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bap. 14 May 1598, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of John Foot, Grocer, of Royston, Herts. and London and Margaret, da. of one Brooke, leatherseller, of London.CB; GL, MS 5671; Misc. Gen. et Her. ser. 5, v. 50-1. educ. appr. Grocers’ Co c.1612. m. 20 Dec. 1625, Elizabeth (d. 10 Oct. 1666), da. of William Motte, alderman, of London, wid. of Augustine Boddicott of Stepney, Mdx., 1s. (d.v.p.) 6da. (3 d.v.p.).CB; GL, MS 5671; Misc. Gen. et Her. ser. 5, v. 50-1; Vis. London 1664 (Harl. Soc. xcii), 65. knt. 5 Dec. 1657;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 224. cr. bt. 21 Nov. 1660. d. 12 Oct. 1688.CB.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Grocers’ Co. 1619; liveryman, 5 Nov. 1627;GL, MS 11592A. alderman, London 25 May 1643 – Aug. 1660; sheriff, 1645 – 46; ld. mayor, 29 Sept. 1649–50.Beaven, Aldermen of London ii. 67; LMA, Rep. 56, ff. 173, 174; Jor. 41x, f. 7v.

Central: treas. Irish Adventurers, 14 July 1643, 13 Nov. 1647. Gov. excise office, 23 July 1643. Commr. excise, 9 Jan. 1644–55. Treas. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644. Commr. determining differences, Irish Adventurers, 1 Aug. 1654; security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656. Member, cttee. for improving revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658.CJ vii. 578a. Cllr. of state, 2 Jan. 1660.CJ vii. 801a.

Local: commr. sewers, London 15 Dec. 1645, 13 Aug. 1657;C181/5, f. 266v; C181/6, p. 256. Essex and Mdx. 11 Sept. 1660;C181/7, p. 47. assessment, London 23 June 1647, 7 Apr. 1649; Berks., Essex, Mdx., Surr. 9 June 1657; London militia, 2 Sept. 1647, 18 May 1648, 17 Jan. 1649, 16 Mar. 1658, 7 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. 1654 – 13 Nov. 1660A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1657–8, p. 330. Pres. St Bartholomew’s Hosp. 1649–61. 1654 – 13 Nov. 1660N. Moore, Hist. of St Bartholomew’s Hosp. (2 vols. 1918) ii. 801. Commr. oyer and terminer, London by Jan.; gaol delivery, Newgate gaol by Jan. 1654–13 Nov. 1660;C181/6, p. 1, 356; C181/7, pp. 1, 32. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655.Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 97–8 (E.489.15). J.p. Mdx. Apr. 1659-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 430.

Mercantile: member, E.I. Co. cttee. 17 Dec. 1657–9.Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1655–9, p. 197.

Parlimentarian
FOOT, Thomas (1598-1687), of St Bennet Gracechurch, London and Beenham, Waltham St Lawrence, Berks.
: of St Bennet Gracechurch, London and Waltham St Lawrence, Berks., Beenham.
Likenesses

Likenesses: fun. monument, West Ham church, Essex.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

FOOT, Thomas (1598-1687), of St Bennet Gracechurch, London and Beenham, Waltham St Lawrence, Berks.

Will
20 Oct. 1680, pr. 17 Nov. 1687.PROB11/389/159.
Estates
purchased manor of Beenham, Waltham St Lawrence, Berks. 1637, and later bought 5 more closes in the same par.VCH Berks. iii. 181. Salary as excise commr. estimated at £1,200 p.a.Mystery of the Good Old Cause (1660), 45 (E1923.2). In May 1648 rebuilt Hyde House, West Ham, Essex.C6/12/117; Lyson, Environs iv. 256; VCH Essex vi. 51, 118. Purchased Red Lion, Gracious St., London, 24 Mar. 1652.CCC 2140. By d. also owned lands at Burlingham, Norf. and an estate at W. Clandon, Surr.PROB11/389/159.
Oxford 1644
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