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Family and Education
b. c. 1608, s. of William Pride, yeoman, of Pedwell, Ashcott, Som.GL, MS 15860/4 (Haberdashers’ Co. appr. binding bk. 1610-30), f. 173v; MS 15857/1 (freedom admiss. 1526-1641), unfol. (entry for 14 Apr. 1629); Mercurius Elencticus no. 19 (27 Aug.-3 Sept. 1649), 147-8 (E.572.15). educ. appr. Haberdashers’ Co. 30 Jan. 1622.GL, MS 15860/4, f. 173v. m. 10 Aug. 1629, Elizabeth, da. of Robert Tomson of St Botolph Aldgate, London, 5s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da.PROB11/283, f. 213v; St Ann Blackfriars par. reg.; St Bride’s Fleet St. par. reg.; St Botolph Aldgate par. reg. Kntd. 17 Jan. 1656.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 223. d. 23 Oct. 1658.Clarke Pprs. iii. 167.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, London 24 Apr. 1629; GL, MS 15857/1, unfol. common cllr. 21 Dec. 1649.Sharpe, London and Kingdom, ii. 319.

Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. London 5 Aug. 1640–d.Ancient Vellum Bk. 58. J.p. Mdx. 2 June 1649–d.; Westminster Jan. 1650 – d.; Surr. by Mar. 1652 – bef.Oct. 1653, by 1658–d.;Stowe 577, f. 52; C193/13/4, f. 98v; C193/13/6, f. 85. Som. Mar. 1652–d.C231/6, pp. 152, 173, 230. Commr. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650;Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). assessment, Surr. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655-aft. Oct. 1658;C181/6, pp. 68, 175, 244, 319. London 13 Aug. 1657;C181/6, p. 257. Kent and Surr. 14 Nov. 1657;C181/6, p. 263. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655.Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 98 (E.489.15). Sheriff, Surr. 1655–6.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 138. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth, London 25 Mar. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 23 June 1656-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 170, 219, 237, 276, 305. ejecting scandalous ministers, Surr. 13 Sept. 1656.SP25/77, p. 322. Supervisor, Savoy and Ely House hosps. London 21 Apr. 1658–d.CSP Dom. 1657–8, 364.

Military: ensign (parlian.), London trained bands, 1642.Bodl. Rawl. B.48, f. 26. Capt. of ft. army of 3rd earl of Essex by Sept. 1642;SP28/298, f. 406. maj. 22 Dec. 1643–5 Apr. 1645.SP28/266, pt. 1, f. 26v. Lt. col. New Model army, c.Apr. 1645;Temple, ‘Original officer list’, 60. col. c.June 1647–d.Clarke Pprs. i. 151; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 364. C.-in-c. recruits for Ireland, 5 Nov. 1649.CSP Dom. 1649–50, pp. 380, 551.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649, 26 Mar. 1650;A. and O. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
PRIDE, Sir Thomas (c.1608-1658), of London and Worcester House, Nonsuch Great Park, Surr.
: of London and Worcester House, Nonsuch Great Park, Surr.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

PRIDE, Sir Thomas (c.1608-1658), of London and Worcester House, Nonsuch Great Park, Surr.

Will
12 Oct. 1658, pr. 22 Nov. 1658,PROB11/283, f. 214v. but attainted 1660.SR.
Estates
On 14 May 1652, was awarded Scottish lands to the value of £500 p.a.CJ vii. 132b. In 1652, purchased Nonsuch Great Park (Worcester Park), Surr., from trustees for sale of crown lands, for £11,591.I.J. Gentles, ‘The debentures market and military purchases of crown lands, 1649-60’ (London Univ. PhD thesis, 1969), 125, 324. By Mar. 1654, rented or had bought all former crown woodland in Surr.;CSP Dom. 1654, p. 3. c.1657, settled manor of Great Stoughton, Hunts. on eldest s.E214/35; CP25/2/560/1657EASTER. In 1658, estate inc. two brewhouses in Kingston, Surr., containing £4,000 in stock.E121/4/8/100; PROB11/283, f. 213v. In 1660, estate in Surr. valued at £280 p.a. but ‘carried away by encumbrances upon it’; estate in Mdx. valued at £40 p.a. ‘being a moiety of some houses charged with a debt of £151’.LR2/266, f. 1. All estates attainted 1660.SR.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Pye Corner, Smithfield, 1642 St Botolph Aldgate, 1654 Worcester House, Surr. 1658.SP28/131, pt 3 (London: Horse account, 21 June 1642-10 June 1643), f. 1; St Botolph Aldgate par. reg.; PROB11/283, f. 214v.
Religion
by 1650 had commissioned Samuel Oates as chaplain to regt.Oxford DNB, ‘Samuel Oates’. Joseph Hemmings, vicar of Lydd, Kent, 1660, said to have been Pride’s chaplain.CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 230; Calamy Revised, 230.
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