Thomas Penruddocke DL (about 1648 – before 1695), of

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was a

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landowner and politician, briefly

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for Wilton in 1679 (the '

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') and again in 1689 (the famous Convention Parliament).

Life

Penruddocke was the younger son of

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e (1619–1655), one of the leaders of the Penruddock uprising of 1655, by his father's marriage to Arundel Freke, the daughter of John Freke,

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, of

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. He had an elder brother, George, who died in 1664, and four sisters, and thus succeeded to his father's estates while still a minor. Penruddocke is mentioned in the will of his grandfather Sir John Penruddocke, and also in that of his unmarried sister, Jane Penruddocke, dated 30 August 1670. On 26 July 1666, Penruddocke

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at Magdalen College, Oxford, when his age was given as seventeen. In 1672, by a licence dated 9 July 1672, Penruddocke married Frances Hanham, daughter of John Hanham, Esq., of Iwerne Courtney,

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, and they had at least nine children, John, Edward, Jane, Thomas, George, Charles, Arundel, Lucy, and Frances.Nigel Batty-Smith
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at ukonline.co.uk In 1680, Thomas Thynne of

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gave Penruddocke a licence for

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and

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. In 1683,

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, commissioned Penruddocke as one of his Deputy Lieutenants.Wiltshire and Swindon Archives
accession 549/48
/ref> The two had served together as members of parliament for Wilton in 1679, the 'Habeas Corpus Parliament'. Penruddocke went to Parliament again in 1689, as one of the members for Wilton of the famous Convention Parliament. This was the parliament which passed the

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following the Glorious Revolution, inviting William III and Mary II to take the throne of

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Penruddocke, Thomas 1640s births 1690s deaths Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire English MPs 1679 English MPs 1689–1690