Thomas Murfyn

Sir Thomas Murfyn (fl. 1510s) was a Sheriff and Lord Mayor of London.[1][2]

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Biography

Thomas Murfyn was a native of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, and son of George Murfyn, or Murfine. He was a skinner, or a member of the Skinners' Guild, in London, and served the office of Sheriff of London with Nicholas Shelton, in 1511, and was Lord Mayor in 1518.[1] He probably was not knighted until after his election to the mayoralty.[3]

Family

Sir Thomas married first Elizabeth Squier, by whom he had a son, Edward who died without issue.

Sir Thomas second wife was Elizabeth only daughter and heiress of Sir Angel Dom, knt. alderman of London, by a daughter of ——— Howard, of Cheshire; Sir Thomas's last wife surviving him, re-married to sir Thomas Demys, knt. by whom she had Sir Robert Demys, knt. who by Mary, daughter of John Blount, of Mountjoye, had Thomas Demys. The arms of the Murfyns were, Or, on a bend sabla' an estoilee arg. those of Dom, Azure, seme of cross-closslets or, an unicorn salient, arg.[4]

Sir Thomas also had a daughter Francis who married Richard Williams (alias Cromwell). She died at Stepney, and was there buried on 20 February 1533.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Noble 1787, p. 18.
  2. ^ Also spelt Thomas Mirfyn and Thomas Murphin
  3. ^ Noble 1787, p. 18 notes that Stow in the year 1519, observed that after that time it was usual to knight the lord mayor when elected.
  4. ^ Noble 1787, p. 18 cites Lives of Oliver lord protector. Chronicles of Hall, Fabian, and Grafton, Stow's survey of London, Fuller's worthies. Visitation of Huntingdonshire, in 1613, given in the Harl, M.S.S. vol. 1179.
  5. ^ Noble 1784, p. 18.

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