Family and Education
b. 4 Jan. 1630, o.s. of Thomas Mompesson of Salisbury by Catherine, da. and coh. of Thomas Davy of Roche Court, Winterslow. educ. L. Inn 1648, called 1654. m. (1) ?s.p.; (2) lic. 21 June 1662, Barbara (d. 9 Mar. 1677), da. and h. of John Waterer of Covent Garden, Westminster, 1s. 1da.; (3) 31 Aug. 1679, Elizabeth, da. of Matthew Nicholas, DD, dean of St. Paul’s 1660-1, wid. of Sir William Calley of Burderop Park, Wroughton, Wilts., and Thomas Willis, MD, of St. Martin’s Lane, Westminster, s.p. suc. fa. 1640, uncle Sir Giles Mompesson, at Codford by 1663; Kntd. 23 Feb. 1662.Wilts. Inquisitions (Index Lib. xxiii), 297, 301; Wilts. Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. cv), 45, 134; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 154; PCC 101, 109 Juxon; Lond. Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 932; J. Harris, Epitaphs in Salisbury Cathedral, 122-4; Coll. Top. et Gen. v. 347; Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxxi, 181.
Offices Held
J.p. Wilts. 1661 – ?81, 1689 – d., commr. for assessment, Wilts. and Salisbury 1661 – 80, Westminster 1677 – 80, Wilts., Salisbury and Westminster 1689 – 90, loyal and indigent officers, Wilts. 1662; dep. lt. Wilts. 1670 – 81, 1685 – June 1688, Oct. 1688 – d., Mdx. by 1691 – d., commr. for recusants, Wilts. 1675, member, Hon. Artillery Co. 1677; col. of militia ft. Wilts. to 1681, by 1696–?d.; freeman, Salisbury 1679, Wilton 1685.
Commr. for privy seal 1697, land bank 1699.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Mompesson House, The Close, Salisbury; St. Martin's Lane, Westminster.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
MOMPESSON, Thomas (1630-1701)
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