Sir Thomas Treshem ( 1543 [1] - September 11, 1605 ) - Catholic politician - rezhuzant of the period of the end of the reign of the Tudor dynasty and the beginning of the reign of the Stuarts .
Thomas Treshem | |
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English Sir thomas tresham | |
Birth | 1543 |
Death | September 11, 1605 |
Children | sons : Francis , Lewis, William and 1 more daughters: Mary, Elizabeth, Francis and 3 more |
Thomas Tresham was the son of John Tresham (d. May 27, 1546) and his wife Eleanor Catesby, daughter of Anthony Catesby. Having inherited the extensive condition of at the age of 15, also Thomas Tresham (died in 1559), he received a good education and occupied a position in the highest circles of society. He was acquainted with William Cecil , under Queen Elizabeth , and Sir , Lord Chancellor . In 1573, he served as the and was knighted during the English. Queen's Royal Progress in in 1575 Sir Thomas led a wasteful lifestyle, often arranging entertainment for many of his friends and acquaintances. Sir Thomas converted to Catholicism in 1580, after which he lost his position at the court [2] .
Shortly after the appeal, Tresham, along with , Sir William Catesby and others, appeared before the Star Chamber on charges of giving asylum to the Jesuit . The trial took place on November 15, 1581, which he expected in the Fleet Prison , with which he left only in 1593. [3] The exact chronology of his prison sentences is not known. Perhaps he was in prison also in 1599 [4] .
His Catholicism became for him a source not only of problems, but also of expenses. At this time, when the queen was preoccupied with threats from Spain and her cousin Maria Stewart , non-conformist Catholics were persecuted. Every month for 20 years, he paid £ 20 for refusing to go to the Protestant church. From 1581 to 1605, Trash paid a total of £ 8,000 in fines. These expenses forced him to make debts, which at the time of his death were £ 11,000, which were never paid.
Trash built three noteworthy buildings in Northamptonshire : a triangular house , near , an unfinished and a market building in , which was completed 3 centuries later.
Married to Meriel Trocmorton, daughter of Sir from Warwickshire , Thomas Tresham had ten children. His eldest son, Francis (c. 1567 - December 23, 1605), is known as a participant in the Powder Conspiracy . His three daughters married representatives of the titled aristocracy.
After the conviction of Francis, family possessions were confiscated and the Tresham family was impoverished. Thomas's second son, Lewis, was given the title of baronet, but died in debt. The other son, William, commanded the troops in Flanders under the command of the Prince of Orange , but also did not become rich. The title is inherited by the son of Louis, William. He also died in debt after 1651, leaving no offspring [5] . A descendant of Tresham was the British commander, a member of the Crimean War, Count Cardigan , who commanded light cavalry in the battle of Balaclava .
Notes
- ↑ Taylor, 1896 , p. four.
- ↑ Jourdain, 1903 , p. 130.
- ↑ Jourdain, 1903 , p. 131
- ↑ Taylor, 1896 , p. 6
- ↑ Taylor, 1896 , p. eight.
Literature
- Northamptonshire notes & queries / ed. J. Taylor. - 1896. - T. VI. - 256 p.
- Jourdain M. Sir Thomas Trashem and his Symbolic Buildings // Dryden A. Northamptonshire Memorials. - London, 1903. - pp . 129-144 .