RANDOLPH, Thomas (1523-90), of St. Peter’s Hill, London and Milton, Kent.

Family and Education

b. 1523, 2nd s. of Avery Randolph of Badlesmere, Kent by Anne, da. of Sir John Gaynsford of Crowhurst, Suss. educ. Canterbury sch.; Christ Church, Oxf., BA 1545, BCL 1548, suppl. DCL 1566, 1574. m. (1) 1571, Anne, da. of Thomas Walsingham of Chislehurst, Kent, s.p.s.; (2) by 1575, Ursula, da. of Henry Copinger of Buxhall, Suff., 3s. prob. 3da.Wood, Ath. Ox. i. 563-7; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 12; CSP Dom. 1547-80, pp. 301, 424; CSP For. 1569-71, p. 176; London IPMs (Brit. Rec. Soc. Index Lib. xxxvi), 146-7; Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 129; PCC 75 Drury.

Offices Held

Notary public by Apr. 1548; principal, Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 1549 – 53; envoy to Germany 1558, Scotland 1559 – 66, Russia 1568 – 69, Scotland 1570, 1572, France 1573, 1576, Scotland 1578, 1581, 1586; master of the posts from 1567; constable (by assignment from Sir Robert Constable), Queenborough castle from 1567; steward, manors of Milton and Merden, Kent from 1567; chamberlain of the Exchequer from 1572; j.p. Kent from 1573, commr. musters from c.1584.CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 301; 1581–90, p. 672; Add. 1566–79, p. 453; CSP For. 1572–4, pp. 433–4; 1575–7, pp. 302–4; CPR, 1566–9, p. 144; 1569–72, p. 448; Lansd. 22, f. 51; 106, f. 132; Harl. 474, f. 75.

Parlimentarian

RANDOLPH, Thomas (1522/23-90), of St. Peter’s Hill, London and Milton, Kent.

Main residences: St. Peter's Hill, London; Milton, Kent.

Notes

Acknowledgments are due to Drs. K. P. Frescoln and N. M. Sutherland for help with this biography.

Author

P.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

RANDOLPH, Thomas (1523-90)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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