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HORDE, Thomas (1560-aft.1622), of Horde Park, nr. Bridgnorth, Salop.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981
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Constituency
Dates
1601
Family and Education
b. 1560, s. of John Horde† of Horde Park by Katherine, da. of Adam Otley of Pitchford, Salop. educ. Furnival’s Inn; L. Inn 1581. m. Mary, da. of Edward Foxe of Ludford, 1s. 6da. suc. fa. 1581.
Offices Held
Recorder, Bridgnorth 1589, bailiff 1603, 1610, 1616; escheator, Salop. Feb.-Dec. 1597, j.p.q. 1601.
Biography
Horde was the seventh member of his family to sit for Bridgnorth, but he disposed of his property there to the Whitmores, who thenceforth had the predominant interest. He proved the will of his daughter Katherine in July 1622.
Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 253; C142/197/58; Bridgnorth leet bk. 3, f. 5; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 4), v. 51; PCC 71 Savile, 41 Tirwhite; information from Dr. J. F. A. Mason.