Sir Thomas Spring, 3rd Baronet

The coat-of-arms of Sir Thomas Spring, 3rd Baronet displayed on his funerary hatchment

Sir Thomas Spring, 3rd Baronet (c. 1672 – 2 April 1704) was an English baronet and landowner.[1]

Spring was the eldest son of Sir William Spring, 2nd Baronet and Sarah, daughter of Sir Robert Cordell, 1st Baronet of Melford Hall, Suffolk.[2][3] He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge and inherited his father's title and estate upon his death in 1684. He lived at Pakenham Hall in Pakenham, Suffolk. Spring served as High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1696.[4] On 23 May 1691 he married Hon. Merolina Jermyn, the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn and Mary Merry, and co-heiress of Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Dover.[5] They had three sons and six daughters:[6]

Sir Thomas Spring was buried on 6 April 1704 in Pakenham parish church.[7] He was succeeded in his title by his only surviving son, William.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Arthur Collins, 'Spring, of Pakenham', The English Baronetage (Volume 2, Tho. Wotton, 1741), p.243.
  2. ↑ William John Courthope, Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England (Rivington, 1835), p.187.
  3. ↑ ThePeerage.com (entry #455799) http://www.thepeerage.com/p45580.htm (Accessed 11 February 2015)
  4. ↑ Arthur Collins, 'Spring, of Pakenham', The English Baronetage (Volume 2, Tho. Wotton, 1741), p.243.
  5. ↑ William Harvey, The Visitation of Suffolke (Volume 2, S. Tymms, 1868), p.185.
  6. ↑ Arthur Collins, 'Spring, of Pakenham', The English Baronetage (Volume 2, Tho. Wotton, 1741), p.243.
  7. ↑ Joseph Jackson Howard, ‘Spring’, The Visitation of Suffolk ( Whittaker and Co, 1866), pp.165-206.
  8. ↑ William John Courthope, Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England (Rivington, 1835), p.187.
Political offices
Preceded by
Daniel Browning		 High Sheriff of Suffolk
1696 		Succeeded by
John Pack
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Sir William Spring		 Baronet
(of Pakenham)
1684–1704 		Succeeded by
Sir William Spring
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