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| − | Of [[Location::Rushbrooke, Suffolk]], the eldest son of the puritan Sir Robert Jermyn (1538/9-1614) of Rushbrooke Hall. Educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge 1585 | + | Of [[Location::Rushbrooke, Suffolk]], the eldest son of the puritan [[Family::Sir Robert Jermyn]] ([[Date of Birth::1538;1539|1538/9]]-[[Date of Death::1614]]) of [[Location::Rushbrooke Hall]]. Educated at [[Education::Emmanuel College, Cambridge]] 1585. A [[Occupation::soldier]], he was a military follower of [[Associates::Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex]]. He travelled on Essex’s [[Location::Cadiz]] expedition in 1596, to [[Location::Ireland]] and [[Location::the Azores]] in 1597, but avoided involvement in [[Associates::Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex|Essex]]’s rebellion in 1601. [[Occupation::MP]] for [[Location::Andover]] 1604, [[Location::Suffolk]] 1614, [[Location::Bury St Edmonds]] 1621-28. At court, he became [[Occupation::vice-chamberlain]] to [[Associates::Queen Henrietta Maria]] in 1628. He first married [[Family::Catherine Jermyn|Catherine]], daughter of [[Associates::Henry Killigrew]], and had five children with her; after her death he married [[Family::Mary Jermyn|Mary]] (d.[[Date of Death::1679]]), daughter of [[Associates::Edmund Barber]], and had a further two children with her. |
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Revision as of 03:28, 6 April 2020
Sir Thomas JERMYN 1573-1644/5
Biographical Note
Of Rushbrooke, Suffolk, the eldest son of the puritan Sir Robert Jermyn (1538/9-1614) of Rushbrooke Hall. Educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge 1585. A soldier, he was a military follower of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. He travelled on Essex’s Cadiz expedition in 1596, to Ireland and the Azores in 1597, but avoided involvement in Essex’s rebellion in 1601. MP for Andover 1604, Suffolk 1614, Bury St Edmonds 1621-28. At court, he became vice-chamberlain to Queen Henrietta Maria in 1628. He first married Catherine, daughter of Henry Killigrew, and had five children with her; after her death he married Mary (d.1679), daughter of Edmund Barber, and had a further two children with her.
Books
An armorial stamp used by him is also found on a number of books given by his father, Sir Robert Jermyn (1538/9-1614) to Bury St Edmunds church library in 1595.
Sources
- British Armorial Bindings.
- MacCulloch, Diarmaid. "Jermyn, Sir Thomas (bap. 1573, d. 1644/5), soldier and courtier." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Perkin, M. A directory of the parochial libraries of the Church of England. London, 2004, 164-5.