THOMPSON, William (c.1604-70), of Roxholme, Leasingham, Lincs.

Family and Education

b. c.1604, 1st s. of Richard Thompson, of Roxholme, and Ellen (bur. 18 Feb. 1624), da. of Richard King of Cottesmore, Rutland.C142/605/6; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lii), 962. educ. Magdalene, Camb. Easter 1621, aged 17.Al. Cant. m. (1) by 1626, Jane, da. of Thomas Thorold of Caythorpe, Lincs. 1s. (d.v.p.) 1da. (d.v.p.); (2) 14 Feb. 1632, Anne, da. of Charles White of Beauvale Priory, Greasley, Notts. 1s. (d.v.p.).Greasley par. reg.; Lincs. Peds. 963. suc. fa. 29 July 1640.C142/605/6. bur. 9 Apr. 1670 9 Apr. 1670.Leasingham bishop’s transcript.

Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 10 Feb. 1642–26 Feb. 1664;C181/5, f. 224v; C181/6, pp. 40, 390; C181/7, p. 78; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–11. Eastern Assoc. Lincs. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. sequestration, 3 July 1644, 1 Feb. 1650;CJ iii. 548b; LJ vi. 613b; SP46/105, f. 182. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 6 Aug. 1645, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Lincs. (Kesteven) 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; defence of Lincs. 3 Apr. 1645;A. and O. charitable uses, Morton, Lincs. 17 Feb. 1647;C93/19/23. Lincoln 3 Mar. 1656;C93/23/22. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648.LJ x. 359a. J.p. Kesteven 1 Sept. 1648-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 121. Holland, Lindsey 26 Sept. 1653-Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 267, 268. Commr. militia, Lincs. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 185, 337. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). poll tax, 1660.SR.

Military: capt. militia horse, Lincs. by July 1655-July 1659.SP25/77, pp. 871, 894; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 345; 1659–60, pp. 16, 24.

Central: master in chancery, extraordinary, July 1655–?C202/39/5.

Parlimentarian

THOMPSON, William (c.1604-70), of Roxholme, Leasingham, Lincs.

: of Roxholme, Leasingham, Lincs.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

THOMPSON, William (c.1604-70), of Roxholme, Leasingham, Lincs.

Will

28 Mar. 1670, pr. 20 Apr. 1670.Lincs. RO, W1670/i/22.

Estates

inc. manor of Roxholme, lands in Leasingham, Roxholme and Ruskington, Lincs. and lands and tenements in Balderton, Notts.C142/605/6; Lincs. RO, W1670/i/22. At d. personal estate valued at £889.Lincs. RO, INV/172/25.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

presented Gilbert Nelson to rectory of Anwick, Lincs., 1666.Lincs. RO, DIOC/PD/1666/56.

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