Sir Thomas Stanhope
Born1540
Died3 August 1596
Spouse(s)Margaret Port
IssueSir John Stanhope
Edward Stanhope
Anne Stanhope
FatherSir Michael Stanhope
MotherAnne Rawson

Sir Thomas Stanhope (1540 – 3 August 1596) was the son and heir of Sir Michael Stanhope, and a Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire.

Family

Thomas Stanhope was the eldest son of Sir Michael Stanhope and Anne Rawson (c.1515 – 20 February 1588), the daughter of Nicholas Rawson, of Aveley, Essex, and Beatrix Cooke (d. 14 January 1554), daughter of Sir Philip Cooke (d. 7 December 1503) and Elizabeth Belknap (died c. 6 March 1504),[1][2]

He had six brothers and four sisters, as recorded in the inscription on his mother's monument in Shelford church:[3][4][5]

Career

Stanhope was twelve years old when his father was executed in 1552. He lived at Shelford Priory Nottinghamshire.

In 1562 he was appointed Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and in 1574 and 1587 High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire. In 1586 and 1593 he was elected knight of the shire (MP) for Nottinghamshire. He was knighted in 1575.

In 1596 he died in debt, partly caused by the cost of rebuilding Shelford Priory.

Marriage and issue

Stanhope married Margaret Port, the daughter of Sir John Port of Etwall and Cubley, Derbyshire, by Elizabeth Gifford.

Children:

Notes

References

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  • Marshall, George William, ed. (1871). The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614. London: Harleian Society. pp. 7–8, 21–2. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  • Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. IV (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. pp. 144–5. ISBN 978-1460992708. Retrieved 3 April 2013.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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  • Stanhope, Philip Henry (1855). Notices of the Stanhopes as Esquires and Knights. London: A. and G.A. Spottiswoode. pp. 9–11. Retrieved 31 March 2013. The second son of Sir Edward, Sir Michael Stanhope.
  • Sir Thomas Stanhope of Shelford, Local life in Elizabethan Times, Beryl Cobbing and Pamela Priestland
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