Family and Education
s. and h. of Sir John Thornbury. m. by Sept. 1396, Margaret, da. and h. of John Durham of South Mimms, Mdx. by his 1st w. Joan, 2s. (d.v.p.) 1da. Kntd. by Mar. 1417.CAD, ii. B2567, 2570-1; PCC 49 Marche, 11 Stockton; C1/5/109; CPR, 1416-22, p. 87.
Offices Held
Commr. of inquiry, Herts. Nov. 1401 (robbery at Puckeridge), Feb., July 1436 (ownership of land at Thele), Feb. 1451 (felonies); oyer and terminer Mar., Sept. 1417 (evasion of labour services by bondsmen of St. Albans abbey), Bucks., Herts. Mar., July 1430 (complaints against the Cheyne family); to raise a royal loan, Herts. Mar. 1439.
J.p. Herts. 20 July 1424 – Mar. 1437.
Assessor of a tax, Herts. Jan. 1436.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Little Munden; Bygrave, Herts.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
THORNBURY, Sir Philip (-d.1457)
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Oxford 1644
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