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

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.

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.

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
1640 Volume
Other House 1658
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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