Thomas Marsham (by 1522 – 15 September 1557), of

Norwich, Norfolk Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, w ...

was an English politician.

Family

He was the son of John Marsham (''d.'' 13 May 1525) of Norwich by Elizabeth (''d''.1559), daughter of Hamond Claxton of Chediston, Suffolk. Thomas Marsham had four brothers and eight sisters. Through his sister Mary Marsham he was the great-uncle of

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and John Pory. Another sister, Elizabeth, married William Layer,

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, and was the mother of Christopher Layer,

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Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...

, and briefly a

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

. His sister Margaret Marsham was buried by her father in 1563. Thomas Marsham married a woman named Elizabeth, and they seem to have had no children. He left Elizabeth his wife, and Ralph his brother, each a moiety of the manor of Little Melton. His brother Ralph Marsham was the great-grandfather of Sir John Marsham, 1st Baronet, the father of

Sir Robert Marsham, 4th Baronet Sir Robert Marsham, 4th Baronet (16 December 1650 – 25 July 1703) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1698 to 1702. Marsham was the son of Sir John Marsham, 1st Baronet and lived at Bushey Hall, Hertfordshire. He ...

Bushey Hall Bushey Hall was a historic house built in 1428 for Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury. It was also the home of Sir John Marsham, 1st Baronet. By 1883 Bushey Hall hosted a hydrotherapeutic institute in its 250 acres of parkland. The establish ...

, Hertfordshire and the grandfather of

Robert Marsham, 1st Baron Romney Robert Marsham, 1st Baron Romney (17 September 1685 – 28 November 1724) of The Mote, Maidstone, known as Sir Robert Marsham, Bt between 1703 and 1716, was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1716 when he wa ...

Career

He was a grocer and a

(MP) for

in March 1553, as well as mayor of the city in 1554–55.

St. John's Maddermarket

Thomas Marsham was buried in St. John's Maddermarket. Both his father, his mother and his sister Margaret rest in the same church.

References

1557 deaths Politicians from Norwich Mayors of Norwich English MPs 1553 (Edward VI) Year of birth uncertain {{16thC-England-MP-stub