Thomas Murfyn

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

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. He also had a daughter, Frances, who married Richard Williams (alias Cromwell). She died at Stepney and was buried there on 20 February 1533.[4]

Sir Thomas second wife was Elizabeth only daughter and heiress of Sir Angel Donne, knt. alderman of London, by a daughter of ——— Hawarden/Howard, of Cheshire; Sir Thomas' last wife survived him and re-married to Sir Thomas Denys/Dennis, knt. by whom she had Sir Robert Denys/Dennis, knt. who by Mary, daughter of William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy, had Thomas Denys/Dennis. 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.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 1784, p. 18.
  5. ↑ 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.

References

  • Noble, Mark (1787). Memoirs of the Protectorate-house of Cromwell: Deduced from an Early Period, and Continued Down to the Present Time,... 2 (3 ed.). London: C. G. J. and J. Robinson. 
Attribution
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Memoirs of the Protectorate-house of Cromwell: Deduced from an Early Period, and Continued Down to the Present Time,...", by Mark Noble (1787)
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