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b. 1 May 1594, 2nd s. of William Thorowgood (d.1625), commissary of Norf. and rector of Grimston, Norf. and 1st w. Ann, da. of Henry Edwards of Norwich.J. Thorowgood, The King of Terrors Silenced (1665), 160; Vis. Mdx. 1663 (1820), 34-5; Vis. Norf. 1664 (Norf. Rec. Soc. iv-v), ii. 219. m. 6 May 1630, Frances, da. of Thomas Meautys of St Julian’s Hosp., St Albans, Herts., s.p.St Clement Danes par. reg.; Vis. Mdx. 1663, 34; Vis. Norf. 1664, ii. 219; Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv), i. 247. Kntd. 1633.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 201. d. betw. 12 Nov. and 4 Dec. 1675.PROB11/349/301.
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Court: gent. pensioner, 1631-aft. Aug. 1642;Badminton, Beaufort archives, Fm H2/4/1, f. 17; E407/1/47–49. gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, 1634, by 1663–?d.LC5/134, p. 10; Vis. Mdx. 1663, 34.

Local: commr. assessment, Mdx. 1642, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Westminster 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Norf. 9 June 1657.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Feoffee, Viscountess Campden’s charity, Kensington 1643.T. Faulkner, Hist. and Antiquities of Kensington, 322–3. Commr. Mdx. militia, 25 Oct. 1644, 2 Aug. 1648. 15 Oct. 1645 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. J.p. Mdx.; Westminster by Feb. 1650 – ?Mar. 1660; Norf. July 1651–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 26, 219. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648; Mdx. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650;Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). oyer and terminer, Mdx. by Jan. 1654–5 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 3, 328. Norf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 379. sewers, Mdx. 31 Mar. 1654–17 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 5, 200. Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655–8 Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 68, 319. Norf. and Suff. 20 Dec. 1658;C181/6, p. 338. almshouses of Windsor, 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, King’s Lynn 1645.King’s Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C7/10, f. 173; Cal. of the Freemen of Lynn (Norwich, 1913), 158.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, Feb. 1649, 26 Mar. 1650, 21 Nov. 1653, 13 June 1654.CJ vi. 132a; A. and O. Trustee, maintenance of preaching ministers, 8 June 1649, 2 Sept. 1654; augmentations for preaching ministers, 5 Apr. 1650. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656;A. and O. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658.CJ vii. 578a.

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THOROWGOOD (THOROUGHGOOD), Sir John (1594-1675), of Kensington, Mdx. and Chivers Hall, High Ongar, Essex.
: of Kensington, Mdx. and Chivers Hall, High Ongar, Essex.
THOROUGHGOOD
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Commons 1640-1660
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THOROWGOOD (THOROUGHGOOD), Sir John (1594-1675), of Kensington, Mdx. and Chivers Hall, High Ongar, Essex.

Will
12 Nov. 1675, pr. 4 Dec. 1675.PROB11/349/301.
Estates
leased house at Kensington, 1635;Survey of London, xlii. 5. bought manor of Chivers Hall alias Passfield Chivers, High Ongar, Essex, 1650;VCH Essex, iv. 178. bought freehold of his lands at Kensington for £800, 1655;Survey of London, xlii. 5. owned 14 acres at Kensington, 1675;Faulkner, Kensington, 602. sold Chivers Hall to William Stane*, 1675.VCH Essex, iv. 178.
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