WISE (WYES), Sir Thomas (c.1576-1630), of Sydenham, Marystow, Devon
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Family and Education
b. c. 1576,Age estimated from date of admiss. to L. Inn. 2nd s. of Thomas Wise (d.1593) of Sydenham and Mary, da. of Richard Buller of Shillingham, Cornw. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 791.educ. L. Inn 1594.LI Admiss.m. pre-nuptial settlement 1 Mar. 1600, Margery, da. and h. of Robert Stafford of Stowford, Devon, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. Vivian, 791; LI Admiss. (Edward Wise).suc. bro. by 1600?; KB 25 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 156. admon. 14 Apr. 1630. PROB 11/157, f. 308v.sig. Tho[mas] Wyes.
Offices Held
Commr. piracy, Devon 1603, 1614, C181/1, f. 69v; 181/2, f. 200v. j.p. by 1604–d., C66/1662, 2527. commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1606–d., C181/2, f. 7v; 181/4, f. 43. subsidy, Devon 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. sheriff 1611–12,List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 37. dep. lt. 1618-at least 1628, C181/2, f. 306v; APC, 1627–8, p. 435. commr. inquiry into Lizard lighthouse, Cornw. 1623,APC, 1623–5, pp. 41–2. billeting, Devon and Cornw. from 1625, Ibid. 1625–6, pp. 55, 261–2. martial law 1625, 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 180; APC, 1627–8, p. 79. Forced Loan, Devon 1627, C193/12/2, f. 10. duchy of Cornw. assessions 1628,CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 7. swans, W. Country 1629. C181/4, f. 2v.