Jump to content

Thomas Wainfleet

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the current revision of this page, as edited by Jevansen (talk | contribs) at 08:31, 16 August 2023 (Moving from Category:People from Canterbury to Category:Politicians from Canterbury using Cat-a-lot). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.

(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Thomas Wainfleet (by 1463 – 1515), of Canterbury, Kent, was an English politician.

Family

[edit]

Wainfleet was the son of Thomas Wainfleet of Canterbury. He was unmarried, but had an illegitimate son.[1]

Career

[edit]

Active in local politics, he was a common councilman for Canterbury by 1500, an alderman by 1504 and mayor for 1514–15. In 1512, he was elected a Member of Parliament for Canterbury.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "WAINFLEET, Thomas (by 1463-1515), of Canterbury, Kent. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Canterbury
1512
With: John Hales I
Succeeded by