STREET, Thomas (1625-96), of Worcester and the Inner Temple.

Family and Education

bap. 13 Oct. 1625, 1st s. of George Street, brewer, of St Martin parish, Worcester and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Andrews of Barnshall, Upton-on-Severn, Worcs.St Andrew, Worcester par. reg.; W.R. Buchanan-Dunlop, ‘Fam. of Street, and the Friary, Worcester’, Trans. Worcs. Arch. Soc. n.s. xxiv. 46-7. educ. Lincoln Coll. Oxf. 22 Apr. 1642, left Feb. 1644; I. Temple, 22 Nov. 1646.Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admissions database; Burton’s Diary, iii. 254, 431. m. (1) by 1649, Maria (d. 1668) da. of John Wightwick†, sjt.-at-law, of Tamworth, Staffs. 3s. d.v.p. 4da. (2 );St Andrew, Worcester par. reg.; Buchanan-Dunlop, ‘Fam. of Street’, 48. (2) lic. 16 Sept. 1686, Penelope (d. 1696), da. and coh. of Sir Rowland Berkeley† of Cotheridge, Worcs. s.p.Worcs. Archives, Worcester Marriage Lics. suc. fa. c. 1643;Burton’s Diary, iii. 254. Kntd. 8 June 1681.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii, 256. bur. 12 Mar. 1696 12 Mar. 1696.Worcester Cathedral par. reg.

Offices Held

Legal: called, I. Temple 24 Nov. 1653; bencher, 7 Nov. 1669.CITR i. 308, ii, 63. Retained counsel, Worcester Cathedral by 1663–?d.Worcester Cath. Dean and Chapter Treasurer’s Reg. 1611–69 ed. Morrison (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. xxviii), 178. 2nd justice, Brecon circ. 1667–77; c.j. 1677–81. Sjt.-at-law, Oct. 1677; king’s sjt. 1678–81. Bar. exch. 23 Apr. 1681–4. J.c.p. 1684–8.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 197, 447, 539.

Civic: freeman, Worcester, 17 Jan. 1659 – d.; Bewdley by 7 Nov. 1673–d.Worcs. Archives, 498/BA 8681/1/2, p. 126; 496.5/BA 9360, A9, box 2, court bk. 1658–59, unfol. Burgess, Droitwich 6 Oct. 1662–d. Recorder, Droitwich by 6 Oct. 1662-Feb. 1688;Worcs. Archives, 261.4/BA 1006, box 34, 684 p. 7. Worcester 1672–83.HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Thomas Street’.

Local: commr. assessment, Worcester 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–d.;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Worcs. 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Brec. 1672; Glam. 1672, 1677, 1679; poll tax, Worcester 1660.SR. J.p. Worcs. by Oct. 1660–81, 1684–?d.HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘Thomas Street’. Under-steward of manors, Worcester dean and chapter, 13 Sept. 1660.Worcester Cathedral Lib. dean and chapter mss, vol. A7 (xiv), f. 1. Surveyor-gen. of lordships, Worcester bpric. 20 Nov. 1660.Worcester Cathedral Lib. dean and chapter mss, vol. A7 (xiv), f. 20. Capt. militia ft. Worcs. 1661–?87.HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘Thomas Street’. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, Worcs., Worcester 1663;SR. recusants, Worcs. 1675.CTB iv. 698.

Central: recvr. and collector of sewer fines, June 1660–80.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 144.

Parlimentarian

STREET, Thomas (1625-96), of Worcester and the Inner Temple.

: of Worcester and the Inner Temple.

Likenesses

Likenesses: line engraving, R. White, 1688.NPG.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

STREET, Thomas (1625-96), of Worcester and the Inner Temple.

Will

8 Feb. 1696, pr. 12 July 1707.PROB11/235, f. 173v.

Estates

at d. lands in Cleevelode, Powick, Madresfield, Malvern, Stockton, Worcs.; St Andrew, Worcester; bullaries of salt, Upwich, in Droitwich, Worcs.; cash bequests in will of over £1,600.PROB11/235, f. 173v.

Oxford 1644

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