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in 1530 and 1541. On 10 March 1540, he was knighted by

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and granted a coat-of-arms. Jermyn lived at

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, which he demolished and remodelled in the late 1540s. He married first Anne Spring (1494–1528), daughter of

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, by whom he was the father of Sir Ambrose Jermyn. He married secondly Anne Drury, widow of Sir George Waldegrave, esquire (c. 1483 – 8 July 1528) of

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and daughter of Sir

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. He left a lengthy will, proved 16 December 1552.Will of Sir Thomas Jermyn of Rushbrooke, Suffolk, (P.C.C. 1552, Powell quire)
UK National Archives
Transcript in Hervey, ''Rushbrook Parish Registers 1567-1850''
pp. 128-35
(Internet Archive).

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