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Thomas Lovett III (23 September 1473 - 16 December 1542) was
High Sheriff of Northamptonshire This is a list of the High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the respon ...
in 1505, and was the King's
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in
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in 1528 and 1533. Lovett was born at
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,
Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...
, England. His father, Thomas Lovett II, was amongst the principal landowners of Northamptonshire in the Commissions of the Peace issued by Edward IV, Richard III and Henry VII, and was
High Sheriff of Northamptonshire This is a list of the High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the respon ...
in 1491. His mother was Anne Drayton. His siblings included Nicholas and Catharine. From his father's prior marriage, there were two half-sisters, Elizabeth and Margaret. He married Elizabeth Boteler and with her had eight children, sons Thomas (heir apparent), William, and Nicholas, plus daughters Constance, Margaret, Elizabeth, and Anne. He remarried around 1514. With this wife, Jane Pinchpole, he had a son, George, and daughters, Elizabeth, Mary, and Bridget. Thirdly, he married Joan Billing, his cousin, in 1490, and they had one child, Thomas (d. 1510). His eldest son, Thomas IV, pre-deceased him and his grandson Thomas Lovett V, then aged 25, was his heir.


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