Sir Thomas Baynham (alive 1523)
Thomas’ birth year is unknown.
He did not marry, but had an illegitimate child.
His death year is unknown.
On 16th January 1523, Thomas was appointed rector of St. Michael’s and All Saints church in Mitcheldean, on the presentation of his uncle Sir Alexander Baynham. The register of the Bishop of Hereford, Bishop Booth, records that: ‘Sir Thomas Beynham, Priest was admitted following the death of Thomas More, the last Rector, upon the presentation of Sir Alexander Beynham, Knt., the true patron’.
Thomas is mentioned again in 1525 in a document recording land transactions at Rodley and Westbury.
Thomas is mentioned again in 1525 in a document recording land transactions at Rodley and Westbury.
Gloucester Archives – D 36 98v
In 1526 Parson Thomas Baynham was accused of fathering a child with his servant Joan, which led to his eventual resignation in 1550.
Gloucester Archives – Hockaday Abstracts vol. 203