MATHEW, Thomas (c.1600-78), of Barnstaple.

Family and Education

b. c. 1600, 1st s. of Thomas Mathew of London, Skinner and Joan Curtice (d. 1653) of Basildon, Berks.Basildon par. reg.; PROB11/177/462; PROB11/227/468. m. 24 May 1630, Martha, da. of John Ayre, merchant of Barnstaple, 2s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Barnstaple Par. Reg. ed. T. Wainwright (Exeter, 1903), 54, 73, 75, 80, 83, 66, 86. suc. fa. July 1638.Reg. of St Dunstan in the East (Harl. Soc. Regs. lxix), 207. bur. 2 Nov. 1678 2 Nov. 1678.Barnstaple Par. Reg. ed. Wainwright, 87.

Offices Held

Mercantile: member, E.I. Co. 11 May 1631;CSP Col. E.I. 1630–4, p. 238. Herring Fisheries Co. 1633–?CUL, MS Dd.XI.71, ff. 31v, 34v.

Civic: recvr. Barnstaple 1633 – 34; constable, 1635 – 36; capital burgess by Oct. 1642;Cotton, Barnstaple and the Civil War, 83. mayor, 1652 – 53; alderman by 1663.N. Devon RO, B1/3974, 1121; J.B. Gribble, Memorials of Barnstaple (Barnstaple, 1830), 203.

Military: capt. of horse (roy.), ?1643–44.CCAM 1353; CCC 2766.

Parlimentarian

MATHEW, Thomas (c.1600-78), of Barnstaple.

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Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

MATHEW, Thomas (c.1600-78), of Barnstaple.

Will

pr. 31 May 1680.N. Devon RO, typescript list of Barnstaple wills.

Estates

lessee of property on Barnstaple quay, a house on Barnstaple Strand and ground behind it, by 1642.N. Devon RO, B1/3971, 1565.

Oxford 1644

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