Thomas Curwen

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Sir Thomas Curwen of Workington (* around 1400; † 1463 ) was an English knight .

Life

Sir Thomas was a son of Sir Christopher Curwen and Elizabeth Huddelston.

He represented Cumbria in Parliament in 1434, 1441, 1449 and 1459 and was Sheriff of Cumbria in 1450 and 1457.

Thomas Curwen was a supporter of the House of Lancaster and fought for Henry VI. during the Wars of the Roses at the Battle of Northampton (1460), St Albans (1461) and Towton (1461).

Sir Thomas died in 1463.

Marriage and offspring

Sir Thomas was married to Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Lowther.

The couple had at least two children:

  • Christopher ⚭ Anne Pennington
  • Elizabeth ⚭ John Cleburne

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d John Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. I , Henry Colburn London 1833, p. 579
  2. ^ A b c Frederick L. Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonits who cam to America before 1700 , Genealogical Publishing Com. 2004, ISBN 978-0-806-31752-6 , p. 46
  3. ^ A b c d Joseph Nicolson, Richard Burn: The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumbria Vol. II , W. Strahan London 1777, p. 54
  4. ↑ a b c d Charles H. Browning: Americans of Royal Descent , Genealogical Publishing Com 1911, ISBN 978-0-806-30054-2 , p. 63 / p. 353
  5. ^ Entry on Christopher Curwen at www.historyofparliamentonline.org, accessed on November 10, 2016
  6. ^ Thomas Wotton: The English Baronetage Vol. II , London 1741, p. 305
  7. ^ A b c Thomas Wright: The History and Topography of Cumberland and Westmorland , Whittaker & Co London 1860, p. 68 / p. 73 / S. 706 / S. 796
  8. ^ A b c Towton Battlefield Society
personal data
SURNAME Curwen, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Curwen, Sir Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 1463