Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, 1st Baronet (died 1643), of Wickham, Oxfordshire supported the

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cause in the

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. He was

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in 1643.

Biography

Thomas Chamberlayne was the son and heir of Sir

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, one of the Justices of the Court of King's Bench, and his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir

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, of

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, Northamptonshire. He succeeded his father in September 1625. He supported the Royalist cause and was created a baronet, on 4 February 1643. He was

in that year. He died (during his Shrievalty and a few months after receiving his Baronetcy) on 6 October 1643. He was succeeded by his son and heir

Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, 2nd Baronet (c. 1635–1682) of Wickham and of Northbrooke, Oxfordshire,was the son of Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, 1st Baronet, and probably inherited the Chamberlayne baronets, baronetcy on the death of his father on 6 Octob ...

Family

Chamberlayne married firstly, —, a daughter of — Acland. He married secondly, Anne, daughter of Richard Chamberlatne, of Temple House, county Warwick, and of the Court of Wards.

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References

* * 1643 deaths Year of birth unknown High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire Baronets in the Baronetage of England {{England-baronet-stub