VAVASOUR, Thomas (1560-1620), of Skellingthorpe, Lincs. and Ham, Surr.

Family and Education

b. 1560, 1st s. of Henry Vavasour of Copmanthorpe, Yorks. by Margaret, da. of Sir Henry Knyvet of ?Charlton, Wilts. educ. Eton; Caius, Camb., fellow-com. 1576. m. Mary, da. and h. of John Dodge of Copes, Suff., wid. of Peter Houghton, alderman of London, 4s. 2da. Kntd. bef. Aug. 1595.J. Foster, Yorks. Peds. i (unpaginated); Glover, Vis. Yorks. 1584-5, p. 121; Al. Cant. i(4), 297; Abstr. Wills PCC Reg. Soame, ed. Lea, 387; HMC Hatfield, v. 357.

Offices Held

Capt. in the Netherlands Aug. 1585 – May 1591, Feb. – Oct. 1598; gent. pens. 1586 – 1603; butler of port of London from 1603; knight marshal of Household 1604 – 18; farmer of alnagership of old draperies, Yorks. 1606; forester, Galtres, Yorks. HMC Hatfield, viii. 313–14; xv. 323–4; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 164; 1611–18, pp. 159, 586; 1619–23, p. 236; LC 2/4/4; VCH Yorks. ii. 414; PRO Index 6800.

Parlimentarian

VAVASOUR, Sir Thomas (1560/1-1620), of Blackfriars, London and Skellingthorpe, Lincs.

Main residences: Skellingthorpe, Lincs.; Ham, Surr.

Author

S.T.B.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

VAVASOUR, Thomas (1560-1620)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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