Family and Education
b. c. 1629, s. of William Earle, yeoman, of Patney by Joan, da. of Robert Dickenson, yeoman, of Chirton. m. bef. 1658, Elinor, da. of Joseph Jackson of Small Street, Bristol, and Sneyd Park, Glos., 4s. 5da. suc. uncle Giles in Crudwell estate 1677; Kntd. 4 Dec. 1681.A. B. Beaven, Bristol Lists, 287; F. A. Brown, Som. Wills, ii. 125; Merchants and Merchandise (Bristol Rec. Soc. xix), 58; PCC 16 Hale.
Offices Held
Freeman, Bristol 1656, common councilman 1668 – 84, Oct. 1688–90, sheriff 1671 – 72, alderman 1681 – 83, 1689 – 90, 1691 – d., mayor 1681 – 82; member of merchant venturers, Bristol 1663, warden 1670 – 71, master 1673 – 74; j.p. Wilts. 1676 – 80, 1681 – 87, 1690 – d., Som. 1681 – 87, Glos. 1685 – 87; commr. for assessment, Bristol 1677 – 80, 1689 – 90; sheriff, Wilts. 1679 – 80; dep. lt. Bristol 1685 – ?86, 1689–d.
Main residences: Bristol; Eastcourt House, Crudwell, Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
EARLE, Thomas (c.1629-96)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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