THORNBURGH, William, of Longsleddale and Whinfell, Westmld.

Family and Education

prob. s. and h. of William Thornburgh (b.1340) of Longsleddale and Whinfell by a da. of Robert Lengleys. m. poss. c.1383, Idonea, at least 5s. inc. Roland, 1da.Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. n.s. xx. 82, 88-90; CIPM, xi. no. 474; CPL, vi. 406; RP, iv. 163-4. The ped. of Wm. Thornburgh given in Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. n.s. xiv. 61-62 is completely unreliable, not least because he is confused with his putative father.

Offices Held

Commr. of gaol delivery, Carlisle castle Jan. 1390;C66/329 m. 17v. array, Westmld. Mar. 1392; to partition the estates of Sir Alan Heton July 1394; of inquiry, Cumb., Yorks. Mar. 1406 (desertions to Welsh rebels).

Escheator, Cumb., Northumb. and Westmld. 24 Oct. 1392-Nov. 1394.

Collector of taxes, Westmld. Nov. 1392, July 1413.

Alnager, Westmld. 20 July 1394–17 Oct. 1399.

Parlimentarian

THORNBURGH, William, of Longsleddale and Whinfell, Westmld.

Main residences: Longsleddale; Whinfell, Westmld.

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

THORNBURGH, William

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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