THORPE, George (1575-1622), of Wanswell Court, Berkeley, Glos. and Westminster; later of Berkeley, Virginia

Family and Education

bap. 1 Jan. 1576, 1st s. of Nicholas Thorpe of Wanswell Court and his 1st w. Mary, da. of Christopher Wikes alias Mason, of Abingdon, Berks.A. Brown, Genesis of US, 1031; J. Smyth, Berkeley Mss ed. J. Maclean, iii. 376. educ. Staple Inn; M. Temple 1598. M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 11 July 1600, Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Porter† of Newent, Glos., s.p.; (2) 21 Feb. 1611, Margaret (d.1629), da. and h. of David Harris of Bristol, Glos. 2s. 1da. Brown, 1031; Smyth, ii. 179; Reg. St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxv), 84; C142/395/107; Berkeley Muns. ed. I.H. Jeayes, 260. suc. fa. 1600. C142/262/121. d. 22 Mar. 1622. C142/395/107. sig. Geo[rge] Thorpe.

Offices Held

J.p. Glos. by c.1605-c.1618; C66/1682; C66/2174. commr. sewers, Glos. 1607, 1615, Glos. and Worcs. 1607; C181/2, ff. 23v, 104v, 240v. freeman, Portsmouth, Hants 1615. Portsmouth Recs. ed. R. East, 348.

Gent. pens. by 1605–d.; E407/1/37; PRO 30/26/186. gent. of the privy chamber by 1620–?d. Recs. Virg. Co. i. 332.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1612 – d.; member, Somers Is. Co. 1615; T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 389. cllr. of state, Virg. 1620–d.; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 424. gov. Berkeley plantation, Virg. 1620–d. Ibid. i. 387.

Parlimentarian

THORPE, George (1575-1622), of Wanswell Court, Berkeley, Glos. and Westminster; later of Berkeley, Virginia

Main residences: Wanswell Court, Berkeley, Glos.; Westminster; Berkeley, Virginia.

Author

V.C.D.M.

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

THORPE, George (1575-1622)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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