HOLCROFT, Sir Thomas (1557-1620), of Vale Royal, Cheshire

Family and Education

b. 17 July 1557,DL7/10/13. 1st s. of Sir Thomas Holcroft† of Vale Royal and Juliana, da. of Nicholas Jennings of London. educ. G. Inn 1588. GI Admiss. m. (1) Elizabeth (d.1595), da. of Edward Fitton† of Gawsworth, Cheshire, 1s.; (2) Elizabeth (d.1612), da. of Sir William Reyner of Orton Longueville, Hunts. wid. of Henry Talbot, 3rd s. of George, 6th earl of Shrewsbury, s.p. G. Ormerod, Hist. Cheshire, ii. 154; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. lix), 127. suc. fa. 1558; Kntd. 17 Apr. 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 100. d. 20 Feb. 1620. Cheshire and Lancs. Fun. Certs. ed. J.P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. vi), 110. sig. Tho[mas] Holcroft.

Offices Held

J.p. Cheshire c. 1587 – d., Lancs. by 1598-at least 1604; Lansd. 53, f. 178; C66/1549; Lancs. RO, QSC 1–3. commr. musters, Cheshire 1596, APC, 1595–6, p. 156. sewers, R. Dee and port of Chester, Cheshire 1607, Chester 1609, C181/2, ff. 46v, 233v. subsidy, Cheshire 1608; SP14/31/1. sheriff, Cheshire 1598–9; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 18. mayor, Wigan, Lancs. 1604; Wigan AS, D/DX Ap. G. 3. dep. lt. Cheshire by 1608. SP14/33, f. 4v.

Commr. Union 1604–6. CJ, i. 208b.

Member, Virg. Co. 1609.A. Brown, Genesis of US, 211.

Parlimentarian

HOLCROFT, Sir Thomas (1557-1620), of Vale Royal, Cheshire

Main residence: Vale Royal, Cheshire.

Author

C.R.K.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

HOLCROFT, Sir Thomas (1557-1620)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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