Family and Education
b. c. 1610, 1st s. of Henry Boone of Dartmouth. m. 30 Oct. 1636, Dorothy (d. 9 Dec. 1657), da. of John Upton I* of Lupton, 9s. (6 d.v.p.), 7 da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. Feb. 1638. d. 26 Jan. 1680.J. Stabb, Some Old Devon Churches (1908-16), i. 239: PROB11/363/112; Dartmouth St Saviour and Brixham par. regs.
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Local: commr. defraying expenses of army in Devon, 17 Jan. 1643; additional sequestration, Devon 11 Apr. 1643; commr. for Devon, 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Som. 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Devon militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311b. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. 1649 – ?Apr. 1653Devon RO, DQS 28/5, 28/10, 28/11; A. and O. J.p. by 30 June, by Mar. 1654-bef. Oct. 1660.S.K. Roberts, ‘Devon Justices of the Peace, 1643–60’, in Devon Documents ed. T. Gray (Exeter, 1996), 161–5. Tideman, port of Exeter, 1652–3.E351/653.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 27 Dec. 1647;CJ v. 407a. cttee. of navy and customs by 18 July 1648.SP16/518, f. 100. Commr. for compounding, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O. removing obstructions, sales of bishops’ lands, 17 Jan., 4 May 1649.CJ vi. 120b, 201b. Member, cttee. for excise, 10 Feb. 1649.CJ vi. 137b. Commr. regulating trade, 1 Aug. 1650; admlty. and navy, 31 May 1659, 2 Feb. 1660.A. and O. Commr. inquiry into Newfoundland government, 1667.APC Col. i. 433.

Diplomatic: Amb. to Denmark and Sweden, 30 June 1659.CJ vii. 700a.

: Townstall, Devon.
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Commons 1640-1660
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BOONE, Thomas (c.1610-80), of Mount Boone, Townstall, Devon.

Will
14 Mar. 1678, pr. 25 May 1680.PROB11/363/112.
Estates
bought Membury manor, confiscated from dean and chapter of Windsor;C54/3587/4. fee farm rents in Devon, Som. and Yorks valued at £7,183.S.K. Roberts, Recovery and Restoration in an English County: Devon Local Administration 1646-1670 (Exeter, 1985), 162. Business interests in east Africa and India, 1649.Cal. Ct. Mins. E I. Co. 1644-49, 360.
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