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bap. 4 Feb. 1585, 3rd s. of Sir Stephen Soame†, merchant of London and Little Thurlow, Suff. and Anne, da. of Wiliam Stone of London and Segenhoe, Beds.GL, MS 4438, unfol.; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 250-1. educ. appr. Grocers’ Co. 25 Dec. 1600.GL, MS 11571/9, f. 17v. m. 31 Jan. 1621, Joan, da. of William Freeman, merchant, of London and Aspenden, Herts, 6s. (5 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.).St. Michael Cornhill Par. Reg. (Harl. Soc. Reg. vii), 22; Soc. Gen. Boyd’s Inhabitants, 2949. Kntd. 3 Dec. 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 211. d. 1 Jan. 1670.Woodhead, Rulers of London, 154.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Grocers’ Co. June 1615; liveryman, 19 May 1617; asst. 16 Aug. 1632; warden, 14 July 1637–8; master, 18 July 1644–5. 28 July 1635 – 1 June 1649GL, MS 1592A; MS 11588/3, pp. 41, 493, 581; MS 11588/4, p. 101. Sheriff, London and Mdx. May 1635–6. 28 July 1635 – 1 June 1649CLRO, Rep. 49, f. 202. Alderman, London, 25 Sept. 1660–22 Jan. 1667.Beaven, Aldermen of London i. 103, 159.

Mercantile: member, cttee. Levant Co. 1611; asst. 1616–71.Woodhead, Rulers of London, 154. Member, cttee. Muscovy Co. 1620;T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire (Harvard, 1968), 379. cttee. E.I. Co. 3 July 1640 – 5 July 1643, 4 July 1649–50.Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1640–3, pp. 61, 177, 262; 1644–9, p. 332.

Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 1612; pres. 1638–45.Ancient Vellum Bk., 18. Commr. ct. of requests, London 22 Jan. 1629;CLRO, Rep. 43, f. 81v. assurance, 18 Jan. 1634.C181/4, f. 157v. Col. London trained bands 25 Sept. 1638–42.CLRO, Rep. 52, f. 264v. Commr. sewers, Mdx. 22 June 1639 – aft.Oct. 1645; London 14 Jan. – aft.Dec. 1645, 24 July 1662;C181/5, ff. 143, 247, 266; C181/7, p. 164. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 26 Nov. 1642, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. oyer and terminer, 12 Jan. 1644 – aft.Nov. 1645, 3 July 1660–23 Nov. 1667;C181/5, ff. 230v, 265; C181/7, pp. 1, 371. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 16 Nov. 1644 – aft.Nov. 1645, 3 July 1660–23 Nov. 1667;C181/5, ff. 244, 265; C181/7, pp. 1, 371. New Model ordinance, London 17 Feb. 1645; militia, Herts. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Central: recvr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 13 Jan. 1642;CJ ii. 375b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b. cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642;CJ ii. 750b. cttee. for advance of money, 26 Nov. 1642;CJ ii. 866a. cttee. for compounding, 28 Sept. 1643,CJ iii. 258a. 8 Feb. 1647; cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
SOAME, Thomas (1585-1671), of Soper Lane, London and Throcking, Herts.
: of Soper Lane, London and Throcking, Herts.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

SOAME, Thomas (1585-1671), of Soper Lane, London and Throcking, Herts.

Will
admon. 17 Jan. 1671.PROB6/46, f. 10v.
Estates
rented house, Soper Lane, for £70 in 1638;Inhabs. of London, 1638, 173. purchased manor of Throcking; Herts. 1630, sold 1670.R. Clutterbuck, Hist. of Herts. (3 vols. 1815), iii. 463; VCH Herts. iv. 112.
Oxford 1644
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