MYDDELTON (MIDDLETON), Sir Thomas (1586-1666), of Chirk Castle and Cefn y Wern, Denb.

Family and Education

bap. 10 July 1586, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Myddelton of Tower Street, London and Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex by 1st w. Hester, da. of Sir Richard Saltonstall of London and South Ockenden, Essex. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1605; G. Inn 1607. m. (1) settlement 7 July 1612, Margaret, da. and h. of George Savile of Wakefield, Yorks., 1s. d.v.p.; (2) 18 Feb. 1617, Mary, da. of Sir Robert Napier, 1st Bt., of Luton Hoo, Beds., 7s. (3 d.v.p.) 6da. Kntd. 10 Feb. 1617, suc. fa. 1631.St. Dunstan in the East (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxix), 25; W. M. Myddelton, Chirk Castle Accounts 1605-66 , pp. iv-v; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 3), ii. 227-35.

Offices Held

Dep. lt. Denb. 1614 – 42, N. Wales c. Aug. 1660 – d.; j.p. Denb. 1618 – 59, Flints. and Mont. ?1646 – 50, Merion. 1650 – 53, Denb., Flints., Merion. and Mont. Sept. 1660 – d.; commr. for sequestration, Salop 1644; member, council in the marches of Wales 1633 – ?42; custos rot. Denb. 1646 – 59, Denb. and Merion. Aug. 1660 – d.; commr. for assessment, Salop, Mdx., Westminster and N. Wales 1647 – 48, Denb., Flints., Merion. and Mont. 1649 – 52, Denb. and Flints. 1657 Denb. Flints. and Mont. Aug. 1660 – d., militia, Denb. Flints. Merion. and Mont. 1648, N. Wales Mar. 1660.Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. Arch. Camb. (ser. 6) xvii. 195.

Commr. for indemnity 1647 – 49, scandalous offences 1648.

Maj.-gen. and v.-adm. N. Wales (parliamentary) 1643–5.

Parlimentarian

MYDDELTON, Sir Thomas II (1586-1666), of Chirk Castle, Denb.

Main residences: Chirk Castle; Cefn y Wern, Denb.

Author

M.W.H.

A.M.M.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

MYDDELTON (MIDDLETON), Sir Thomas (1586-1666)