Thomas Fleetwood (1517/18 – 1570), of London, The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire and

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, was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament, a judge, and Master of the Royal Mint under King Henry VIII.

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Fleetwood was the younger son of William Fleetwood and Ellen Standish and originated from Heskin,

. He was granted the family's arms on 4 July 1548, which is still used by the family. In 1545 he became Teller at the Tower mint for three years. Further positions at the London mints followed. He was comptroller and assayer at the Southwark mint from 1547 to 1551, appointed commissioner for the new coinage in December 1550 and under treasurer at the Tower mint from 1560 to 1562. The profits from the appointments enabled him to buy land in both Buckinghamshire and Lancashire, particularly the estate known as the Vache in Chalfont St Giles, which he purchased in 1564. He was a

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for Preston in March 1553 and for Buckinghamshire in 1563 and was pricked

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for 1564–65. He died in 1570 and was buried in an elaborate tomb at Chalfont St. Giles. He had married twice: his first wife was Barbara Francis, by whom he had three sons and a daughter. His second wife was Bridget, the youngest child of Sir John Spring of Lavenham, Suffolk, with whom he had seven sons and seven daughters, including William, George,

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and Joyce, grandmother of the leading statesman

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. The Vache estate passed to the second of these sons George Fleetwood.

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* * 1518 births 1570 deaths Politicians from London People from Chalfont St Giles People from the Borough of Wyre English MPs 1553 (Edward VI) English MPs 1563–1567 High Sheriffs of Bedfordshire High Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire {{1563-England-MP-stub

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