FARNEFOLD, Sir Thomas (1599-1644), of Gatewick, Steyning, Suss. and Little Almery, Westminster

Family and Education

b. 28 Jan. 1599, 2nd s. of Richard Farnefold (d. 1609) of Gatewick, and Dorothy, da. of Thomas Parson, yeoman, of Steyning. m. (1) 10 June 1616, Dorothy (bur. 17 Nov. 1636), da. of Bartholomew Rogers of Westminster, usher of the court of wards, 9s. (3 d.v.p.), 1da.; (2) 28 Oct. 1637, Elizabeth (d. 1661), da. of John Cudmore, of Kelvedon, Essex, s.p. W. Powell Breach, ‘Farnefold of Steyning’, Suss. Arch. Coll. lix. 84; A. M. Burke, Mems. of St Margaret's Westminster (1914), 324. suc. bro. Apr. 1611.St Dunstan in the West, London, par. reg. Kntd. 22 Dec. 1621.Shaw, Knights of Eng, ii. 178. bur. 15 Mar. 1644 15 Mar. 1644.Add. 5698, f. 248v; W. Suss. RO, PAR183/2/5, f. 49.

Offices Held

Central: usher, ct. of wards, 1627-c.1637.WARD9/421/159.

Court: gent. pensioner, 1628-aft. Jan. 1639.E407/1/43, 47–9; PC2/50, f. 37.

Civic: feoffee, Steyning g.s. 31 Aug. 1630.W. Powell Breach, ‘William Holland, Alderman of Chichester’, Suss. Arch. Coll. xliii. 80.

Local: j.p. Suss. 13 Aug. 1633–8 July 1637.C231/5, pp. 113, 253; C193/13/2; SP16/405, ff. 66–67v. Commr. sewers, 26 May 1637.C181/5, f. 69v.

Military: ?soldier, royal army, 1639.PROB11/192/153.

Parlimentarian

FARNEFOLD, Sir Thomas (1599-1644), of Gatewick, Steyning, Suss. and Little Almery, Westminster

: of Gatewick, Suss., Steyning and Little Almery, Westminster.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

FARNEFOLD, Sir Thomas (1599-1644), of Gatewick, Steyning, Suss. and Little Almery, Westminster

Will

1 June 1639, pr. 17 Dec. 1644.PROB11/192/153.

Estates

inherited from fa. Reynsley manor, Herts.PROB11/114/141. Inherited from bro., manors of Gatewick and Garvis, Suss.; assessed for lay subsidy at £10, 1626, 1628; Garvis was sold Feb. 1643.E179/191/377a, 384; Breach, ‘Farnefold’, 88; C54/2514/11; C54/3295/8; Suss. Manors, i. 202; W. Suss. RO, Wiston MS 6771. Mortgage of Gatewicke for £4,000 to Sir David Watkins and sale of portions of his estate in Steyning, and parcels of land in Surr., late 1620s.Breach, ‘Farnefold’, 102; W. Suss. RO, Wiston MSS 2485, 6381, 6774; Suss. Manors, i. 179; C54/3100/21; C54/3130/31.. Assessed for poor rate, Little Almery, Westminster, 4d. per week 1628-9, 6d per week 1634, 3d per week 1638, 1640-1.WPL, E152, E153, E154, E155. Wickham farm, Steyning, also Suss., mentioned in his will, June 1639; he then had debts of £600, but was owed more than £1000.PROB11/192/153. Owned Bidlington manor, Bramber, in 1644.Add. 39488, f. 256.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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