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Family and Education
bap. 4 Mar. 1591, 3rd s. of Michael Gardiner, rector of Littlebury, Essex, and Great Greenford, Mdx. and Margaret, da. of Thomas Browne of London, Merchant Taylor.Greenford par. reg.; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 299. educ. Clifford’s Inn; I. Temple, 15 May 1610.I. Temple database. m. 8 Oct. 1618, Rebecca, da. of William Child of Cuddesdon, Oxon. and London, at least 2da. and 5s. (at least 3 d.v.p.).Greenford par. reg.; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 159; PROB11/259/392. Kntd. 25 Nov. 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 211. bur. 15 Oct. 1652 15 Oct. 1652.Cuddesdon par. reg.
Offices Held

Legal: called, I. Temple 16 Apr. 1618.I. Temple database; CITR ii. 107. Protonotary, Carm., Pemb., Card. c.1623-aft. Nov. 1631.Oxford DNB; E215/1061/1, 3. Treasurer’s auditor, I. Temple 3 Nov. 1624, 3 Nov. 1629, 3 Nov. 1631; auditor for steward, 6 Nov. 1627; bencher, 14 June 1635; attendant on reader, 8 May 1636, 30 Apr. 1637, 3 Nov. 1637; reader, 15 Apr. 1638; treas. 8 Nov. 1639–3 Nov. 1640.CITR ii. 145, 164, 179, 191, 224, 229, 234, 236, 241, 252–62. Solicitor-gen. (roy.) 30 Oct. 1643.Sainty, English Law Officers, 62. Att.-gen. (roy.) 3 Nov. 1645.Sainty, English Law Officers, 46.

Local: commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1627-aft. Nov. 1639;C181/3, f. 217; C181/4, ff. 5v, 175v; C181/5, ff. 89v, 155. Mdx. 1636-aft. Nov. 1641;C181/5, ff. 57v, 213v. London 1636-aft. Nov. 1641;C181/5, ff. 59, 214. Oxf. circ. 5 June 1640-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 173, 219. piracy, London 1630, 1633, 1635;C181/4, ff. 37, 139; C181/5, f. 27. London and Mdx. 1639;C181/5, f. 130v. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 1634, 1637, 1638;C181/4, f. 191; C181/5, ff. 81, 114v. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 1636-aft. Nov. 1641;C181/5, ff. 59, 214. assurances, London 1637-aft. June 1640.C181/5, ff. 59v, 175. J.p. Oxon. 3 Mar. 1640–?C231/5, p. 372. Commr. subsidy, London, Mdx. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Wychwood, Shotover and Stowood forests, Oxon. 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 210. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, London, Mdx. 1642; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, council of war (roy.), London, Westminster and Mdx. 16 Mar. 1643.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. v. 323. Commr. survey (roy.), Shotover and Stowood forests 18, 27 May 1643; impressment (roy.), Oxon. 7 Nov. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 38, 42, 97.

Civic: recorder, London 25 Jan. 1636–2 May 1643.CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 179; 1641–3, p. 322; V. Pearl, London and the Outbreak of the Puritan Revolution (Oxford, 1961), 266.

Central: commr. Uxbridge Treaty (roy.), Jan. 1645.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
GARDINER, Thomas (1591-1652), of Cuddesdon, Oxon.
: Oxon.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

GARDINER, Thomas (1591-1652), of Cuddesdon, Oxon.

Will
12 Dec. 1648, codicil 1 Apr. 1650, pr. 21 Nov. 1656.PROB11/259/392; also PROB11/259/651.
Estates
purchased manor of Cuddesdon, and lands at Denton, Wheatley, Horspath and Milton, Oxon, from brother-in-law, John Child, in or around 1638; sold these lands to pay debts and raise portions for children, Feb. 1646; sold lands ‘in the Great Level’ [Bedford Level?], amounting to 500 acres, aft. Dec. 1648.Oxford DNB; PROB11/259/392.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Crown Court, Russell Street, c.Nov. 1641.D’Ewes (C), 108.
Religion
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