Family and Education
bap. 1 Mar. 1589, 1st s. John Middleton† of Horsham, Suss., and Frances, da. of Nicholas Fowle of Rotherfield.Add. 5697, f. 294; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 56; Berry, Suss. Pedigrees, 4. educ. Trinity, Camb. Easter 1606;Al. Cant. I. Temple, 18 June 1608.I. Temple database. m. (lic. 26 May 1610), Barbara Shelley of Worminghurst, Suss.,Add. 5698, f. 268; Cal. Suss. Mar. Lics. (Suss. Rec. Soc., ix), 43. 6s. (2 d.v.p.), 5da. (1 d.v.p.).Par. Reg. Horsham (Suss. Rec. Soc., xxi); Comber, Suss. Genealogies Horsham, 273-8. suc. fa. 17 July 1636.Comber, Suss. Genealogies Horsham, 273-8; Notes IPMs Suss, 160. d. betw. July-30 Oct. 1662.ASSI35/102/7; ASSI35/103/7; ASSI35/103/8; PROB11/309/290.
Offices Held

Local: capt. militia, Suss. 1618, 1623.Preston Park Manor, Brighton, Thomas-Stanford Collection, Misc. 65, 66/14. Commr. sewers, 1624, 1625, 1630, 1637, 20 July 1641.C181/3, ff. 134, 167; C181/4, ff. 47, 54; C181/5, ff. 70, 206. J.p. 1634–?, 26 July 1637-bef. Jan. 1650.C193/13/2; SP16/405; C231/5, p.268; Coventry Docquets, 73. Commr. charitable uses, 1636, 1639;C192/1, unfol. oyer and terminer, 1637, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 69; C181/5, f. 235. piracy, 1637;C181/5, f. 69. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, ?1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;E179/388; SR; Noyes, ‘Commrs. subsidies Suss.’, 104. assessment, 1642, 21 Mar. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, ? 1 June 1660, ?1661;LJ v. 658b; SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Suss., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Suss. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 235v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O.

: of Hills Place, Horsham and later of Hangleton, Suss.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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MIDDLETON, Thomas (1589-1662), of Hills Place, Horsham, and later of Hangleton, Suss.

Will
16 Oct. 1661, pr. 30 Oct. 1662.PROB11/309/290.
Estates
in 1636, Hills Place, Horsham, and lands in Isfield and Rusper;Notes IPMs Suss., 160; WARD7/94/120. In 1641 sold Findon manor to earl of Thanet for £5,500;Suss. Manors, i. 167; C54/3276/25. in Oct. 1650, valued at £488 p.a.;CCC, 339. in 1660, valued at £600 p.a.Blaauw, ‘Passages of the Civil War in Suss.’, 104.
Oxford 1644
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