BRUCE, Thomas (1599-1663) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 2 Dec. 1599, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Edward Bruce, Ld. Kinloss [S], and Bar. Bruce of Kinloss [S], and Magdalen (d. aft. 1638), CSP Dom. 1637-8, p. 162; 1638-9, p. 144. da. of Sir Alexander Clerk, of Balbirnie, co. Fife, Scotland. educ. MA, Oxf. 31 Aug. 1636. m. (1) 4 July 1622 Anne (c.1604-27), da. of Sir Robert Chichester, KB, of Raleigh, Devon. 1s.; (2) 12 Nov. 1629 Diana (c.1601-54), da. and coh. of William Cecil^†, 2nd earl of Exeter, wid. of Henry de Vere^†, 18th earl of Oxford, s.p. KB 20 May 1638. d. 21 Dec. 1663; will 6 Apr. 1647 – 1 Nov. 1663, pr. 11 Jan. 1664. TNA, PROB 11/313.

Offices Held

Steward, royal honour of Ampthill, Beds. 1613–d., VCH Beds. iii. 267–71; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 217. forest of Gillingham, Dorset 1631–d., CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 500; 1638–9, p. 144. park of Byfleet, Surr. 1631–d.; HMC Laing, i. 221. commr., Dorset cttee. 1644, Western Association 1644, levying money Yorks. 1645, militia Beds. 1660. A. and O. i. 460, 490, 705; ii. 1426.

Commr., regulating excise 1645, foreign plantations 1646, exclusion from sacrament 1646, bishops’ lands 1646, Oxford appeals 1647, indemnity 1647, Navy and customs 1647. Ibid. 691, 840, 853, 905, 927, 937, 1047.

Parlimentarian

BRUCE, Thomas (1599-1663)

Associated with: Houghton House, Ampthill; Elgin House, St. John’, Clerkenwell, Mdx.; Whorlton and East Witton, Yorks.VCH Beds. iii. 290; E. Wood, History of Clerkenwell, p. 224; CSP Dom. 1637-8, p. 162; VCH Yorks. NR, i. 284; ii. 313.;

Likenesses

line engraving, W. Faithorne, 1664 (NPG D22720)

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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