Sir Thomas Wolstenholme, 2nd Baronet (c. 1622–1691) was an English baronet.
The Wolstenholme family acquired wealth and social position in Middlesex through service in the customs office. The second baronet built
Minchington Hall
Minchington Hall, or Mincington Hall, or Minchenden House, was a country house and estate in Southgate, then in the county of Middlesex in England, and now in Greater London. It was on Southgate Green and the south side of Waterfall Road, a ...
in Southgate, Middlesex, after 1664. In 1672, he was assessed to taxation on 35 hearths, the greatest amount in the parish.
[Edmonton: Other estates]
British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
In 1675, he settled £2,000 PA in lands on his son, the future
3rd baronet, when the younger Wolstenholme married into the powerful Raynton family.
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By 1690, the 3rd baronet, by then a member of Parliament for Middlesex petitioned Parliament for a bill to sell several properties to pay the debts of his father, who it was claimed, was almost bankrupt.WOLSTENHOLME, Sir John, 3rd Bt. (1649-1709), of Forty Hall, Enfield, and Denmark Street, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.]
History of Parliament. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
See also
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Wolstenholme baronets
The Wolstenholme Baronetcy, of London, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 10 January 1665 for John Wolstenholme, who had previously represented West Looe, Newport and Queenborough in Parliament. He had been heavily fine ...
References
1620s births
1691 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
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