Submitted by legacy on
Family and Education
b. 1494 /95, s. of Thomas Gargrave of Wakefield by Elizabeth, da. of William Levett of Normanton. educ. ?G. Inn or M. Temple. m. (1) by 1540, Anne, da. of William Cotton of Oxenhoath, Kent, 1s. Cotton; (2) by 1549, Jane, da. of Roger Appleton of Dartford, Kent, wid. of John Wentworth of North Elmsall, s.p. Kntd. (?3 Mar.) 1549.Date of birth estimated from inscription on portrait, R. C. Strong, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 126. DNB; Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 133, 341; Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 69; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxiv), 42; J. J. Cartwright, Chapters in Yorks. Hist. 2-3; J. Hunter, S. Yorks. ii. 214; CPR, 1548-9, p. 196; 1553-4, p. 410; C142/185/84, 223/80.
Offices Held

?Escheator, Yorks. 1519 – 20; steward, household of Thomas, Lord Darcy 1521 – 37; j.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 1542 – 53, q. 1554 – d., Yorks. (E. and N. Ridings) 1547 – 61, q. 1562 – d., Cumb., Durham, Northumb., Westmld. 1561, q. 1562 – d.; member, council in the north by Aug. 1544, v.-pres. by 1557 – d.; treasurer, forces of Earl of Warwick against Scotland July 1547, in the north July 1557; commr. chantries, Yorks. 1548, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, fortifications on Scottish border 1555, offences against the Acts of Uniformity and Supremacy 1561, border causes 1561, musters, Yorks. 1569; dep. constable, Pontefract castle, Yorks. by 1556; steward, York minster 9 June 1557; sheriff, Yorks. 1565 – 66, 1569 – 70; steward, lordship and soke of Doncaster, Yorks. by 1571; receiver, Exchequer, Yorks. temp. Eliz.; master in Chancery temp. Eliz.; recorder, Kingston-upon-Hull. LP Hen. VIII, iii, xvi, xx, xxi; CPR, 1548–9 to 1572–5 passim; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 336; J. H. Gleason, J.p.s. in Eng. 1558–1640, p. 224; CSP Dom. Add. 1566–79, pp. 318, 424, 521; APC, vi. 123, 147, 197; R. R. Reid, King’s Council in the North, 169, 183–4, 337, 492; Somerville, Duchy, i. 515; York chapter archs. W6, ff. 86v, 87 ex inf. D. M. Palliser; VCH Yorks. (E. Riding), i. 125; Recs. Doncaster, ii. 220; HMC Shrewsbury and Talbot, i. 47.

Speaker of House of Commons 1559.

Parlimentarian
GARGRAVE, Thomas (1494/95-1579), of North Elmsall and Kinsley, Yorks.
Main residences: North Elmsall; Kinsley, Yorks.
Author
M.K.D.
A.D.K.H.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title

GARGRAVE, Thomas (1494/95-1579)

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Oxford 1644
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