PRESTON, Thomas I (1600-79), of Holker, Cartmel, Lancs.

Family and Education

bap. 2 Mar. 1600, 1st s. of George Preston of Holker by 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Ralph Assheton of Great Lever. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1617, BA 1619. m. Catherine, da. of Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Bt., of Hoghton Tower, 3s. suc. fa. 1640.Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxviii) 235; Cartmel Priory (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. xxviii), 27, 157.

Offices Held

Commr. of array, Lancs. 1642, j.p. July 1660 – d., dep. lt. c. Aug. 1660–2, 1663 – d., commr. for assessment Aug. 1660 – d., corporations 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers 1662; freeman, Preston 1662; sheriff, Lancs. 1663 – 64, commr. for recusants 1675.Royalist Comp. Pprs. (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lxxii), 88; Lancs. RO, QSC 63–82, Cavendish mss. 9/1–4; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 483; 1672–3, pp. 598–9; SP29/61/157; Preston Guild Rolls (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 150.

Parlimentarian

PRESTON, Thomas I (1600-79), of Holker, Cartmel, Lancs.

Main residence: Holker, Cartmel, Lancs.

Author

I.C.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

PRESTON, Thomas I (1600-79)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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