BODLEY, Thomas (1545-1613), of London.

Family and Education

b. 1545, s. of John Bodley, merchant, of Exeter, Devon by Joan, da. of Robert Hone of Ottery St. Mary, Devon. educ. Geneva; Magdalen Coll. Oxf. 1559, BA 1563, MA 1566; fellow, Merton 1564; travelled abroad 1576-80. m. 19 July 1586, Ann, da. of Richard Cary or Carew of Bristol and wid. of Nicholas Ball of Totnes, Devon, s.p. Kntd. 1604.

Offices Held

Proctor, Oxf. Univ. 1569; gent. usher c. 1583; mission to Denmark and Germany Apr. 1585, to France 1586 – 88; ambassador in the United Provinces 1588–96.F. B. R. Troup, Sir Thomas Bodley’s Father and Kindred; DNB; CSP For. 1584–5, p. 428; 1586–8, p. 636; 1588, pp. 333–4, 348.

Parlimentarian

BODLEY, Thomas (1545-1613), of London.

Main residence: London.

Author

P.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

BODLEY, Thomas (1545-1613)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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