Sir Thomas Adams
I'd forgotten this church even existed, to my shame
Simon Knott's write up of his visit to this church can be seen here
www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/sprowstonmm/sprowstonmm.htm
Thomas Adams and wife
Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet (1586 – 24 February 1667/1668) was the Lord Mayor of the City of London and a Member of Parliament for the City of London from 1654-1655 and 1656-1658.
Adams was born in 1586, at Wem, Shropshire, educated at Shrewsbury School and admitted as a sizar to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University in 1600.[1] He received his BA in 1605-6, and became a draper in London.
In 1609, he was elected as sheriff, giving up his business, and applying himself to public affairs. He then served as Master of the Drapers' Company, sat as an alderman on the City of London Corporation, and was president of St Thomas' Hospital, which he probably saved from ruin, by discovering the frauds of a dishonest steward. In 1645, he was elected Lord Mayor of the City of London, showing unusual disinterestedness, declining the financial advantages usually made by the sale of places which become vacant.
His loyalty to Charles I was so well-known that at the start of the English Civil War his house was searched by the republican party, hoping to find the king there. The next year he was committed to the Tower, and detained for some time. However, at length he became the oldest alderman upon the bench, and was consequently dignified with the honourable title of father of the city. Sir Thomas sat as an MP for London from 1654-1655 and 1656-1658.
His affection for the king was such that during the exile of Charles II, he remitted him £10,000.[2] On the restoration of the King Sir Thomas, then 74 years of age, was deputed by the city to accompany General Monck to Breda in the Netherlands, to accompany the king home. For his services the king knighted him at the Hague; and soon after the restoration advanced him to the dignity of a Baronet, on the June 13, 1661.
In his latter years he was afflicted with kidney stones, which hastened his death. After his death a stone was taken from his body, weighing 25 ounces (1.5 lb, or 0.7 kg), which is preserved in the laboratory at Cambridge. He seemed perfectly prepared for death, often saying "Solum mihi superest sepulchrum" ("All my business is to fit me for the grave"). His funeral sermon was preached by Dr. Hardy, at St Katherine Cree Church, before his children and many of his relations. He was buried in a barrel vault excavated under the altar of St Mary and St Margaret Church, Sprowston, Norfolk, and a large marble monument was erected above it. His descendants enjoyed the title down to Sir Thomas Adams, who died a captain in the Royal Navy in 1770.
Renowned as a public benefactor, in his lifetime Sir Thomas gave his house at Wem as a free-school to the town, and endowed it; he founded a Arabic professorship at Cambridge in 1643, and paid for the printing of the Gospels in Persian, and for sending them into the east. Despite suffering great losses in his estate, he left legacies to the poor of many parishes, to hospitals, and ministers' widows in his will.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Adams,_1st_Baronet
Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Bt.1
b. circa 1586, d. 24 February 1667/68
Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Bt. was born circa 1586. He was the son of Thomas Adams and Margaret Erpe. He married Anne Mapsted, daughter of Humphrey Mapsted, before 1616. He died on 24 February 1667/68 at Ironmonger Land, Fenchurch Street, London, England. He was buried at Sprowston Hall, Norfolk, England. His will was probated in April 1668.
Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Bt. was Draper at London, England. He held the office of Alderman of Portsoken ward between 1639 and 1641. He held the office of Sheriff from 1639 to 1640. He held the office of Alderman of Billingsgate between 1641 and 1646.1 He held the office of Lord Mayor of London from 1645 to 1646. He held the office of Alderman of Cornhill between 16 September 1646 and 7 April 1647. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for London from 1654 to 1655. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for London between 1656 and 1658. He suffered greatly as a Royalist, and was said to have remitted as much as £10,000 to King Charles II. He purchased Sprowston Hall, Norfolk. He was invested as a Knight in May 1660. He was created 1st Baronet Adams, of Sprowston Hall, Norfolk [England] on 13 June 1660. He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Children of Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Bt. and Anne Mapsted
Margaret Adams b. 25 Oct 1616
Sir William Adams, 2nd Bt. b. 8 Jun 1634, d. 1687
thepeerage.com/p12125.htm#i121243
Anne Mapsted was the daughter of Humphrey Mapsted. She married Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Bt., son of Thomas Adams and Margaret Erpe, before 1616. She died on 16 January 1641/42.1 She was buried at St. Leonard's, Eastcheap, London, England.
