Thomas Farnefold

Thomas Farnfold (1600 – 19 March 1643) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1643.

In 1623 Farnfold was elected Member of Parliament for Steyning, and was re-elected in 1625. He was re-elected in 1628 and held the seat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In April 1640, he was re-elected MP for Steyning in the Short Parliament and again in November 1640 for the Long Parliament.^[1]

Farnfold owned property in Sussex including Churchmeadow, Gatwickes, a water mill and lands and Wickham Farm Steyning^[2]

Farnefold died in 1643.^[3]

References

Parliament of England
Preceded by Thomas Shirley Sir Edward Fraunceys	Member of Parliament for Steyning 1624–1625 With: Sir Edward Fraunceys	Succeeded by Sir Edward Fraunceys Sir Edward Bishopp, 2nd Baronet
Preceded by Sir Edward Fraunceys Sir Edward Bishopp, 2nd Baronet	Member of Parliament for Steyning 1628–1629 With: Sir Edward Alford	Succeeded by Parliament suspended until 1640
Preceded by Parliament suspended since 1629	Member of Parliament for Steyning 1640–1643 With: John Leeds 1640 Thomas Leedes 1640–1642	Succeeded by Edward Apsley Herbert Board

[1] Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.

[2] Notes of Post Mortem Inquisitions taken in Sussex

[3] Steyning: Manors and other estates, A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 1: Bramber Rape (Southern Part) (1980), pp. 226-231. Date accessed: 21 January 2011.

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