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Thomas Alured (1583 – May 1638) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629. Alured was the son of John Aldred of Charterhouse, Hull. He was admitted as a scholar at
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, at Easter 1602. He was admitted at
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on 7 May 1604. From about 1606 he was private secretary to
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, and was given a number of further posts. Alured initially held property at Ludlow, Shropshire and at Bewdley, Worcestershire but was later of Blackfriars, London and Edmonton, Middlesex. History of Parliament Online - Alured, Thomas
/ref> In 1628, he was elected
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for Hedon and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. Alured died at the age of about 54 and was buried at St Anne's, Blackfriars.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alured, Thomas 1583 births 1638 deaths English MPs 1628–1629 17th-century English landowners Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of Gray's Inn Members of the Parliament of England for Hedon