Thomas Stockdale
English Political Figure and Yorkshire Landowner
Thomas Stockdale of Bilton Park (died 25 December 1653) supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War, and sat as a member for Knaresborough in the Long Parliament from 1645.[1][2] He was also a Yorkshire magistrate, who was closely allied to the Fairfaxs and was a bailiff or agent for Lord Fairfax.[3][4]
Stockdale married Margaret, second daughter of Sir William Parsons, an Elizabethan commissioner of plantations in Ireland.[5] they had issue that included Elizabeth (d. 25 October 1694).[1]
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- Burke, Bernard (1866). A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire, Harrison.
- Gent, Thomas (1733). The antient and modern history of the loyal town of Rippon: ... Besides are added, travels into other parts of Yorkshire ... Faithfully and painfully collected by Tho. Gent, ..., A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, London.
- James, John (1866). Continuation and additions to the History of Bradford, and its parish, Longmans.
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Knaresborough 1645–1653 With: Sir William Constable, Bt | Succeeded by Unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament |
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