Thomas Gardiner (bef. 1591 - 1652)

Born before 1591 in Greenford, Middlesex, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1652 after age 61 in Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire, England

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Biography

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Sir Thomas Gardiner,^[1][2] (1591 - d. 1652 Cuddesdon, bur. 15 Oct Cuddesdon), Recorder of London on 25 Jan 1635/6 & Royalist; knighted on 25 Nov 1641 ... later of Cuddesdon, near Oxford.^[3]

Thomas was the third son of:

• Michael Gardiner, rector of Littlebury, Essex & Greenford, Middlesex (d. 22 Aug 1630, bur. Gainford),^[2][1]
• and Margaret, dau. of Thomas Brown of London, merchant.,^[1][3][2]

Thomas was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1610, and became a barrister in 1618.^[3] He bought Cuddesdon manor in Oxfordshire around c. 1636.^[4]

Marriage

On 08 October 1618, Thomas married Rebecca Child,^[3] (d. 1660),^[5] dau. of:

• William Child of Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire & London (d. 1637/8),^[6]
• and Rebecca, dau. of Robert Byrd of Maple Durham, Oxfordshire.^[7]

children

Thomas and his wife are said to have had thirteen children, including six sons (five dvp), and six daughters:^[5]

• Sir Thomas (dvp. 17 Jul 1645, bur. 29 Jul Christ Church, Oxford; adm. 23 Dec 1646).^[5]

m. (21 May 1642 St. Bartholomew's the Less, Smithfield) Carey (b. 28 Dec 1626), dau. of Sir Edmund Verney & sis. of Sir Ralph Verney, Bart. of Middle Claydon, Bucks (b. 09 Nov 1613 - d. 24 Sep 1696).^[8][5]

• George (dvp; bur. 02 Jun 1646 St. Bride's London), unmarried.^[5]
• Henry (dvp. 06 Sep 1645; bur. 08 Sep Christ Church, Oxford; adm. 01 Nov 1652), unmarried.^[5]
• Michael (dvp. bef. 01 Apr 1650), unmarried.^[5][9]
• Martin (d. aft. 01 Nov 1652), survivng s. & h., died unmarried^[5]
• John^[5]

m. [...], dau. of Sir William Boteleur or Butler of Biddenham, Beds.^[5]

• William (bp. 29 Jun 1638 St. Bride's), d.y.^[5]

• Rebecca^[5]

m. (1650) Redmayne Burrell, Esq. of Dowsby, Lincolnshire (b. c. 1616, age 18 in 1634), son of Sir John Burrell & Frances, d. & h. of Robert Redmayne, chancellor of diocese of Norwich.^[5]

• Margaret.^[5]

m. William Palmer, Esq. of Hill in Beds.^[5]

• Elizabeth (living 1660).^[5]

m. [...] Fish of Southill.^[5]

• Mary (bp. 26 Feb 1626/7 Greenford).^[5]

m. (Nov 1651 Paris, France) Sir Henry Wood, Kt.^[5]

• Frances (bp. 18 Jan 1629/30 St. Bride's, London).^[5]

m. (bef. 29 Oct 1648) Sir Sackville Glemham of Glemham Hall, Suffolk,^[5][10] s. & h. of Sir Thomas Glenham, Kt. (living Apr 1646).

• Anne^[5]

Property

Cuddeson manor

"The Joyner brothers sold the property for £6,000 to William Child, a public notary of London, who had married into their family. At this time the manor was valued at £10 a year, the manor-house at £5, 6 messuages and 10 cottages at £4, and Cuddesdon Coombe (i.e. the wood) at 13s. 4d. (fn. 111)

William Child died seised of the manor in 1637–8; his son John inherited, (fn. 112) but conveyed it to his brother-in-law Thomas Gardiner, recorder of London and solicitor general to Charles I. (fn. 113) Thomas was described by Clarendon as,

'a man of gravity and quickness that had somewhat of authority and gracefulness in his person and presence'.

He was knighted in 1641 and had his goods seized by Parliament in 1643. (fn. 114) He compounded with the parliamentarians in 1646 for a fine of £942 13s. 4d. (fn. 115) and died in 1652. (fn. 116) In his will (1648), he referred to his possessions as

'that temporal estate which is left me in these troublesome and distracted times, whereby it hath been broken and wasted in exceeding great measure',

and left his lands at Cuddesdon, Denton, and Wheatley to Hugh Audley, his colleague of the Inner Temple, to be sold to discharge debts. (fn. 117)"^[6]

Will

• c. 1648.^[6]

Notes

• Le Neve's pedigree shows some of his children as his grandchildren; it also asserts that his widow remarried to Stewkley, but it was his daughter-in-law (who married son Thomas) who did. Rebecca Child remained a widow.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Gardiner," in Vis. of London, p. 299. Archive.org. eBook.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "Gardiner," in Le Neve's Knights, 1873, p. 95. WikiTree.com. Pedigree.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} "Gardiner, Sir Thomas (1591 - 1652), recorder of London & Royalist," in DNB, 1889, 20, p. 425-426. Google Books.
4. ↑ Sir Thomas GARDINER 1591-1652. David Pearson Book Owners Online. www.bookowners.online. Web.
5. ↑ ^{5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21} "Sir Thomas Gardiner," in Genealogical Memoirs of the Extinct Family of Chester of Chicheley, 1878, 2, p. 480. Google Books.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} "Parishes: Cuddesdon." A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 5, Bullingdon Hundred. Ed. Mary D Lobel. London: Victoria County History, 1957. 96-116. British History Online. Web. 20 November 2020. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol5/pp96-116.
7. ↑ Child, (Vis. of London, 1633-35). WikiTree.com. Pedigree.
8. ↑ Henning, B.D. (1983). "Verney, Sir Ralph, 1st Bt. (1613-96), of Middle Claydon, Bucks.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690. HOP. Web.
9. ↑ see: Michaell (bp. 10 Aug 1628 Cuddesdon, Oxford), son of Thomas Gardiner

   "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5GQ-FY1 : 19 March 2020), Michaell Gardiner, 1628.

10. ↑ Hayton, D., Cruickshanks, E. & Handley, S. (2002). "Glenham, Thomas (c.1647-1704), of Glemham Hall, Little Glemham, Suff.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715. HOP. Web.