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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

Civic: 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.

Mercantile: 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.

Military: 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.

Central: 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.

Local: 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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