49, Wilts. 1569–70.

J.p. Wilts. from 1558, Glos. from 1558, Som. from 1573; custos rot. Wilts. from c.1564.Hoare, Wilts. Heytesbury, 80; Wilts. Arch. Mag. viii. 311–41; Lansd. 19, f. 208; 105, f. 104; CPR, 1548–9, p. 135; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 341; C66/985.

Main residence: Longleat, Wilts.
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THYNNE, Sir John (1513 or.1515-80)

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THYNNE, Thomas I (bef.1566-1625), of Biddestone St. Nicholas, Wilts.

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b. bef. 1566, 3rd s. of Sir John Thynne by his 1st w. and bro. of John. m. Ann or Dorothy, da. of Thomas Erneley of Brembridge, 2s. 3da., 1s. illegit.Wilts. Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. cv, cvi), 56, 193.
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Main residence: Biddestone St. Nicholas, Wilts.
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THYNNE, Thomas I (bef. 1566-1625)

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THYNNE, Thomas II (c.1578-1639), of Longleat, Wilts.

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b. c. 1578, 1st s. of John Thynne by Joan, da. of Sir Rowland Hayward of London. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. m. (1) c.1601, Maria, da. of George, Lord Audley; (2) c.1612, Catherine, da. of Charles Howard, 6s. 1da. suc. fa. 1604. Kntd. 1604.Wilts. Vis. Peds. (cv, cvi), 193; Ch. Inq. P. M. Misc. 535, 18 Chas. I, pt. 30, no. 47; Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxiii. 283.
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Sheriff, Wilts. 1607 – 08, Glos. 1621 – 22, Som. 1629 – 30, Salop 1633–4.

Main residence: Longleat, Wilts.
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THYNNE, Thomas II (c.1578-1639)

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