Thomas Tresham I

Thomas Tresham I

Sir Thomas Tresham (d. March 8, 1559) was a leading Catholic politician who flourished during the middle of the Tudor dynasty in England.

He was chosen High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1524, 1539, 1545, and 1555 and returned as a member of parliament for the same county in 1541 and twice in 1554. In 1530 he served on a Royal Commission inquiring into Cardinal Wolsey's possessions; in 1537 he served on another to inquire into the Lincolnshire rebellion.

In 1539 he was one of those appointed to receive Queen Anne of Cleves at Calais. In 1540 he had licence to impark the Lyveden estate in the Aldwinkle St Peter's parish, where the "New Bield" erected by his grandson still stands.

Although his main estates were in Northamptonshire, it was noted in the same year that he had a house at Wolfeton in Charminster, Dorset. In 1549 he assisted in suppressing Kett's Rebellion.

On July 18, 1553 he proclaimed Queen Mary at Northampton and accompanied her on her entry into London. [web cite|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15037b.htm|title=Sir Thomas Tresham|workCatholic Encyclopedia]

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