Constituency Dates
Shaftesbury [1414 (Apr.)]
Family and Education
1Shaftesbury Recs. ed. Mayo, 43.">Shaftesbury Recs. ed. Mayo, 43.">
Offices Held

Mayor, Shaftesbury Mich. 1414–15.2Shaftesbury Recs. ed. Mayo, 43.

Tax collector, Dorset Sept. 1431, May 1437.

Address
Main residence: Shaftesbury, Dorset.
biography text

Thomas was a descendant of John Haselmere, mayor of Shaftesbury in 1331-2 and 1351-2, and a kinsman of another John who in 1402 was living in Bleke Street.3Egerton 3135, ff. 43, 79; Dorset Nat. Hist. and Antiq. Soc. xv. 45. He himself held pasture land in St. James’s parish, and in 1426 he acquired a house in the parish of St. Lawrence from Walter Swift, second cousin to Robert Fovent, only to sell it again two years later.4Shaftesbury Recs. 77; J. Hutchins, Hist. Dorset, iii. 94. His only known election as mayor of Shaftesbury occurred early in his career, within a few months of his having represented the borough in the Leicester Parliament of 1414. From then on until October 1444 he often appeared as a witness to conveyances of property in the town.5Harl. Ch. 79E 51; C146/3904; Shaftesbury Recs. 77, 78.

Author
L.S.W.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Notes
  • 1. Shaftesbury Recs. ed. Mayo, 43.">
  • 2. Shaftesbury Recs. ed. Mayo, 43.
  • 3. Egerton 3135, ff. 43, 79; Dorset Nat. Hist. and Antiq. Soc. xv. 45.
  • 4. Shaftesbury Recs. 77; J. Hutchins, Hist. Dorset, iii. 94.
  • 5. Harl. Ch. 79E 51; C146/3904; Shaftesbury Recs. 77, 78.