Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 16 Nov. 1596, 1st s. of Sir Henry Fanshawe† of Ware Park, king’s remembrancer of exchequer 1601-16, and Elizabeth, da. of (Sir) Thomas Smythe†, of Philpott Lane, London and Bidborough, Kent;WARD7/54/122; Vis. Eng. and Wales, Notes, ed. F.A. Crisp, vi. 157. bro. of Sir Richard Fanshawe†. educ. travelled abroad (France) 1618.The Letters of John Chamberlain, ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), ii. 149, 171. m. (1) 23 Sept. 1627, Anne (bur. 19 July 1628), da. of Sir Giles Alington of Horseheath, Cambs., 1da.;Mems. of Anne, Lady Halkett and Ann, Lady Fanshawe, ed. J. Loftis (Oxford, 1979), 106; Mems. of Ann Lady Fanshawe, ed. H.C. Fanshawe (1907), 294; Vis. Eng. and Wales, Notes, ed. Crisp, vi. 157. (2) 24 June 1629 (with £10,000), Elizabeth (bur. 27 Feb. 1668), da. of Sir William Cokayne, of Broad Street, London and Rushton, Northants. ld. mayor of London 1619-20, 9s. (5 d.v.p.) 7da (3 d.v.p.).Vis. Eng. and Wales, Notes, ed. Crisp, vi. 157; HMC Heathcote, 258; Mems. of Anne, Lady Halkett and Ann, Lady Fanshawe, 106. suc. fa. 1616; cr. KB 2 Feb. 1626;Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 163. Visct. Fanshawe of Dromore [I] 5 Sept. 1661.CP v. 255. d. 26 Mar. 1665.HMC Heathcote, 188.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Herts. 1618 – 42, by Oct. 1660 – d.; St Albans liberty 18 Sept. 1660–d.C231/4, f. 76; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 9; HMC 10th Rep. IV, 503; C220/9/4, f. 37; C193/12/3, f. 45; C181/7, pp. 53, 283. Commr. highways, Herts. 1622;C181/3, f. 69v. sewers, River Lea, Herts., Mdx. and Essex 1625, 1633, 1635, 14 Dec. 1663;C181/3, f. 184v; C181/4, f. 136v; C181/5, f. 20v; C181/7, p. 223. Forced Loan, Herts. 1627;C193/12/2, f. 23v. swans, 1634;C181/4, f. 178v. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1635 – aft.Jan. 1642, 10 July 1660–d.;C181/4, f. 198v; C181/5, ff. 8v, 222; C181/7, pp. 7, 324. Herts. 18 June 1640, 24 Dec. 1664.C181/5, f. 175v; C181/7, p. 303. Gov. Dronfield g.s. by 1638.Mems. of Ann Lady Fanshawe, ed. Fanshawe, 269. Commr. subsidy, Herts. 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), 27 June 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. abuses in supply (roy.), Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 12 Oct. 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent, ed. Black. 239. Dep. lt. Herts. 1660–d.SP29/11, f. 203; C29/42, f. 117v. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, 1662.SR.

Central: king’s remembrancer of exch. 1619 – Aug. 1641, Aug. 1660–d.J.C. Sainty, Officers of the Exchequer (L. and I. Soc. xviii.), 46–7.

Parlimentarian
FARNEFOLD, Sir Thomas (1599-1644), of Gatewick House, Steyning, Suss. and Westminster
: of Ware Park, Herts. and Ivy Lane, London.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, circle of P. Lely, c.1660-5;Valence House Museum, Dagenham. oil on canvas, M. Beale, 1665.Valence House Museum.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

FANSHAWE, Sir Thomas (1596-1665), of Ware Park, Herts. and Ivy Lane, London

Will
admon. 23 June 1667, 29 May 1671, 12 May 1674.Vis. Eng. and Wales, Notes, ed. Crisp, vi. 157.
Estates
owned the manor of Ware, Herts;Chauncy, Herts. i. 407. sold manor of Bengeo, Ware 1629;Coventry Docquets, 584. he and others sell lands at Eastwick, Herts. and Little Parndon, Essex 1637;Coventry Docquets, 709. income said to have been £3800 p.a. before the civil war; sold lands worth £2,000 p.a. after 1653; died leaving debts of £28,000.Eg. 3328, f. 105.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image