Family and Education
b. c.1645, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Estcourt, master in Chancery 1652-83, of Sherston Pinkney by 1st w. Magdalen, da. of Sir John Browne of East Kirkby, Lincs. educ. St. Edmund Hall, Oxf. matric. 24 May 1661, aged 16; L. Inn. 1662. m. lic. 11 Feb. 1678, Mary, da. of Sir Vincent Corbett, 1st Bt., of Morton Corbett, Salop, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. Kntd. 15 Sept. 1674; suc. fa. 1683.Burke, Gentry, (1952), 1940; T. D. Hardy, Principal Officers of Chancery, 92; Lincs Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 181.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Wilts. 1665 – 80, 1689 – 90, Mdx. 1679 – 80; high steward, Malmesbury 1671, 1673 – 77; j.p. Mdx. 1675 – 87, Wilts. aft. 1690 – ?96, dep. lt. Wilts. aft. 1690 – 96, 1700 – d., sheriff 1692–3.
Examiner in Chancery 1674 – 82; committee, R. Fishery Co. [I] 1691; asst. Mines Co. 1693.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Chelsea, Mdx.; Sherston Pinkney, nr. Malmesbury, Wilts.
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Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
ESTCOURT, Thomas (c.1645-1702)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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