THOMPSON, William (bef. 1574-1637), of Scarborough and Humbleton, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. bef. 1574,Mentioned in his fa.’s will of 25 July 1574: Borthwick, Reg. Test. 19, f. 697. 2nd s. of William Thompson Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 489 and iii. 41 wrongly gives Richard Thompson, his childless uncle, as his fa.: Borthwick, Reg. Test. 28, f. 174. (d.1574) of Scarborough and Anne, da. of William Langdale of Hackness, Yorks. and Scarborough, wid. of Peter Fish (d. c.1552) of Scarborough. Borthwick, Reg. Test. 13, f. 897v; Reg. Test. 19, f. 697; Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 183-4. m. bef. c.1583, His 2nd s. Francis was born c.1583, see G. Poulson, Holderness, ii. 63-4. Elizabeth, Scarborough Recs. ed. M.Y. Ashcroft (N. Yorks. RO, xlvii), 355. da. of John Barker of Scarborough, 3s. 3da. Poulson, ii. 63-64; Borthwick, Reg. Test. 19, f. 831. d. 1 Dec. 1637. VCH N. Riding, ii. 556. sig. Will[ia]m Thompson.

Offices Held

Common cllr. Scarborough by 1597–d., Thompson would not have been elected Bailiff without being a common councilman. jnr. bailiff 1597 – 98, 1605 – 06, 1620 – 21, snr. bailiff 1616 – 17, 1629–30; CSP Dom. 1598–1601, p. 67; Scarborough Recs. 36, 77, 356, 363. snr. warden, Scarborough Shipowners’ Co. 1609, 1614, 1621. N. Yorks. RO, mic 1320/1906, 1943, 1952–3, 1957–8.

Parlimentarian

THOMPSON, William (bef. 1574-1637), of Scarborough and Humbleton, Yorks.

Main residences: Scarborough; Humbleton, Yorks.

Author

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

THOMPSON, William (bef. 1574-1637)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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