Sir Thomas Vincent, MP

Family and Education

b. 1544, 1st s. of David Vincent, keeper of standing wardrobe at Hampton Court, of Barnack, Northants. by Elizabeth, da. of one Spencer of Berks.; bro. of Henry. m. Jane, o. da. and h. of Thomas Lyfield of Stoke d’Abernon by Frances, da. of Edmund, 1st Lord Bray and coh. of her bro. John, 2nd Lord Bray, 2s. suc. fa. 1565. Kntd. ?1601. d. 14 Dec. 1613.

Biography

History of Parliament online

Thomas Vincent, Esq. who married Jane, daughter and sole heir of Thomas Lyfield of Stoke-D'abernon, Esq. by Frances his wife, daughter and co-heir of Edmund lord Bray; and in her right was possessed of that estate which lies upon the river Mole, and for distinction is called D'abernon, from the Dabernons, ancient lords of that place, as the inscription in the church thereof farther shews ; which said Thomas Vincent, Esq. fixing his residence at Stoke, as before-mentioned, exchanged his manor of Bernake with Thomas Cecil, earl of Exeter, for lands in the county of Surrey, that his estate might lie more contiguous. He lived in great reputation and esteem, and Queen Elizabeth, as a mark of her favour, gave him the honour of a visit at Stoke, on Sep. 25, 1601, at which time her majesty conferred on him the honour of knighthood. He died Dec. 14, 1613, aged 70. she, Jan. 23, 1619. They had issue two sons, Francis and Bray, who died unmarried; also a daughter, the wife of Sir Matthew Brown, of Beechworth Castle in Surrey, Knt.

Source: William Betham, The baronetage of England: or The History of the English baronets, Burrell and Bransby, 1801, p. 199 - 200.

Citations

1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 288. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
2. [S1916] Tim Boyle, "re: Boyle Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 16 September 2006. Hereinafter cited as "re: Boyle Family."
3. [S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 94. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.
4. H.E. Malden (editor). "Parishes: Stoke d'Abernon." A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3 (1911): 457-462. British History Online. Web. 21 December 2012. <http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43007>

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