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bap. 1633,Clark, Limbus Patrum, 538. o.s. of William Thomas (d. ?June 1636) of Wenvoe and Jane (bur. 14 Apr. 1668), da. of Sir John Stradling†, 1st bt. of St Donats (m. bef. 30 July 1641, Michael Oldisworth*).Arch. Cambr. (1883), 120; PROB11/173/644 (William Thomas); Clark, Limbus Patrum, 538; Bodl. Add. B.109, f. 18; P. Jenkins, The Making of a Ruling Class (1983), 296. educ. Llantrithyd sch. c. 1641;Aubrey’s Brief Lives, ed. Clark, ii. 7. ? travel (Netherlands); tutor, Georg Horn, bef. Feb. 1652.Lodewijck Huygens: the English Journal ed. A.G.H. Bachrach and R.G. Collmer (1982), 63. m. (1) 3 Feb. 1652, Elizabeth (d. 1670), da. of Sir Lewis Morgan† of Rhiwperra, Mon., sis. and h. of Thomas Morgan, 1s. (d.v.p.), 2da.St Margaret, Westminster, par. reg.; Cardiff Recs. iii. 413; Clark, Limbus Patrum, 538. (2) 1 Aug 1671, Mary (d. 1721), da. of Sir Thomas Lewis of Penmark Place, Glam., s.p.Clark, Limbus Patrum, 445, 538. suc. gdfa. Edmund Thomas, betw. 23 Sept-23 Oct. 1638.PROB11/178/165 (Edmund Thomas, 1638). d. 1677.Limbus Patrum, 445.
Offices Held

j.p. Glam. 28 July 1653 – d.; Mon. 8 July 1656–?Mar. 1660.Justices of the Peace, ed. Phillips, 302–6, 361; C231/6, pp. 265, 381. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, S. Wales 28 Aug. 1654; taking accts. of money for propagation of the gospel in Wales, 30 Aug. 1654; assessment, Glam. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677; Mon. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1672, 1677;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Glam., Mon. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Glam. 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR. Sheriff, 1664–5.High Sheriffs of Glam, 22. Commr. sewers, 11 Oct. 1664.C181/7, p. 290.

member, Soc. of Mineral and Battery Works, 1 Feb. 1654.BL Loan 16, pt. 2, f. 110.

member, cttee. for trade, 20 May 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–1656, p. 327.

capt. militia, Glam., Brec. and Rad. 30 July 1659; S. Wales 1 Sept. 1659.CSP Dom. 1659–1660, p. 24; CJ. vii. 772b.

Parlimentarian
THOMAS, Edmund (1633-77), of Wenvoe, Glam.
of Wenvoe, Glam.
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Commons 1640-1660
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THOMAS, Edmund (1633-77), of Wenvoe, Glam.

Will
admon., 4 July 1677 and 16 Feb. 1691.Clark, Limbus Patrum, 538.
Estates
lands in Glam. said 1645 to be worth £2,500 p.a. (attrib. to ‘William’ Thomas) and Jan. 1652 to be worth about £2,000 p.a., part in possession following freedom from wardship at marriage, 3 Feb., part in reversion aft. d. of his grandmo. Frances Thomas;Cam. Soc. lxxiv. 216; Huygens: English Journal, 63, 126; St Margaret, Westminster, par. reg. these inc. lands in parish of Llanedeyrn.Arch. Cambr. (1885), 115. In 1666 owned burgages in West Ward and West Gate, Cardiff; part of parish of Radyr; part of 'Keven y Gwyndon', parish of St Fagans; 1670 owned tenement of Baldam Bach, St Fagans.Cardiff Recs. ii. 79, 80, 91–2, 96
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