Thomas Parker (died 1558)
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Thomas Parker (c. 1519 – will proved 1558) was the member of
Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...
for
Cricklade Cricklade is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester. It is the first downstream town on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227. History Cricklade ...
in the parliaments of October 1553 and November 1554.PARKER, Thomas I (by 1519-58), of London and Notgrove, Glos.
''The History of Parliament''. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
Parker was clerk of the treasury and auditor at
Gloucester Abbey Gloucester Abbey was a Benedictine abbey in the city of Gloucester, England. Since 1541 it has been Gloucester Cathedral. History Early period A Christian place of worship had stood on the abbey site since Anglo-Saxon times. Around 681, with ...
by 1540; clerk of the crown and of the peace, Gloucester in 1544, and
clerk of the peace A clerk of the peace held an office in England and Wales whose responsibility was the records of the quarter sessions and the framing of presentments and indictments. They had legal training, so that they could advise justices of the peace. Histo ...
in 1555–1557. He was commissioner for sewers for Gloucester and Worcestershire in 1554.


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Members of Parliament for Cricklade Year of birth uncertain 1558 deaths 1510s births Commissioners for sewers English MPs 1553 (Mary I) English MPs 1554–1555 {{16thC-England-MP-stub