Sir Thomas Crompton (c. 1557 – 5 February 1608) was an English barrister and judge who briefly sat in the

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in the years 1587, 1601, and 1604. He became master in chancery in 1608, shortly before his death. Crompton was the son of Sir Thomas Crompton. He matriculated at St Alban Hall, Oxford under date 20 December 1577, aged 19 and was awarded BA from Merton College on 28 January 1579 and MA on 1 December 1581. He was admitted at

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in 1581 and was awarded B and DCL at Oxford on 11 July 1589.'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Covert-Cutts', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 338–365. Retrieved 1 November 2011
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in Southwark, the high court of admiralty from c.1605 until his death in 1608. In 1587, Crompton was elected

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for

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. He was elected MP for Whitchurch in 1601. He was knighted on 23 July 1603. In 1604 he was elected as the first MP for

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. He was chancellor of the diocese of London from 1607 and master in chancery from 1608. Crompton died on 5 February 1608.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crompton, Thomas 1608 deaths Members of the pre-1707 Parliament of England for the University of Oxford Alumni of St Alban Hall, Oxford Alumni of Merton College, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple People from Whitchurch, Hampshire Place of birth missing Year of birth uncertain English MPs 1597–1598 English MPs 1601 English MPs 1604–1611 17th-century English judges