Thomas Antrobus of Lincoln's Inn1

Male, #43985, (say 1549 - 1 May 1611)

Parent*William Antrobus of Nether Knutsford (s 1519 - )
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Birth*say 1549 Thomas was born at Cheshire, England, say 1549. 
 He was the son of William Antrobus of Nether Knutsford. 
Marriage*23 Sep 1577 He married Elizabeth Woodcock at St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, London, England, on 23 Sep 1577.2 
Death*1 May 1611 He died on 1 May 1611. 
Biography* Thomas Antrobus of Lincoln's Inn is shown in a 17th century pedigree entitled "Antrobus of Knutsford, Cheshire," as the only son of the William Antrobus of Nether Knutsford who was assessed for payment of a subsidy to King Henry VIII in 1541-2....
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The records of Lincoln's Inn show that Thomas Abrobus of Cheshire was admitted on the 1st July 1571-2. It is described as a "special admission." In 1573, as recorded by Sir Peter Leycester (see Ormerod's "History of Cheshire," vol. i., p. 376), Henry Hough of Knutsford, mercer, settled his land in Little Warford to hsi own use for his life and after to the use of his nephew, Thomas Antrobus of Lincoln's Inn, and his heirs. In 1577 Thomas Antrobus of Lincoln's Inn was married at St. Mary's Aldermanbury (by licence) to Elizabeth Woodcock, of that parish, the daughter of Ralph Woodcock of London, alderman. There is then an interval of 26 years without any information concerning him. But the sequel shows that he had been making his way in the world. In 1603-4, he was elected Member for Andover in the first Parliament of King James I, with Sir Thomas Jermyn, knight, as his colleague in the representation of the borough; and in 1604 he obtained a grant of Arms from William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms, being described in the grant as one of "the Six Clerks." (The principal officers of the Court of Chancery, after the Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, and the Vice-Chancellors, were the Masters in Chancery, and the Six Clerks of Chancery, or Prothonotaries, whose duty is was the receive and file all bills, answers, etc., on the equity side, and to make out certain warrants and patents, such as patents for Ambassadors, etc....)
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He bought about this time a well-known house close to Petersfield in Hampshire called Heath House, which became subsequently the seat of the Jolliffe family and still exists. There is a chalice belonging to Petersfield Church wich is inscribed, "Ex dono Thomae Antrobus senioris de Heathe House in Com. Southampt. armigeri" and has engraved on it his Arms and the motto "Dei memor, gratus amicis." The chalice is aid to be a good specimen of its date, but it is so large that it is only used on the great Festivals.
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He also gave books to Lincoln's Inn. In the so-called Black Books of the Inn (see vol. ii., p. 86, of the books as printed) there is a reference under the date of 5th February 1605 to a gift of books received from Mr. Thomas Antrobus; and on the 9th February 1609 (p. 117) it is recorded that "Mr. Thomas Antrobus hath sent seaven bookes of the lawe towardes the furnishing of the Library, whereof five weare delived to Mr. Hadd and two weare sent back to be newe bound." It is added in a note that three volumes of Year Books are still preserved in the Library, containing the following inscription: "Ex dono Thomae Antrobus senioris, unius Sociorum istius Hospicii, primo die Novembris et in anno secundo Jacobi Regis Angliae, etc., 1604"; and that the arms and crest of Antrobus are painted in each volume.
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He died in 1611, and was buried in St. Martin's, Ludgate. His monument perished with the church in the Great Fire; but in Stow's "Survey of London" (edition of 1618, p. 652) it is said to have been a new faire Monument in the same Wall (i.e. the east end of the Quire) and to have had on it the following inscription: "Here lyeth the bodie of Thomas Antrobus Esq. who deceased the first day of May 1611, having issue by Elizabeth his late wife (the daughter of Ralph Woodcock), Citizen and Alderman of London) three sonnes and two daughters, viz. Thomas, John, Richard, Elizabeth, and Margaret." 

Family

Elizabeth Woodcock (say 1551 - )

Last Edited 23 Oct 2001

Citations

  1. Reginald Laurence Antrobus, Antrobus Pedigrees: The story of a Cheshire family, London, England: Mitchell Huges and Clarke, 1929.
    Pages 9-10.
  2. Church of Latter Day Saints, compiler, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Intellectual Reserve, Inc..
    http://www.familysearch.org/