Sir Thomas Thurland, of Gamston, Knt.

1. THOMAS THURLAND was born ABT 1452 in NOTTINGHAM, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, and died BEF 28 NOV 1498 in GAMSTON, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. He was the son of 2. RICHARD THURLAND and 3. ALICE NEVILLE.

He married JANE WILLOUGHBY ABT 1471 in WILLOUGHBY ON THE WOLDS, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, daughter of ROBERT WILLOUGHBY and MARGARET GRIFFITH. She was born ABT 1449 in WILLOUGHBY ON THE WOLDS, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, and died 26 APR 1497 in GAMSTON, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

Their children

1. THOMAS THURLAND b: ABT 1472 in GAMSTON, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
2. ALICE THURLAND b: ABT 1473 in GAMSTON, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
3. DOROTHY THURLAND b: ABT 1475 in GAMSTON, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
4. JANE THURLAND b: ABT 1486 in GAMSTON, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

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THE CONVEYANCE OF GAMSTON & HOUGHTON: Ralph Monboucher d.1411 - Margaret Foljambe d. 1462 - Thomas Thurland (purchased reversion) d. 1464 - Thomas Thurland d. 1472 - Sir Thomas Thurland d. 1498 - Thomas Thurland ?The Profligate? sold to Thomas Markham before 1523.

Apr. 26, 1497. Thomas Thurland of Gamston, squier?to be buried in the chauncell of Gamston church, afore the ymage of Sante Petir. I will that such money as is unpaid to Richard Mellers for iij belles of Gamston be paid of my goodes. To Alice and Dorothe Thurland, my doghtours, xl li. (each) to ther mariage. A prest to syng for my saule in Gamston church at our Lady awter by the space of z yeres, and to have vij marc yerely. Thoa. Thurland my sonne. To the church of West Draton a bell. Jane my wif. Sir Harry WiUughy, knyght, and Thoa. Wattes of Notingham, exTM. My broiler Sir Gervas Clifton, knyght, surveior. To Richard, my son, x mare yerely upon my landes. My sonne to be undir the governaunce of bis moder to the tyme the said Edmunde come to the age of xxj yeres. Pr. Nov. 28, 1498. (Reg. Rothcrham, 366 a, 6.)

Thomas Thurland, son of Richard, who inherited the vast estates of his late uncle, was afterwards knighted. ?Sir Thomas married Joan, daughter of Thomas (sic,. Robert) Willoughbv, esq., of Willoughby on the Wolds, and was living in the 7th Henry VIII. By his marriage he had one son, Thomas, and two daughters, Jane and Phillippa. Jane married to Sir John Durham, Knt., and Phillippa, married to Gabriel Armstrong, esq., of Thorpe, near Wysall.

Gamston and other manors came to Margaret Foljambe, the first and only wife of Ralph Monboucher, upon his death in 1411 sine prole. She married as her second husband John Cokefield of Nuthall, Nottinghamshire in ca. 1413 and they enjoyed their combined estates together until his death in 1453 sine prole. Her will is dated 15 July 1462 at Wollaton, Nottinghamshire and she named her nephew, Richard Willoughby, to be one of her executors and a residual legatee. Richard was the eldest son of Sir Hugh Willoughby (d. 1448) and was the Lord of the Manor for Wollaton from the death of his father in 1448 until his death in 1471, where Lady Margaret had resided as a houseguest since the death of her second husband. Her will left no instructions regarding inheritance of her manors, and there were several. It is inferred that the executors, after fulfilling all of the directions written into her will, would have then divided her remaining assets among themselves as the residual legatees. Soon after her death, Sir Thomas Thurland became possessed of the manors of Houghton-on-the-Idle and Gamston. Sir Thomas Thurland was married to Jane Willoughby, the step-niece of Richard Willougby, the executor. It is inferred that Richard W. arranged to liquidate the manors through sale to Sir Thomas. Gamston remained the seat of the senior branch of the Thurland family for several generations.

In 1417 Matilda de Kevermond, "the last of the Monbouchers," settled the Monboucher manor here upon William Foljambe and others, and in 1464 Margaret (Foljambe) Cokefield held that manor for life with reversion to Thomas Thurland. [NOTE: Thomas Thurland, the builder of Thurland House in Nottingham in 1458, purchased the reversion of Gamston & Houghton from the Duchy of Lancaster immediately following Lady Margaret (Foljambe) Cokefield?s death circa 1464. ed.]

ONE of the most prominent figures in the commercial, social, and public life of Nottingham about the middle of the fifteenth century was Thomas Thurland, uncle of the subject of the previous paragraph. He was Merchant of the Staple; was several times Mayor, an Alderman; a "Keeper of the Peace"; and the builder of Thurland Hall, afterwards known for a time as Clare Hall. His name is perpetuated by a street bearing his name, and which occupied part of the site of this palace of a merchant prince, which was second only in splendour to that of the Castle. This hall was located on the north side of Gridlesmith Gate, now Pelham Street, and covered an extensive area, including what is now Thurland Street. As will be seen by the rough plan the house and grounds covered the space between?to use present-day street nomenclature?Parliament Street, on the North, Pelham and Carlton Streets on the South, Clumber Street on the West, and Broad Street on the East. The area was about eight acres and three quarters. The principal portion of the frontage was opposite the stables of the famous "Blackamoor" hostelry, and covered the site of the buildings opposite the present-day "Journal Chambers." The Hall had its main frontage to the South, and extended northward behind buildings at the back of what is now Clumber Street. The grounds were fittingly laid out with garden-beds, with trees and shrubs on the grass-lands.

Thurland was one of a number of men who benefitted largely by the action of Edward the Third (1336-1360), when he incorporated the Merchants of the Staple, which was one of the most ancient companies of merchants in England. The woollen trade was largely centred in Calais at this time; and Thurland was a Merchant of the Staple. He prospered exceedingly, and became a man of very considerable wealth and importance in Nottingham. Thurland was returned four times as Burgess in Parliament for Nottingham: in 1441, 1448, 1449, and 1450. He was Mayor of this town nine times, viz., in 1442-3, 1447-8, 1448-9, 1450-1, 1453-4, 1458-9, 1459-60, 1462-3, and 1463-4. In 1457-8 he gave twenty loads of Basford stone for the repair of the " Bridges of Hethbeth "?the Trent Bridge. During 1467-9 he was a "Keeper of the Peace," or magistrate; and in the first-mentioned year was appointed a collector of alms for "Hethbeth Bridge." In 1472-3 the King appointed him as a Commissioner for examining land, tenaments, &c, for the purpose of levying taxes upon them. We find that he contributed the tenth of the income of his freehold in Nottingham, which amounted to seventy-four shillings and sevenpence half-penny?a considerable sum at that period. This was the largest sum by far on the subsidy-rolls for Nottingham. He died about 1474-1477.

• Source: Adrienne Anderson chart of Scandinavian Norman Descent of Hamblins

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References

• The visitations of the county of Nottingham in the years 1569and 1614 : with many other descents of the same county by (Flower, William), d. 1588; Saint-George, Richard, Sir, d. 1635; Mundy, Richard; Withie, John; Marshall, George William, 1839-1905; College of Arms (Great Britain). “Donham.” Page 160. Archive.Org