CONINGSBY, Sir Thomas (1550-1625), of Hampton Court, Herefs. and the Black Friars, Hereford.

Family and Education

b. 9 Oct. 1550,His brother’s i.p.m. dates Thomas’s birth precisely: the feast of St. Dionysius before 1 p.m., E150/452/6. yr. s. of Humphrey Coningsby I of Hampton Court by Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Englefield of Englefield, Berks. m. Philippa, da. of Sir William Fitzwilliam II of Milton, nr. Peterborough, Northants., 6s. 5da. suc. bro. Edward 1561. Kntd. 1591.DNB; C. J. Robinson, Herefs, Mansions, 149; Cam. Misc. i(4), passim.

Offices Held

J.P Herefs by 1580 sheriff 1582 – 83, 1598 – 99, dep. lt. by 1590, commr. musters; recorder, Leominster bef. 1584, dep. steward 1591, steward c. Mar. 1601; steward of Marden, Herefs. by 1588, of Ewyas, Herefs. 1597; jt. (with Herbert Croft) steward of crown lands, Herefs. 1604; gent. pens. 1591/3–1603; 1591/3–1603; member, council in the marches of Wales 1617.APC, xi. 425, 453, 455; xx. 38; xxi. 462; xxii. 275; CSP Dom 1581–90, p. 155; HMC Hatfield, iv. 94; viii. 82; xi. 114; Collins, Sidney Pprs. ii. 306; E407/1/20, 21 23, 24; Lansd. 68, f. 95.

Hon. adm. G. Inn Feb. 1584; hon. MA Oxf. 27 Sept. 1592.

Parlimentarian

CONINGSBY, Sir Thomas (1550-1625), of Hampton Court, Herefs. and the Black Friars, Hereford.

Main residences: Hampton Court, Herefs.; the Black Friars, Hereford.

Author

M.R.P.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

CONINGSBY, Sir Thomas (1550-1625)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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