Thomas Saunders, of Long Marston

"The property subsequently passed first to George Ferrers, and then in 1628 to Thomas Saunders of Long Marston. In 1698 his great grand-daughter Anne Saunders married Sir Edward Sebright, who belonged to a wealthy Worcestershire family, establishing a family connection for the next two and a half centuries."

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The petition of the three colonels or The Humble Petition of Several Colonels of the Army[1] was a document of the English Interregnum. Written by the Republican agitator John Wildman[2] in the name of John Okey, Thomas Saunders, and Matthew Alured—three colonels in the New Model Army—it criticised Oliver Cromwell and the Protectorate, called for the institution of the Council of Officer's Agreement of the People of December 1648 and was circulated in the army during 1654.[3][4] On 18 October that year, after the petition had been ceased and the three officers arrested, John Wildman published it .[5] Okey was court-martialled, found not guilty of treason, and set free once he resigned his commission. Saunders was not tried after he resigned his commission. Alured was cashiered from the Army and spent a year in prison because, in addition to signing the petition, he had stirred up dissatisfaction among English troops stationed in Ireland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petition_of_the_three_colonels

Origins

From https://amershammuseum.org/history/people/before-1600/saunders/

Thomas and Alice’s son, John Saunders, married twice, firstly Elizabeth Tredway (née Duncombe) [SIC: no, she was Elizabeth Puttenham, 2nd wife] and Ursula Yates Lee. He died in 1578 and was buried in Amersham. He had five children – Thomas, Richard, Charles, Cecily and Margaret. Thomas seems to have moved to Long Marston (near Tring) ...

Links

• https://amershammuseum.org/history/people/before-1600/saunders/
• https://amershammuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Fig-4-Descend...
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167157062/john-saunders