Person:Thomas Chandler (15)

1. Thomas Chandler, of Bishops-Stortford, co. Herts, probably a chandler by occupation as well as by name, born probably about 1475, was living 19 Mar., 2 Edward VI [1547/8], but died in or before Hilary Term, 3 and 4 Edward VI [11 to 31 Jan. 1550/1], since in a fine in that term his son Thomas (whose wife Agnes also appears in the fine) is called "Thomas Chaundeler, senior."

He married, about 1500, ____, who was buried in 1514, according to an entry in the accounts of the churhcwardens of Bishops-Stortford for that year, given below.

As the court rolls of the manor of Stortford from 1399 to 1423 and the accounts of the churchwardens of St. Michael's Church from 1431 on have been preserved, and as no Chandlers appear therein until this Thomas Chandler is mentioned in 1514, it may be inferred that he was the first of the family to settle at Bishops-Stortford. No will or administration on his estate has been found; and all that isknown about hims has been revealed by a few entries in the accounts of the churchwardens of St. Michael's Church, Bishops-Stortford, and in the lay subsidies. The items in the churchwardens' accounts are as follows:

• 1514. Item, of Thomas Chaundeler for waste of Torchis at the burying of his wife, xvj d.
• 1518. Item, delyverd to Andrew Clyfton and Thomas Chaundeler for to fynde wtalle? a lyght before Seynt Myghell for a hole yere v s.
• 1521, 1522, 1536. Thomas Chaundeler a churchwarden.
• 1537, Palm Sunday. Inventory of church goods. Mr. delyv'd to old Chaundeler ij cansticks [candlesticks].
• 19 Mar., 2 Edward VI [1547/8]. Inventory of church goods. Item, iiij canstikes delyvered to old Chaundeler and Thomas Snowe. Item, wex weyng ev li sold by old Chaundeler.

This Thomas Chandler was taxed, as "Thomas Chaundeler," at Bishops-Stortford in the subsidy of 14 Henry VIII [1522-23], the amount of the tax being illegible, as "Thomas Chaundeler," in the subsidy of 34 Henry VIII [1542-43], the amount of the tax being 14s 8d, and as "Thomas Chaundler," in the subsidy of 27 Henry VIII [1545-46], on goods valued at L20, the amount of the tax bine g illegible. (Lay Subsidies, Herts. 120/117, 121/160, 121/177, in the public Record Office, London.) In the two later of these subsidies his son, Thomas Chandeler junior" also appears.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Ancestry of William Chandler of Roxbury, Mass
   NEHGR 85:133, 1931.