Thomas Thursby

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Thomas Thursby (died 1510), was a merchant, three times Mayor of King's Lynn and the founder and benefactor of Thoresby College.

He was the son of Henry Thursby, four times Mayor of Lynn and Burgess for Lynn,[1] in turn son of John Thursby, Mayor of Lynn Regis 1425[2] and Deputy-Mayor 1435.[1] Thomas' brother, Robert Thursby, was Burgess for Lynn 1462–3, 1482–3 and 1487, holding the manors of Ashwicken and Burg's Hall in Hillington before his death, 29 October 1500.

In his will he leaves 'my special good lord of Oxenford' a tabernacle of our Lady of gold.[1][3]

At the time of his death, he was married to Elizabeth (d.1518), the widow of Robert Aylmer (d.1493[4]) Mayor of Norwich.[5]

There were four Thomas Thursbys in the same geographical area in the same time period, which has through the centuries made unambiguous identification challenging. These were in addition to this Thomas Thursby (d.1510), his son by the same name (d.1543), a grand-nephew Thomas Thursby (1498[6]–1532[7]) and his son a great-grand-nephew Thomas Thursby of Bocking (d.1541[8]).

Both Bruce Bannerman[1] and E.M. Yates[9] identify the notorious land-encloser by the same name as the son of Thomas Thursby (d.1510), Mayor of King's Lynn.

Children[]

In his will, he mentions the following children:

  • Thomas Thursby (d. 1543[10])
  • Margery, married name Gryndell, who had the son John Gryndell (b.bef.1510[3])
  • Elizabeth, married before 1510[3] to Thomas Gibbon (Guybon) (1470/71–1531), of West Lynn, Norfolk[11]
  • Elyn
  • Beatrice, who married firstly William Trew (d. 1510/12) of Lynn and secondly William Coningsby (by 1483–1540) of the Inner Temple, London and Lynn, Norfolk[12]
  • Margaret, the wife of Francis Mountford (1474/76–1536) of the Inner Temple, London and Feltwell, Norfolk.[13]

Thomas Thursby was married several times, so there is some uncertainty as to who the mother of his children was.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Bannerman, W. Bruce (William Bruce) (1906). "Thoresby of Lynn". Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica. London, England : Mitchell, Hughes & Clarke. 4 (series 4): 138–140.
  2. ^ Burke, John (1833). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. H. Colburn.
  3. ^ a b c Eller, George (1861). Memorials: Archaeological and Ecclesiastical of the West Winch Manors from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period. Thew & Son. pp. 133–140.
  4. ^ Ewing, William Creasy (2005). Notices of the merchants' marks in the city of Norwich.
  5. ^ "City of Norwich, chapter 42: Middle Wimer ward". An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 4[full citation needed]. 1806. Retrieved 2020-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Bannerman, W. Bruce (William Bruce) (1906). Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica. London, England : Mitchell, Hughes & Clarke. pp. 139&#91, full citation needed&#93, .
  7. ^ Farrer, Reverend Edmund (1931). Early Suffolk Heraldry Volume XXI Part 1 (PDF). The Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History. p. 23.
  8. ^ Letters and Papers Henry VIII, 1541, Henry VIII: February 1541, 26-28.[full citation needed]
  9. ^ Yates, E.M. (1982). "The Dispute of the Salt Fen" (PDF). Norfolk Archaeology. 38: 73–78. |doi=10.5284/1078176 |doi-access=free}}
  10. ^ A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 9, Chesterton, Northstowe, and Papworth Hundreds.[full citation needed]
  11. ^ "GIBBON (GUYBON), Thomas (1470/71-1531), of West Lynn, Norf. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  12. ^ "CONINGSBY, William (by 1483-1540), of the Inner Temple, London and Lynn, Norf. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  13. ^ "MONFORD, Francis (1474/76-1536), of the Inner Temple, London and Feltwell, Norf. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
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