Person:Thomas Mansel (1)

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Sir Thomas Mansell, 1st Baronet (1556 – 20 December 1631) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1614.

Mansell was the eldest son of Sir Edward Mansall of Margam. Mansell was knighted in 1581. Then in 1593 Mansell was High Sheriff of Glamorgan. In 1597, he was elected Member of Parliament for Glamorgan. He was appointed one of council of the Marches on 7 July 1602 and was High Sheriff of Glamorgan again in 1603.^[1]

In 1605 Mansell was re-elected MP for Glamorgan and sat until 1611.^[2] He was created a baronet on 22 May 1611.^[1] He was re-elected MP for Glamorgan in 1614 for the Addled Parliament.^[2]

Mansell died at the age of 75 and was buried at Margam.^[1]

Mansell married firstly Mary daughter of Lewis Lord Mordaunt. His second marriage was to Jane Fuller, widow successively of John Bussey of Hainor Lincolnshire and John Fuller, and daughter of Thomas Pole or Powell of Bishops Hall.^[1]

Sir Thomas Mansell and wife Jane, circa 1620, not 1625

1.   A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland ... By John Burke, Bernard Burke
   339.

   Thomas Mansel, esq., of Margam in Glamorganshire, was created a Baronet 22nd May 1611. Sir Thomas m. first Mary, daughter of Lewis, second _____ Mordaunt, and secondly Jane, daughter of __ Thomas Pole, esq. By the latter he had a daughter Mary, wife of Edward Stradling, esq., and by the former he had 3 sons. Sir Thomas died 20 December, 1631, and was s. by his son, Sir Lewis Mansel.

2. ↑ Susan Irish. Family Wills.

   My transcription of the will of Sir Thomas Mansel of Margam can be read here - [1]

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Sir Thomas Mansell, 1st Baronet, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
4.   Sir Thomas Mansel, 1st Bt., in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.