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b. by 1500, 1st s. of Sir William Hilton, de jure 9th Lord Hilton, by Sybil, da. of Thomas Lumley of Lumley. m. (1) by 29 Oct. 1521, Elizabeth (d. 15 Apr. 1543), da. and coh. of John Clervaux of Croft, Yorks.; (2) Anne, da. of Sir Clement Harleston of South Ockendon, Essex, wid. of Nicholas Lambert of Owlton, co. Dur.; (3) Elizabeth (d. Mar. 1545), da. and h. of Sir Henry Boynton of Sedbury, Yorks., wid. of Sir Henry Gascoigne of Sedbury; (4) Agnes, da. and h. of John Ifield, wid. of Matthew Baxter of Newcastle. Kntd. 25 Sept. 1523; suc. fa. as de jure 10th Lord by 1537.Date of birth estimated from first reference. CP, vii. 30-32; Surtees, Dur. ii. 27; Vis. of the North, i (Surtees Soc. cxxii), 45; ii(cxxxiii), 140; LP Hen. VIII , viii; Morant, Essex, i. 99; Vis. Northumb. ed. Foster, 20; C24/98.
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Sheriff, Dur. 1532 – 33, 1533 – 34, under sheriff 1557 – 58; sheriff, Northumb. 1543 – 44, 1549 – 50; steward, escheator and sheriff, Bedlingtonshire 1537; j.p. Northumb. 1538, Dur. in 1543; steward, Tynemouth in 1545, steward and captain 1549 – d.; commr. chantries, Northumb., Newcastle-upon-Tyne and bpric. of Dur. 1548, relief from aliens, Northumb. and the bpric. of Dur. 1550, enclosure upon the middle march 1553, goods of churches and fraternities, bpric. of Dur. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1553.Arch. Ael. (ser. 4), xxii. 48; APC, i. 206; LP Hen. VIII, xiii, xv, xviii, xx; Northumb. Co. Hist. viii. 159–60; W. S. Gibson, Tynemouth Mon. ii. 115; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 122; CPR, 1548–9 p. 137; 1550–3, p. 394; 1553, p. 365; Hodgson, Northumb., i. 360.

Parlimentarian
HILTON, Sir Thomas (by 1500-59), of Hilton, co. Dur.
Main residence: Hilton, co. Dur.
Author
M.J.T.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title

HILTON, Sir Thomas (by 1500-59)

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