Thomas Horsman

Thomas Horsman (c. 1536 – 26 November 1610) was an English politician.

He was the son of Thomas Horsman (d. 1553) and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Hussey of Blankney, Lincolnshire and sister and co-heir of Thomas Hussey.[1][2] At his death his father held Mareham Grange, formerly a grange of Haverholme Priory and the manor of Burton Pedwardine.[3] A minor when his father died, Horsman was raised in the household of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley.[1] He subsequently became a member of Elizabeth I's household, according to his epitaph serving as taster and server to the queen for four decades.[4]

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Grantham in 1593, 1597, 1601 and 1604, but seems not to have played an active role in proceedings.[5] He was knighted at the Tower of London by the king on 14 March 1604, a few days before Parliament opened.[6]

He married a widow called Anne (d. 1612),[1] but died childless at the Savoy in November 1610.[5] After his death a memorial was erected to him at Burton Pedwardine by his nephew and heir Thomas.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Genealogist. Vol. 3. 1879. p. 271.
  2. ^ Lincolnshire Pedigrees. Vol. 51. Harleian Society. 1902. p. 528.
  3. ^ Trollope, Edward (1872). Sleaford, and the wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn. pp. 346, 353.
  4. ^ a b Trollope 1872, p. 351.
  5. ^ a b "HORSMAN, Thomas (C.1536-1610), of Burton Pedwardine, Lincs. And the Savoy, MDX. | History of Parliament Online".
  6. ^ The Knights of England. Vol. 2. 1906. p. 130.
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