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b. 1520, 1st s. of Thomas Wharton I, 1st Baron Wharton, of Wharton and Nateby, Westmld. and Healaugh, Yorks. by 1st w. m. May 1547, Anne, da. of Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex, by Margaret, da. of Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby, 2s. 3da. Kntd. 23 Sept. 1545; suc. fa. as 2nd Baron Wharton 23 Aug. 1568.Date of birth given in CP. E. R. Wharton, Whartons, 26; Vis. of the North (Surtees Soc. cxxxiii), 184; Machyn’s Diary (Cam. Soc. xlii), 384; Essex Rev. i. 219; CSP Dom. 1601-3, Add. 1547-65, p. 321; DNB.
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Jt. (with fa.) steward, manor of Preston, Yorks. Jan. 1546; j.p. Cumb. 1547, q. 1554–58/59, Westmld. 1547, q. 1554–58/59, 1564, Yorks. (W. Riding) 1547; sheriff, Cumb. 1547 – 48; commr. chantries, Cumb., Westmld. and Carlisle 1548, relief from aliens, Cumb. 1550; ?steward, Princess Mary’s household by 1552; PC by Aug. 1553–8; member, council in the north Sept. 1553 – Apr. 1561; master of henchmen 26 Oct. 1553 – Dec. 1558; chief steward, crown lands Yorks. (E. Riding) Oct. 1553–?d.; steward, manor of Beverley, Yorks. Oct. 1553; bailiff, clerk of the court and chief steward, manor and honor of Beaulieu, Essex June 1558.LP Hen. VIII, xxi; Foxe, Acts and Mons. vi. 354–5; APC, iv. 323; vii. 34; D. M. Gladish, Tudor Privy Council, 142; R. R. Reid, King’s Council in the North, 493; CPR, 1547–8, p. 82; 1548–9, p. 136; 1553, p. 364; 1553–4, pp. 18, 25, 277, 393; 1554–5, p. 110; 1557–8, p. 293; 1560–3, pp. 187–8; Lansd. 104(14), ff. 33–34; CSP Dom. 1601–3, Add. 1547–65, p. 567.

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WHARTON, Thomas II (1520-72), of Wharton and Nateby, Westmld., Beaulieu alias New Hall, Essex and Westminster, Mdx.
Main residences: Wharton and Nateby, Westmld; Beaulieu alias New Hall, Essex; Westminster, Mdx.
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M.J.T.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title

WHARTON, Thomas II (1520-72)

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