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Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, 1st Baronet

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Sir Thomas Chamberlayne
Died1643
NationalityEnglish
OccupationSheriff of Oxfordshire

Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, 1st Baronet (died 1643), of Wickham, Oxfordshire supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He was Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1643.[1][a]

Biography

Thomas Chamberlayne was the son and heir of Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, one of the Justices of the Court of King's Bench,[2] and his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Fermor, of Easton Neston, Northamptonshire. He succeeded his father in September 1625.[1]

He supported the Royalist cause and was created a baronet, on 4 February 1643. He was Sheriff of Oxfordshire in that year. He died (during his Shrievalty and a few months after receiving his Baronetcy) on 6 October 1643. He was succeeded by his son and heir Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, 2nd Baronet.[1]

Family

Chamberlayne married firstly, —, a daughter of — Acland. He married secondly, Anne, daughter of Richard Chamberlatne, of Temple House, county Warwick, and of the Court of Wards.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Also spelt Thomas Chamberlain and Thomas Chamberlyne
  1. ^ a b c d Cokayne 1902, p. 206.
  2. ^ Noble 1787, p. 440.

References

  • Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1902). Complete Baronetage 1625–1649. Vol. 2. Exeter: William Pollard and Co. p. 206.
  • Noble, Mark (1787). Memoirs of the Protectoral-House of Cromwell; Deduced from an early period, and continued down to the present time; and, also the families allied to, or descended from them. Vol. 1 (3 ed.). London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson. p. 440.
Baronetage of England
New creation Baronet
(of Wickham)
1643
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