Sir Thomas Baynham

Thomas Baynham (1536-1611) was Lord of the Manor of Clearwell, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. He served as Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1582 and 1602. He died on 2 October 1611, aged 75, and was buried at Newland, Gloucestershire.

He was the 3rd son of Sir George Baynham(d.1546), Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1543, by Cecilia Gage, daughter of Sir John Gage. He succeeded his elder brother Christopher Baynham(b. 1529) in the Baynham estates.

He married Mary Winter, daughter of William Winter of Lydney, Gloucestershire. They had two sons who both died without issue and two daughters, joint-co-heiresses:

• Cecily, married Sir William Throckmorton, 1st Baronet(c.1579-1628), of Tortworth, Gloucestershire.
• Joanna (b.1585), married John Vaughan of Kinnersley, Herefordshire(d. pre 1620)

Source

• MacLean, Sir John, The History of the Manors of Dean Magna and Abenhall. Published in: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Vol.6, 1881-2,pp. 185-187, pedigree of Baynham
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Baynham_(d.1611)
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• ' Thomas Baynham lived at Cloverwell, Newland, Gloucestershire, England.1
• 'Child of Thomas Baynham and Mary Winter
  • 1.Cicely Baynham+1 b. c 1586
• Citations
• 1.[S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume I, page 65. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p28413.htm#i284127
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He was a knight