Family and Education
b. c. 1603, 5th s. of Francis Burwell of Sutton, Suff. by Jane, da. of Simon Mawe of Rendlesham, Suff. educ. Peterhouse, Camb. 1620, BA 1624, MA 1627, LL.D 1660. m. 19 Feb. 1633, Anne, da. of Seth Chapman of Bury St. Edmunds, Suff., 3s. (2. d.v.p.) 3da.Surtees, Dur. iv(2), p. 168.
Offices Held
Fellow of Trinity Hall, Camb. 1626 – 32; spiritual chancellor to the bp. of Durham 1631 – 46, ?Dec. 1660–72; j.p. co. Dur. June 1660 – d., York 1662 – d.; chancellor, York dioc. Oct. 1660 – d.; commr. for assessment, co. Dur. 1661 – d., Yorks. (W. Riding) 1661 – 64, York 1665 – d., corporations, Yorks. 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers, co. Dur. 1662; commissary, Durham dioc. 1672–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Durham.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
BURWELL, Thomas (c.1603-73)
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Oxford 1644
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