Thomas Lewis (of Harpton)
Thomas Lewis (of Harpton) (1518/1519 – 1607) was an English politician.[1]
The son of Hugh Lewis of Gladestry and Harpton, Thomas Lewis was appointed to the magistrates' bench in 1547 and also served as Sheriff of Radnorshire in 1547. He subsequently served in a large number of local posts, including as a capital burgess and common councilman of New Radnor.[1]
Lewis served as the Member of Parliament for Radnor from 1545 to 1553, and for Radnorshire from 1559–1567 and 1584–1587.[2][3] He avoided the religious controversies of the day, although he was part of a commission designed to investigate an altar at New Radnor parish church which depicted Thomas Becket.[1]
In 1566, Lewis bought the hill of Old Radnor from the Corporation of New Radnor.[4] He remained active into his old age, serving as Sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1592–1593.[1][5]
Lewis married twice, having at least five sons[1] and a daughter, Sarah.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e Edwards, P. S. (1982), "LEWIS, Thomas I", in Bindoff, Stanley T (ed.), The House of Commons 1509-1558, vol. 1, Boydell & Brewer, pp. 526–7, ISBN 9780436042829
- ^ http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=1&coll_id=20195&expand=
- ^ A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland By John Burke, p.336
- ^ "Pedigree of Lewis of Harpton", Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol X, Third Series (1864), p.30
- ^ William Valentine Lloyd (1876) The Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire with notices of their families 1540-1639, pg 250
- ^ http://www.stirnet.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=134
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