Thomas White

Thomas White

Male 1507 - 1566  (59 years)

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  • Name Thomas White 
    Birth 25 Mar 1507  South Warnborough, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _FSFTID GHXJ-DMC 
    Death 2 Nov 1566  London, Middlesex, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 59 years 
    Person ID I47986  Base Tree
    Last Modified 25 Oct 2024 

    Father Robert White, Jr,   b. 1475   d. 1521 (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Englefield,   b. 1478   d. 1548 (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F17183  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Agnes White,   b. 1507, Farnham, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1571, Canterbury, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Children 
     1. Frances White,   b. 14 May 1514, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1584, Lyford, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F9883  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • He was the eldest son of Robert White junr. of South Warnborough,[3] Hampshire (son of Robert White and Margaret Gaynesford[4]), and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Englefield the elder.[5] He married Agnes, the daughter of Robert White of Farnham, Surrey. They had 14 sons and 6 daughters, but some of them died in childhood.[6] His sister Sybill married (as his first wife) Sir John White of Aldershot, Alderman and Lord Mayor of London,[7] brother of John White, the Marian Bishop of Lincoln (1554–1556) and Bishop of Winchester (1556–1559).

      They had 14 sons and 6 daughters, but some of them died in childhood.[6]

      His sister Sybill married (as his first wife) Sir John White of Aldershot, Alderman and Lord Mayor of London,[7] brother of John White, the Marian Bishop of Lincoln (1554–1556) and Bishop of Winchester (1556–1559).

      Having studied law at the Inner Temple, he was treasurer of the bishopric of Winchester from 1538 to his death, and Keeper of Farnham Castle, Surrey from 1540 to death. He was elected Knight of the Shire for Hampshire seven times between 1547 and 1559. A strong Catholic, he was knighted at Westminster by the Earl of Arundel on 2 October 1553, the day after the coronation of Queen Mary I,[8] and served as a Master of Requests during Mary's reign from 1553 to 1558.

      Sir Thomas White BIRTH 25 Mar 1507 DEATH 2 Nov 1566 (aged 59) BURIAL St Andrew Churchyard South Warnborough, Hart District, Hampshire, England MEMORIAL ID 148748928


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