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bap. 23 May 1599, ?3rd s. of Richard Cholmley (d. aft. 1623) of Tunstall, Catterick, Yorks. and 1st w. Isabel, da. of Henry Lawson of Neasham, co. Dur.Darlington, co. Dur. par. reg.; Drapers’ Co. Archives, Drapers’ Hall, London, Boyd’s reg. of apprentices and freemen, unfol.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 445; Yorks. Stuart Fines ed. W. Brigg (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lviii), 218. educ. appr. Draper, London 6 Sept. 1615-15 Jan. 1623.Drapers’ Co. Archives, Boyd’s reg. of apprentices and freemen. m. by 1628, Katherine, da. of ?William Conyers of Brancepeth, co. Dur. at least 8s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da.Brancepeth, co. Dur. par. reg.; PROB11/235, f. 246; CSP Dom. 1656-7, p. 211; Penrith Par. Regs. 1605-60 ed. F. Haswell (Penrith, 1939), 57; Abbott, Writings and Speeches, i. 671-2. d. 1654.PROB11/235, f. 246; Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/392.
Offices Held

Mercantile: freeman, Drapers’ Co. 15 Jan. 1623–?Drapers’ Co. Archives, Boyd’s reg. of apprentices and freemen.

Local: collector of customs, Carlisle c.1632–?d.;C6/2/23; E351/648–53; SC6/CHASI/1665, m. 6; SP28/259, f. 391; CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 211; Abbott, Writings and Speeches, i. 672. searcher of customs, 26 Sept. 1633–2 Oct. 1636.PC2/45, f. 209v; Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLONS/W/1/31, p. 39. Bailiff of queen’s liberties, Cumb. 6 Feb. 1636–?Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/390, 399. J.p. c.Oct. 1644–d.HMC Portland, i. 186; CJ iii. 678a. Commr. assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645;A. and O. charitable uses, 2 June 1647;C93/19/24. compounding with delinquents northern cos. 2 Mar. 1649;SP18/1/23, f. 32. propagating gospel northern cos. 1 Mar. 1650;CJ vi. 374a; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 23 (28 Feb.-7 Mar. 1650), 312 (E.534.15). sequestration, Cumb. 20 Sept. 1650;CCC 312. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–d.C181/6, p. 19.

Military: muster master, royal army, Carlisle garrison May 1640-aft. July 1641.Add. 33223, ff. 7v, 27; Belvoir, PZ.4, f. 28. Col. and capt. of ft. (parlian.) 1 Oct. 1644–15 Oct. 1645.SP18/131/53, f. 124; SP28/140, f. 362; I. Tullie, Siege of Carlisle ed. S. Jefferson (Whitehaven, 1988), 10.

Civic: freeman, Carlisle 19 Feb. 1647–d.;Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/27. alderman, 14 Oct. 1648–d.;Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/1. mayor, Oct. 1653–d.Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DMH/10/5/17, p. 310.

Parlimentarian
CHOLMLEY, Thomas (1599-1654), of Carlisle and Little Salkeld, Cumb.
: of Carlisle and Little Salkeld, Cumb.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

CHOLMLEY, Thomas (1599-1654), of Carlisle and Little Salkeld, Cumb.

Will
1 July 1654, pr. 18 Nov. 1654.PROB11/235, f. 246.
Estates
at d. inc. capital messuage of Little Salkeld and an adjoining water corn mill, a tenement in Fishergate, Carlisle, lease of land at Wery Holme, Cumb., and a moiety of the toll [at Carlisle?] on ‘Scots goods’.PROB11/235, f. 246.
Oxford 1644
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