CAWARDEN, Sir Thomas (d.1559), of Blackfriars, London and Bletchingley, Surr.

Gent. of privy chamber by 1540; keeper of Bletchingley manor 1540, of Donnington, Benham Valence and other Berks. manors by 1541; steward and bailiff of Nonsuch, Surr. 1544; master of the revels and tents 1544; j.p. Surr. by May 1547, q. by 1559; sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1547 – 48; keeper of Hampton Court 1550; jt. (with Sir Edward Warner) lt. of the Tower Nov.-Dec. 1558.PCC 49 Mellershe; LP Hen. VIII, xv, p. 508; xvi, p. 202; xix(1), pp. 642–3; xix(2), p. 174; xx(1), p. 213; CPR, 1547–8, p. 52; HMC 7th Rep. 601, 605–6, 614; APC, iii. 44–5; Vis. Staffs. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. v(2)), 78; U. Lambert, Bletchingley, i. 257 seq.; Staffs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 47; Reg. Univ. Oxf. i. ed. Boase, 155.