BYLE, Thomas

Surprisingly, no trace of a Thomas Byle has been discovered, although other members of this prominent Wareham family are fairly well documented. It may be that the first name of the MP was written on the indenture incorrectly, and that the man elected was in fact the attorney William Byle*, who had represented Wareham in the previous Parliament of 1425, and was to do so again in the subsequent Parliament of 1427, as well sitting four more times before 1437. That ‘Thomas’ was not a mistake for Richard Byle* (who had sat for Wareham in three earlier Parliaments) is indicated by the appearance of Richard among those who attested the return.1 C219/13/4.