Family and Education
b. c. 1610, 4th s. of Sir Thomas Hardres (d.1628) of Upper Hardres by Eleanor, da. and h. of Henry Thoresby of Thoresby, Yorks. educ. Staple Inn; G. Inn 1629, called 1636, ancient 1654. m. (1) lic. 21 Sept. 1639, Dorcas (d.1643), da. and h. of George Bargrave of Bridge, Kent, 1s. 1da.; (2) by 1651, Philadelphia (d.1690), da. of James Franklyn of Maidstone, Kent, wid. of Peter Manwood of Sandwich, Kent, 5s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da. Kntd. 17 May 1676.DNB; Dorm. and Ext. Baronetcies, 242; Canterbury Mar. Lic. ii. 454; Canterbury Cathedral Reg. (Harl. Soc. Reg. ii), 122, 128; St. George’s Canterbury Par. Reg. 38-39; PCC 125 Evelyn; W. Boys, Sandwich, 246.
Offices Held
Steward, manor of Lambeth 1649 – d.; bencher, G. Inn 1659, reader 1663, treas. 1666 – 68; j.p. Kent July 1660 – d.; commr. for assessment, Canterbury Aug. 1660–1, Kent 1661 – 63, Kent and Canterbury 1663 – 80, sewers, E. Kent Sept. 1660; freeman, Canterbury 1661, common councilman 1662 – d., recorder 1664 – 75, 1675 – d.; commr. for recusants, Kent 1675; steward of Chancery court, Cinque Ports ?1679 – d.; chairman of quarter sessions, Kent by 1680–d.
Serjeant-at-law 1669, King’s serjeant 1676–d.
Main residences: Canterbury, Kent; Gray's Inn.
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Commons 1660-1690
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HARDRES, Thomas (c.1610-81)
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Oxford 1644
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