THYNNE, Thomas II (c.1578-1639), of Longleat, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1578, 1st s. of John Thynne by Joan, da. of Sir Rowland Hayward of London. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. m. (1) c.1601, Maria, da. of George, Lord Audley; (2) c.1612, Catherine, da. of Charles Howard, 6s. 1da. suc. fa. 1604. Kntd. 1604.1Wilts. Vis. Peds. (cv, cvi), 193; Ch. Inq. P. M. Misc. 535, 18 Chas. I, pt. 30, no. 47; Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxiii. 283.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Wilts. 1607 – 08, Glos. 1621 – 22, Som. 1629 – 30, Salop 1633–4.

Address

Main residence: Longleat, Wilts.

biography text

Thynne, the heir to Longleat, allied himself in marriage with a nobleman’s daughter who was also grand-daughter to (Sir) James Marvyn, perhaps the leading man in Wiltshire after the Earl of Pembroke. The borough of Hindon lay within Marvyn’s territory and it is thus highly probable that the Thomas Thynne esquire who was returned for it in 1601 was Marvyn’s young kinsman, rather than Thomas Thynne I.

Thynne died 1 Aug. 1639.

Author

S.T.B.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Notes

1. Wilts. Vis. Peds. (cv, cvi), 193; Ch. Inq. P. M. Misc. 535, 18 Chas. I, pt. 30, no. 47; Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxiii. 283.