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Family and Education
bap. 6 Dec. 1586, 2nd s. of Thomas Adams (d. 1607) of Wem, Salop, and Margaret, da. of John Erpe of Shrewsbury.Par. of Wem (Salop. Par. Reg. Soc. ix), 4; CB; S. Garbet, Hist. of Wem (1818), 174. educ. adm. sizar, Sidney Sussex, Camb. May 1600, BA 1606;Al. Cant. appr. 1604.Drapers’ Co., ed. Boyd, unpag. m. bef. 1616, Anne (d. 11 Jan. 1642), da. of Humphrey Mapted of Trenton, Essex, 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Lansd. 255, f. 358-v; Add. 38855, ff. 144-5. suc. bro. 1631.Garbet, Wem, 176. knt. 26 May 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 225. cr. bt. 13 June 1660.CB. d. 24 Feb. 1668.Woodhead, Rulers of London, 15.
Offices Held

freeman, Drapers’ Co. 1612; liveryman, 1624 – 39; asst. 1639 – 44, 1646 – 67; master, 1640–1. 8 Oct. 1639 – 7 Apr. 1649Johnson, Drapers iv. 132. Sheriff, London and Mdx. 29 Sept. 1639–40. 8 Oct. 1639 – 7 Apr. 1649CSP Dom. 1639, p. 534. Alderman, London, 4 Sept. 1660–d.;Woodhead, Rulers of London, 15; Beaven, Aldermen of London i. 124–5, 183; ii. 64, 69. ld. mayor, Oct. 1645–6.LJ vii. 643b.

asst. Massachusetts Bay Co. 1629.Winthrop Pprs (Mass. Hist. Soc.) ii. 160. Freeman, E.I. Co. 15 Oct. 1641.Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1640–3, p. 198.

col. (parlian.) London trained bands, 1642–5.List of the Names of the Several Colonels… of the Militia (1642); Bodl. Rawl. B.48, f. 23v.

recvr. assessment, 1642.SR. Treas.-at-war, 31 Mar. 1645. Trustee, sale of bishops’ lands, 9 Oct. 1646.A. and O. Gov. Soc. for New Plantation of Ulster, 1662–d.Beaven, Aldermen of London ii. 64.

pres. St Thomas’s Hosp. 1643 – 50, 1660–d.Beaven, Aldermen of London ii. 64. Commr. New Model ordinance, London 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647; London militia, 4 May 1647. July 1660 – d.A. and O. J.p. Essex; Mdx. May 1662–d.C231/7, p. 171. Commr. oyer and terminer, London 3 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 1, 415. Mdx. 8 Oct. 1667;C181/7, p. 412. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 3 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 1, 415. sewers, London 24 July 1662.C181/7, p. 164.

Parlimentarian
ADAMS, Thomas (1586-1668), of Gracechurch St. London and Sprowston, Norf.
of Gracechurch St. London and Sprowston, Norf.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on panel, unknown, nineteenth cent. (copy);Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Camb. fun. monument, attrib. T. Cartwright, Sprowston church, Norf.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

ADAMS, Thomas (1586-1668), of Gracechurch St. London and Sprowston, Norf.

Will
7 Feb. 1668, pr. 9 Apr. 1668.PROB11/326/488.
Estates
purchased lands at Edstaton and Northwood, Wem, Salop., worth £238 p.a.;Garbet, Wem, 180. manors of Elsenham and Tolleshunt Beckingham, Essex, 1635-6; Chawreth or Chaure Hall, Boxted, c.1647;Garbet, Wem, 174. purchased Sprowston manor, Norf., 1661.Norf. Pedigrees iii (Norf. And Norwich Gen. Soc. xiii), 39.
Oxford 1644
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