Sir Lionel Tollemache, 1st Baronet (1562 – 1612), the son of Lionel Tollemache of

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and Susanna Jermyn, served twice as

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, in 1593 and 1609, and was knighted in 1612.

Biography

He was the only son and heir of Lionel Tollemache (1545 – 11 Dec 1575) of Helmingham, and Susanna, daughter of Sir Ambrose Jermyn of

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in Suffolk. He was baptised on 14 December 1562 at Helmingham. He was Sheriff of Suffolk in 1593, again in 1609, and was amongst the first batch of baronets created on the institution of the order by

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in 1611. On 22 May 1611 he was created a

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of Helmingham, and was subsequently knighted at the

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on 24 May 1612.

Marriage and children

On 10 February 1581 at

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, he married

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(d.1621), daughter of

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and Mary, daughter of

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, by whom he had several children, including: *

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(1591–1640), son and heir. *Robert Tollemache (born 1592) married Dorothy, daughter of John Lane in

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. *Edward Tollemache (baptised 20 June 1596) *Susan Tollemache married Sir Henry Doily of

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. *Mary Tollemache *Katherine Tollemache *Anne Tollemache, married Robert Gosnold (V)

Death

He died in 1612 and was buried at Helmingham, "his effigy, in richly gilt armour, being placed by itself on the great tomb in the church there".
Above the kneeling figure of Sir Lionel are the Tollemache arms, with the arms of Cromwell, and beneath the lines:

Here with his Fathers sleeps Sr Lyonell
Knight Barronet all Honors worthy well
So well ye acts of all his life exprest
His elders vertues and excel'd their beste
His prudent bearing in his publique place
Suff. high Shireve twice in 16 yeeres space.
His Zeale to God and towards ill seventie
His temperance his Justice his sinceritie
His native mildnesse towards great and small
His Faith and Love to Frends wife children all
In life and death made him belov'd and deere
To God and men. Happy in heaven and heere.
Happy in soule in body goods and name
Happy in wedlock with a noble Dame
Lord Cromwells Daughter happie in his heire
Whose spring of vertues sprouts so yong, so faire
Whos deere affection to his Founders' debtor
Built them this toomb, but in his hart a better.

His widow, who outlived him by eight years, died on 24 March 1621 and was buried at Helmingham, where there is a marble tablet over the chancel door of the church erected to her memory.

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External links

St Mary's church Helmingham Suffolk
Tollemache memorial
TOLLEMACHE (TALMASH), Sir Lionel, 2nd Bt. (1591-1640), of Helmingham Hall, Suff.; Brunt Hall, Great Fakenham, Suff. and Charing Cross, Westminster.
In Thrush, Andrew; Ferris, John P. (eds.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604–1629. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tollemache, Lionel Baronets in the Baronetage of England 1562 births 1612 deaths High sheriffs of Suffolk 16th-century English people 17th-century English people Lionel Tollemache, 1st Baronet of Helmingham People from Suffolk