BLUDDER, Sir Thomas (d.1655), of Flanchford, Reigate, Surr.

Family and Education

b. c. 1597, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Bludder of Mile End, Stepney, Mdx. and Flanchford, and Mary, da. of Christopher Harris of Shenfield, Essex.C142/380/114; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 111, 126. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1614, BA 1617;Al. Cant. I. Temple 24 Jan. 1616.I. Temple Admiss. Database. m. (1) 23 Apr. 1618,St Mary le Strand, Westminster par. reg. Elizabeth, da. of Robert Brett of Rotherby, Leics., at least 1s. (d.v.p.), 1da. (d.v.p.);Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 111, 126; St Bartholomew the Great, London, par. reg. (2) bef. 2 Dec. 1636, Jane, da. of Henry Franklyn of Throwley, Kent, and wid. of John Bill (d. 3 May 1630), printer to the king, of Blackfriars, London, s.p.;Suss. Arch. Coll., vii. 137; J.L. Lievsay and R.E Davis, ‘A Cavalier Library’, Studies in Bibliography, vi. 143; CSP Dom. 1636-7, p. 267. (3) Elizabeth, da. of Hester Shaw of All Hallows, Barking, Essex ( Feb.? 1656, George Farington of London), s.p.CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 390; Lancs. RO, DDF/113; Manning, Bray, Surr., i. 316; VCH Surr. iii. 313. suc. fa. 2 Nov. 1618.VCH Surr. iii. 237. Kntd. 22 Apr. 1618.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 168. d. 29 Sept. 1655.Surr. Arch. Coll., xi. 197.

Offices Held

Central: jt. farmer of sea-coal imports, 19 Jan. 1620–d.SP14/141, f. 133; Coventry Docquets, 233; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 390. Farmer of fines, c.p. 23 June 1635.Coventry Docquets, 201, 228, 356. Surveyor of ordnance (in reversion), 28 Nov. 1627–?1628.CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 448; 1625–49, p. 313; APC 1627–8, pp. 249–51, 383, 386; Aylmer, King’s Servants, 289.

Mercantile: member, Virg. Co. June 1620.Recs. Virginia Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 318. Freeman, Barber Surgeons’ Co. 9 Aug. 1621.GL, MS 5257/4, p. 344.

Local: j.p. Surr. 1622–?43.C231/4, f. 146; C66/2858. Commr. subsidy, 1624;C212/22/23. Forced Loan, Surr., London 1627;T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 142; C193/12/2, ff. 58, 90. maltsters, Surr. 1636;PC2/46, f. 273. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642; SR. array (roy.), 1642.Northants. RO, FH133.

Court: gent. of privy chamber by 28 Nov. 1627–?44.CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 448.

Parlimentarian

BLUDDER, Sir Thomas (c.1597-1655), of Flanchford, Reigate, Surr. and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster.

: of Flanchford, Surr., Reigate.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BLUDDER, Sir Thomas (d.1655), of Flanchford, Reigate, Surr.

Will

14 July 1655, pr. 11 Dec. 1658.PROB11/285, f. 317.

Estates

manor of Flanchford; copyhold land in Reigate and Buckland; farms in the parishes of Leigh and Newdigate, Surr. mortgaged to Henry Bludder (d.1645) and then claimed by Henry Peck*; Ifield rectory, Suss.; claim to land in Essex; interest in sea coals.SP23/208, ff. 388, 398-9; CCC 1498.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

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