Thomas Tesdale

Thomas Tesdale (1547–1610) was an English maltster, benefactor of the town of Abingdon in the English county of Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and the primary founding benefactor of Pembroke College, Oxford.

He left no children of his marriage to Maud Stone when he died, but gave £5,000 for the education of Abingdon Scholars (seven fellows and six scholars) at Balliol College, Oxford. In 1623, this money was augmented by the Reverend Richard Wightwick of East Ilsley and used instead for the transformation of Broadgates Hall into Pembroke College, named after the Chancellor of Oxford University, William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke.[1]

He also bequeathed an annual sum of money that allowed Roysses School (now Abingdon School) to employ an Usher (a second master), from 1610 to 1870.[3] They became known as the Tesdale Ushers.[4]

A founder of Pembroke College at Oxford.

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Tesdale