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bap. 13 July 1620, 1st s. of William Bristow of Elston, and Elizabeth, da. of Richard Hurst of Barrowby, Lincs.Elston par. reg; Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. n.s. v), 47. educ. G. Inn 4 Feb. 1647.G. Inn Admiss. 243. m. by 1649, Jane (bur. 3 Feb. 1676), da. of Norris Cave of Grantham, Lincs. 1s. 6da. (1 d.v.p.).Elston par. reg.; Vis. Notts. 47. suc. fa. May 1644. bur. 10 Nov. 1680 10 Nov. 1680.Elston par. reg.
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Local: commr. assessment, Retford 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;A. and O. Notts. 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660;An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28).; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 11 Feb. 1651–14 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 41, 391; C181/7, p. 78; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/9–11. Hatfield Chase Level 11 Aug. 1660–14 Dec. 1670;C181/7, pp. 22, 459. Notts. 22 May 1669.C181/7, p. 488. Clerk of the peace, 1653–8.E. Stephens, The Clerks of the Counties, 1360–1960 (1961), 143. Commr. charitable uses, 12 July 1653;C93/22/12. ejecting scandalous ministers, Derbys. and Notts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Notts. by Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 156. surveying Sherwood Forest 19 June 1657; militia, Notts. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR.

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BRISTOWE, Thomas (1620-80), of Elston and Beesthorpe Hall, Caunton, Notts.
: Caunton, Notts.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, attrib. W.C.T. Dobson, nineteenth century.Notts. RO.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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BRISTOWE, Thomas (1620-80), of Elston and Beesthorpe Hall, Caunton, Notts.

Will
not found.
Estates
in the early 1630s, Bristowe’s fa. paid £10 for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 140. By 1674, Bristowe owned a house (Beesthorpe Hall) of 6 hearths in Caunton and another house of 6 hearths in Elston.Notts. Hearth Tax 1664, 1674 ed. Webster, 105, 108. At d. possessed the manors of Beesthorpe and Elston and lands in Caunton, East Stoke, Kersall and Thorpe, Notts.Notts. RO, DD/BB/10/15.
Oxford 1644
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