Sir Thomas Adams
I'd forgotten this church even existed, to my shame
Simon Knott's write up of his visit to this church can be seen here
www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/sprowstonmm/sprowstonmm.htm
Thomas Adams and wife
Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet (1586 – 24 February 1667/1668) was the Lord Mayor of the City of London and a Member of Parliament for the City of London from 1654-1655 and 1656-1658.
Adams was born in 1586, at Wem, Shropshire, educated at Shrewsbury School and admitted as a sizar to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University in 1600.[1] He received his BA in 1605-6, and became a draper in London.
In 1609, he was elected as sheriff, giving up his business, and applying himself to public affairs. He then served as Master of the Drapers' Company, sat as an alderman on the City of London Corporation, and was president of St Thomas' Hospital, which he probably saved from ruin, by discovering the frauds of a dishonest steward. In 1645, he was elected Lord Mayor of the City of London, showing unusual disinterestedness, declining the financial advantages usually made by the sale of places which become vacant.
His loyalty to Charles I was so well-known that at the start of the English Civil War his house was searched by the republican party, hoping to find the king there. The next year he was committed to the Tower, and detained for some time. However, at length he became the oldest alderman upon the bench, and was consequently dignified with the honourable title of father of the city. Sir Thomas sat as an MP for London from 1654-1655 and 1656-1658.
His affection for the king was such that during the exile of Charles II, he remitted him £10,000.[2] On the restoration of the King Sir Thomas, then 74 years of age, was deputed by the city to accompany General Monck to Breda in the Netherlands, to accompany the king home. For his services the king knighted him at the Hague; and soon after the restoration advanced him to the dignity of a Baronet, on the June 13, 1661.
In his latter years he was afflicted with kidney stones, which hastened his death. After his death a stone was taken from his body, weighing 25 ounces (1.5 lb, or 0.7 kg), which is preserved in the laboratory at Cambridge. He seemed perfectly prepared for death, often saying "Solum mihi superest sepulchrum" ("All my business is to fit me for the grave"). His funeral sermon was preached by Dr. Hardy, at St Katherine Cree Church, before his children and many of his relations. He was buried in a barrel vault excavated under the altar of St Mary and St Margaret Church, Sprowston, Norfolk, and a large marble monument was erected above it. His descendants enjoyed the title down to Sir Thomas Adams, who died a captain in the Royal Navy in 1770.
Renowned as a public benefactor, in his lifetime Sir Thomas gave his house at Wem as a free-school to the town, and endowed it; he founded a Arabic professorship at Cambridge in 1643, and paid for the printing of the Gospels in Persian, and for sending them into the east. Despite suffering great losses in his estate, he left legacies to the poor of many parishes, to hospitals, and ministers' widows in his will.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Adams,_1st_Baronet
Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Bt.1
b. circa 1586, d. 24 February 1667/68
Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Bt. was born circa 1586. He was the son of Thomas Adams and Margaret Erpe. He married Anne Mapsted, daughter of Humphrey Mapsted, before 1616. He died on 24 February 1667/68 at Ironmonger Land, Fenchurch Street, London, England. He was buried at Sprowston Hall, Norfolk, England. His will was probated in April 1668.
Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Bt. was Draper at London, England. He held the office of Alderman of Portsoken ward between 1639 and 1641. He held the office of Sheriff from 1639 to 1640. He held the office of Alderman of Billingsgate between 1641 and 1646.1 He held the office of Lord Mayor of London from 1645 to 1646. He held the office of Alderman of Cornhill between 16 September 1646 and 7 April 1647. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for London from 1654 to 1655. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for London between 1656 and 1658. He suffered greatly as a Royalist, and was said to have remitted as much as £10,000 to King Charles II. He purchased Sprowston Hall, Norfolk. He was invested as a Knight in May 1660. He was created 1st Baronet Adams, of Sprowston Hall, Norfolk [England] on 13 June 1660. He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Children of Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Bt. and Anne Mapsted
Margaret Adams b. 25 Oct 1616
Sir William Adams, 2nd Bt. b. 8 Jun 1634, d. 1687
thepeerage.com/p12125.htm#i121243
Anne Mapsted was the daughter of Humphrey Mapsted. She married Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Bt., son of Thomas Adams and Margaret Erpe, before 1616. She died on 16 January 1641/42.1 She was buried at St. Leonard's, Eastcheap, London, England.