FORSTER, Thomas (d.1467), of the Isle of Thanet and Canterbury, Kent.

Family and Education

s. of John Forster of the Isle of Thanet. m. (1) Christine, da. and h. of William Colyns of the Isle of Thanet, 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) bef. July 1457, Alice (fl.1504), da. of John Winter*, prob. wid. of William (d.v.p.), s. of William Bonnington*, 3s. 3da. Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone, Canterbury archdeaconry ct. wills, PRC 17/2, ff. 84v-86v. In this will Forster refers to his stepda. Joan Bonnington. She would appear to have been the girl of this name granted bequests in the will William Bonnington the MP made in Dec. 1463, as being his gd.da. and h., the da. of his late son William: Canterbury consist. ct. wills, PRC32/2, ff. 137-9.

Offices Held

Jurat, Canterbury Mich. 1459–61, 1462 – 63; mayor 1463 – 64; alderman by 1466. Canterbury Cath. Archs., Canterbury city recs., chamberlains’ accts. 1445–1506, CCA-CC-F/A/2, ff. 61, 64v, 75v, 83; Woodruff’s list, CCA-CC-WOODRUFF, bdle. 38, no. 1.

Tax collector, Canterbury July 1463.

Parlimentarian

FORSTER, Thomas (d.1467), of the Isle of Thanet and Canterbury, Kent.

Main residences: the Isle of Thanet; Canterbury, Kent.

Author

D.I.G.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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