Thomas Hammond (regicide)

Thomas Hammond (c. 1600–1658), was an officer in the New Model Army and a regicide.

Family life

Hammond was the third son of the five children of Dr John Hammond (c. 1555–1617), physician to the royal household under

James I,^[1] who purchased the site of Chertsey Abbey in Surrey in 1602.^[2] His brother was the cleric, Henry Hammond. He married Susan Temple (daughter of John Temple of Frankton) in 1635.^[3]

Civil War

In 1642, at the start of the

King Charles I are not recorded but his radicalism was evident by 1644 when he testified against his own commander-in-chief, Edward Montagu in favour of Oliver Cromwell.^[1]

Between 1647 and 1649 he was active member of small committee that represented the interests of the

High Court of Justice for the trial of Charles I and attending no fewer than fourteen of its sittings, but he did not sign the death warrant. His motives for not signing are not recorded.^[1]

Post Civil War

Hammond did not take part in the

invasion of Scotland, but he joined Cromwell at a later date. While in Scotland he fell seriously ill. His health appears never to have fully recovered and he resigned his commission in 1652.^[1]

After his retirement he was occupied with obtaining pay arrears due to himself and the other personnel of the artillery train that he had commanded. He was granted Irish lands for his part in the initial campaign of 1642, and along with his men lands confiscated from Royalists in Middlesex and Surrey. In 1657 with his health failing he made his will and he died the next year shortly before his old friend and former commander Oliver Cromwell. After the

Restoration his name was exempted from the Indemnity and Oblivion Act allowing the state to confiscate the property that had belonged to him.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Aylmer 2008.
^ Malden 1911, pp. 403–413.
^ Packer, John W (1969). "Appendix 5". The Transformation of Anglicanism. Manchester University Press.

Sources

doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37506. (Subscription or UK public library membership
required.)

Malden, H.E., ed. (1911). "Parishes: Chertsey". A History of the County of Surrey. Vol. 3. British History Online. pp. 403–413. Retrieved 5 December 2013.

[FOOTNOTEAylmer2008-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Aylmer 2008.

[FOOTNOTEMalden1911403–413-2] Malden 1911, pp. 403–413.

[3] Packer, John W (1969). "Appendix 5". The Transformation of Anglicanism. Manchester University Press.

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