Thomas Tesdale
Thomas Tesdale | |
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Born | 1547 Stanford Dingley, Berkshire |
Died | 13 June 1610 Glympton, Oxfordshire |
Occupation(s) | Maltster, woad grower and dyer |
Known for | Benefactor of Abingdon School and Pembroke College, Oxford |
Spouse | Maud Stone |
Thomas Tesdale (1547–1610) was an English maltster, benefactor of the town of Abingdon in the English county of Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and the primary founding benefactor of Pembroke College, Oxford.
Life and career
Thomas was born in Stanford Dingley in Berkshire and attended John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon (now Abingdon School). He became a rich maltster in the town, where he served as mayor, and purchased the manor of Ludwell in Oxfordshire.[1]
Tesdale grew wealthy as maltster in Abingdon,[2] and served as Master of Christ's Hospital of Abingdon. In 1581 he was elected mayor, but he did not serve his term as he had left the borough when he bought the manor of Ludwell[clarification needed] in Oxfordshire. Soon after 1586 he moved to Glympton near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, where he rented the manor, raised livestock and grew and milled woad for dyeing.[2]
Death and legacy
He left no children of his marriage to Maud Stone when he died, but gave
He also bequeathed an annual sum of money that allowed Roysses School (now Abingdon School) to employ an Usher (a second master), from 1610 to 1870.[3] They became known as the Tesdale Ushers.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b John Platt, ‘Tesdale, Thomas (bap. 1547, d. 1610)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 30 January 2013]
- ^ a b Crossley, 1983, pages 120–131
- ISBN 0-907-383-777.
- ^ "Object 5: The Tesdale Panel". Abingdon School.
Printed sources
- Crossley, Alan (ed.); Baggs, A.P.; Colvin, Christina; Colvin, H.M.; Cooper, Janet; Day, C.J.; Selwyn, Nesta; Tomkinson, A. (1983). A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 11: Wootton Hundred (northern part). Victoria County History. pp. 120–131.
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