Sir Thomas Puckering, 1st Baronet (1592 – 20 March 1637) was an English landowner, courtier and politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1621 and 1629. Wenceslas Hollar - Puckering (monument)

Puckering was the son of

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and his wife Jane Chowne, daughter of George, or Nicholas Chowne of Kent. His father was Speaker of the House of Commons and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. Educated at

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, he succeeded to the family estates on the death of his father on 30 April 1596. George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 1'' 1900
/ref> After five years in the household of Prince Henry, who was tutored by Thomas's brother-in-law,

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, in September 1610 he travelled to Paris, meeting the English ambassador Sir

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. He was created

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on 25 November 1611 and knighted on 3 June 1612. In 1621 Puckering was elected

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for Tamworth. He was

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in 1623. In 1625 he was elected MP for Tamworth again, and was re-elected in 1626 and 1628. He sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. Puckering married Elizabeth Morley on 2 July 1616 at St Bartholomew the Less. She was the daughter of Sir John Morley, of Halnaker Sussex and his wife Cicely Carrill, daughter of Sir Edward Carrill of Hartinge. He had three daughters but was survived only by his daughter Jane. Latterly, Puckering lived at his estate of the Priory, Warwick. He died at the age of 45 and was buried at St. Mary's

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. His tomb was built by

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.'Notebook and Account Book of Nicholas Stone', ed. WL Spiers & AJ Finberg, 7th ''Volume of the Walpole Society'' (London, 1919), p. 76. On his death the baronetcy became extinct. There is a street in Warwick town centre named after him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Puckering, Thomas 1592 births 1636 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 English MPs 1628–1629