THORNTON, John (by 1529-1601), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. by 1529, prob. s. of John Thornton (d.1540) of Kingston-upon-Hull by Margaret. m. Joan, da. and coh. of Ralph Constable of St. Sepulchre’s in Holderness, at least 1s.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xi. 178, 238; Glover’s Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 57-58, 144, 146.

Offices Held

Alderman, Hull by 1550, mayor 1555 – 56, 1566 – 67, 1577 – 78; commr. sewers, Hull 1565, musters 1569, eccles. causes, province of York c. 1568, 1573, concealed lands, Hull 1584; gov. Hull fellowship of merchants 1577.J. M. Lambert, Two Thousand Years of Gild Life, 173, 236; T. Gent, Kingston-upon-Hull (1735), 120, 122, 125; CPR, 1566–9, pp. 172–3; 1569–72, p. 216; 1572–5, p. 169; L. M. Stanewell, Cal. Anct. Deeds, Kingston-upon-Hull, 105, 318.

Parlimentarian

THORNTON, John (by 1529-1601), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

Main residence: Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

Author

S.M.T.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

THORNTON, John (by 1529-1601)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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