Ancestral Trails 2016 » Thomas FANSHAWE (1580-1631)

Personal data Thomas FANSHAWE 

  • He was born in the year 1580 in Ware Park, Hertfordshire.
  • He was baptized on September 16, 1580 in Christ Church, Newgate Street, London, Middlesex.
  • He died on December 17, 1631 in Inner Temple, City of London, Middlesex, he was 51 years old.
  • He is buried on December 29, 1631 in Barking, Essex.
  • A child of Thomas FANSHAWE and Johanna SMYTHE

Household of Thomas FANSHAWE

He is married to Anne BABINGTON.

They got married on December 27, 1604 at St Stephen Coleman Street, London, Middlesex, he was 24 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Thomas FANSHAWE  1607-1651 


Notes about Thomas FANSHAWE

Sir Thomas Fanshawe KB (1580 - 17 December 1631) was an English government official and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1629.

Fanshawe was the second son of Thomas Fanshawe and first son by his second wife Joan Smythe, daughter of Customer Smythe and was baptised on 15 September 1580. His father was Queen's Remembrancer of the Exchequer. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge and admitted at the Inner Temple in 1595. He was an auditor for the Duchy of Lancaster. In 1601, he inherited the estate of Jenkins and Barking Manor, Essex, on the death of his father.

Also in 1601 Fanshawe was elected Member of Parliament for Bedford. He was elected MP for Lancaster in 1604. In 1606 became a barrister. He was re-elected MP for Lancaster in 1614 and 1621. He was knighted by King James in 1624. He was reelected MP for Lancaster in 1624, 1625, 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.

Fanshawe married Anne Babington, daughter of Urias Babington and had three sons, of which only one, Thomas, survived him. He was half-brother of Sir Henry Fanshawe.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

Mentioned in the Will of his grandmother, Alice (Judd) Smythe in 1592.

Thomas Fanshaw, son of Joan (Smythe) Fanshaw was noted in the will of his uncle Sir Thomas Smythe (will made in Jan 1621/1622 and proved in 1625)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Thomas FANSHAWE

John Fanshawe
1504-1578
Margaret Wadd Eyre
1499-1573
THOMAS BROUNCKER SMYTHE
1522-1591
ALICE JUDD
1532-1593

Thomas FANSHAWE
1580-1631

1604

Anne BABINGTON
1586-1638

Thomas FANSHAWE
1607-1651

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Historical events

Christening day September 16, 1580

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1580: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 6 » One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.
    • July 12 » The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
    • August 25 » War of the Portuguese Succession: Spanish victory at the Battle of Alcântara brings about the Iberian Union.
    • September 26 » Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
    • October 10 » Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.
    • November 10 » After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 people, including papal soldiers and civilians, at Dún an Óir, Ireland.

Day of marriage December 27, 1604

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1604: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 24 » Samuel de Champlain discovers the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present-day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
    • September 1 » Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, was first installed at Harmandir Sahib.
    • October 9 » Supernova 1604 is sighted, the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way.
    • October 17 » Kepler's Supernova is observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
    • November 1 » William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.

Day of death December 17, 1631

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1631: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 18 » In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
    • May 20 » The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
    • May 30 » Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper.
    • June 17 » Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
    • September 17 » Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
    • October 10 » Thirty Years' War: An army of the Electorate of Saxony seizes Prague.

Day of burial December 29, 1631

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1631: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 18 » In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
    • May 20 » The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
    • May 30 » Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper.
    • June 17 » Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
    • June 20 » The Sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.
    • October 10 » Thirty Years' War: An army of the Electorate of Saxony seizes Prague.


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