SAUNDERS, Thomas (d.1660), of Uggaton, Payhembury, Devon.

Family and Education

?2nd s. of Lawrence Saunders (d. aft. 1641) of Payhembury and Edith. m. by 1658, ?da. of John Serle of Buckerell, s.p. d. by Dec. 1660.Familiae Minorum Gentium iii. (Harl. Soc. xxxix), 1054; PROB11/302/588; Bodl. Walker, c.2, f. 311.

Offices Held

Military: maj. (parlian.) Lyme Regis garrison, c. 1644; Exmouth c. 1646; Exeter by Feb. 1648.M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 164n; Bodl. Tanner 57, ff. 127–9. Col. militia ft. Devon 2 Mar. 1650; capt. militia dragoons, 24 May 1650;CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 504, 507. capt. militia, 24 June 1655–?60.SP25/77, pp. 867, 890.

Local: commr. assessment, Exeter 23 May, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Devon 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. 25 May 1650–?Apr. 1659.C231/6, p. 186; Devon RO, DQS, 28/6,12. Commr. militia by June 1651.SP28/227, loose warrant of 4 June 1651. Recvr.-gen. revenues, Hants, Wilts. and Dorset Feb. 1654–5;Add. 4184, no. 71. Devon, Som., Cornw. and Exeter 22 Aug. 1655–60.C82/2251. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Devon 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655;C181/6, p. 99. securing peace of commonwealth, Devon 1655.Som. RO, DD WO53/8/2; TSP iii. 309.

Central: commr. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658.CJ vii. 578a.

: Payhembury, Devon.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Will

July 1658, pr. 8 Dec. 1660.PROB11/302/532.

Estates

inherited farm at Uggaton, Payhembury;PROB11/302/532. with John Gorges, bought Bradninch manor 8 Jan. 1650, for £19,517 11s. 10¼d.E121/2/2; Devon RO, DD 8/30/4/50v.

Oxford 1644

No

Addresses

Religion