WALSINGHAM, Sir Thomas (c.1589-1669), of Scadbury, Chislehurst, Kent.

Family and Education

b. c. 1589, o.s. of Sir Thomas Walsingham† and Audrey, da. of Sir Ralph Shelton of Shelton, Norf.C2/Chas.I/W73/55. educ. King’s, Camb. 1606; travelled abroad 1609-12.Al. Cant.; SO3/4, unfol. (12 Nov. 1609). m. (1) settlement 2 Mar. 1616, Elizabeth (bur. 24 Apr. 1632), da. of Sir Peter Manwood* of Hackington, Kent, 1s. 1da. (d.v.p.); (2) 1634, Elizabeth (d. 4 Nov. 1676), da. of Sir Richard Bourne of Bobbingworth, Essex, wid. of Nathaniel Master (bur. 4 Apr. 1633), 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da. (d.v.p.).Cent. Kent. Stud. U1875/T1; Chamberlain Letters, i. 616; ‘Expense bk. of James Master’ ed. S. Robertson, Arch. Cant. xv. 153; Webb, Miller and Beckwith, Hist. Chislehurst, 150-2; PROB11/163/608; Reg. of St Helen’s Bishopsgate (Harl. Soc. xxxi), 288. Kntd. 26 Nov. 1613;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 154. suc. fa. 1630;C142/467/71; Cent. Kent. Stud. U119/A2, unfol. bur. 10 Apr. 1669 10 Apr. 1669.Chislehurst par. reg.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Rochester 1620.Rochester, Guildhall Mus. new f. 41.

Local: commr. subsidy, Kent 1621, 1622, 1624, 1641;C212/22/20, 21, 23; SR. inquiry, recusants’ lands, Kent 1622;CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 449 (misdated). charitable uses, 1622 – 33, 1637 – aft.40; Rochester 1635;C93/9/11; C93/10/25; C93/14/17; C192/1, unfol. sewers, Kent 20 July 1626 – aft.Aug. 1627, 4 June 1632, 12 Sept. 1639-aft. Sept. 1644;Cent. Kent. Stud. S/NK/SO7, ff. 1v, 5v; C181/3, ff. 204, 252; C181/4, f. 115; C181/5, ff. 151v, 242. Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646, 6 Mar. 1654-aft. Nov. 1658;C181/5, f. 269; C181/6, pp. 27, 333. martial law, Kent 1626; billeting and training soldiers, 1626;APC 1626, pp. 221, 224. privy seal loan, 4 June 1626.E401/1913, unfol.; Harl. 6846, f. 37. V.-adm. 1626-at least 1659.Add. 37816, f. 158; CSP Dom. 1651, p. 266; 1651–2, p. 216; HCA14/52, unnumbered item (4 July 1659); HCA30/820/37, 61. Commr. Forced Loan, Kent, Rochester 1627.Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, ff. 27, 86. J.p. Kent 1629-bef. Oct. 1653;C66/2527; Cent. Kent. Stud. Q/JC/4; CUL, Dd.VIII.1, f. 51; C193/13/4, f. 48. Surr. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C193/13/3, f. 62v; C193/13/4, f. 96v. Commr. piracy, Cinque Ports 1629, 1630.C181/3, f. 247v; C181/4, f. 48v; C181/5, f. 131v. Jnr. bridge warden, Rochester 1631; asst. bridge warden ?1632 – 59; snr. bridge warden 1639, 1645, 1651.Traffic and Politics ed. N. Yates and J.M. Gibson (Woodbridge, 1994), 294. Commr. highway repair, Kent 16 June 1631;C181/4, f. 88. knighthood fines, 1631–2;E178/5368, ff. 17, 20; Stowe 743, f. 85. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 21 June 1633-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/4, ff. 145, 198v; C181/5, ff. 9, 222. Kent, Surr. 4 July 1644.C181/5, ff. 236, 239. Dep. lt. Kent by 1635-at least 1642.SP16/409, ff. 15–17; CSP Dom. 1635, pp. 429, 442; 1636–7, p. 168; 1637, pp. 572, 575, 579; 1637–8, pp. 34, 48; CJ ii. 724a. Commr. oyer and terminer for piracy, Cinque Ports 15 Mar. 1639;C181/5, f. 131v. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 14 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660;SR; A. and O. Surr. 23 June 1647, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652; sequestration, Kent 27 Mar., 16 Aug. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Steward Eltham manor, Kent by 1643-at least 1648.R.R.C. Gregory, Story of Royal Eltham (Eltham, 1909), 203, 206. Commr. for timber for navy, Kent and Essex 16 Apr. 1644; commr. for Kent, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Kent, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 236v, 239v. New Model ordinance, Kent 17 Feb. 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645; militia, Kent 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Central: commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649.A. and O.

Parlimentarian

WALSINGHAM, Sir Thomas II (c.1589-1669), of Scadbury, nr. Chislehurst, Kent

: of Scadbury, Kent., Chislehurst.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

WALSINGHAM, Sir Thomas (c.1589-1669), of Scadbury, Chislehurst, Kent.

Will

1 Mar. 1656, pr. 14 Feb. 1677.PROB11/356/353; Webb, Miller and Beckwith, Hist. Chislehurst, 152, 385.

Estates

land worth £1,700 p.a. in the late 1630s, although this fell to c.£700 in 1640s, and debts forced sale of the bulk of the estate c.1655.Cent. Kent. Stud. U119/A2, unfol.; Webb, Miller and Beckwith, Hist. Chislehurst, 146-8.

Oxford 1644

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