Thomas Hanbury (1572–1617) was

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for

Petersfield Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is north of Portsmouth. The town has its own railway station on the Portsmouth Direct line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth a ...

from 1597 to 1601. Hanbury was the son of Thomas Hanbury of

Buriton Buriton () is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is located 2 miles (3.3 km) south of Petersfield. History About a mile north-west of Buriton was the extensive manor of West Mapledurham, for ...

, Auditor of the Exchequer and his wife Blanche née Bowyer. He was educated at

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. He bought the

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for Petersfield in 1599.

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*'Petersfield Through Time', Jeffrey, D. :

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; Amberley Publishing; 2013 *'Report of the case of the borough of Petersfield in the County of Southampton, tried and determined by two select committees of the House of Commons in 1820/21': London; Thomas Davison; 1821 People from Petersfield 16th-century English politicians 17th-century English people English MPs 1597–1598 1572 births 1617 deaths Alumni of Hart Hall, Oxford People from Buriton {{16thC-England-MP-stub