THOMAS, Mark (1615-62), of Rye, Suss.

Family and Education

bap. 29 Oct. 1615, 2nd s. of Mark Thomas of Rye and Martha Higgons (d. 1645), da. of William Thorpe of Rye.Add. 5697, ff. 109v. 110v; E. Suss. RO, Rye par. reg. transcript; Vidler, New Hist. Rye, 67, 69, 70, 73; HP Commons 1558-1603, ‘Thomas Hamon’. educ. Emmanuel, Camb., 27 May 1633; BA Trinity, 1636;Al. Cant.; W. W. R. Ball and J. A. Venn, Admiss. to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1546-1700 (1913), 351. M. Temple, 12 Nov. 1634.M. Temple Admiss. i. 130. m. (1) ?18 Dec. 1641, Barbara Cotherton, 6s. (2 d.v.p.), 2da;Cal. Suss. Marr. Lics. (Suss. Rec. Soc. i), 284; Add. 5697, ff. 109v, 110v. (2) Mary.E. Suss. RO, Rye MS 122/67. bur. 13 Mar. 1662 13 Mar. 1662.Add. 5697, f. 111.

Offices Held

Local: commr. charitable uses, Rye 2 June 1657;E. Suss. RO, Rye MS 112/5. assessment, Suss. 1 June 1660;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sewers, Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 7 Dec. 1660.C181/7, p. 72.

Civic: freeman, Rye 6 Jan. 1659;E. Suss. RO, Rye MS 1/14, f. 293v. mayor, 1660.Vidler, New Hist. Rye, 160.

Parlimentarian

THOMAS, Mark (1615-62), of Rye, Suss.

: of Rye, Suss.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

THOMAS, Mark (1615-62), of Rye, Suss.

Will

not found.

Estates

property in King Street, Rye, Mar. 1650.Suss. Arch. Coll. xxxix. 21. ?1652, King’s Field, Rye;W. Suss. RO, Wiston MS 2248; E. Suss. RO, AMS 316; PROB11/239/190. property in King Street, Rye, Mar. 1650.Suss. Arch. Coll. xxxix. 21. Real estate assessed at £50 p.a., and personal estate at £100, Sept. 1660.E. Suss. RO, Rye MS 82/82.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

lodging at the sign of the Chequer (confectioner’s house) in King Street, Westminster, 1659.E. Suss. RO, Rye MS 47/157/9.

Religion

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