William Tyringham
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Political party | Royalist |
Sir William Tyringham (1618–1685) was an English politician who sat in the
Family and education
Tyringham was the son of Sir Thomas Tyringham of Tyringham, Buckinghamshire and his wife Frances Gorges, daughter of Sir Thomas Gorges of Longford Castle, Wiltshire. He was baptised on 12 October 1618.[2] He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 19 June 1635, aged 17 and was a student of Inner Temple in 1637.[3] His father died in 1637.
Military and political careers
He became a cornet in the army in 1640 and was a captain in the Royalist army in 1643. He succeeded to the estate at Tyringham, which was encumbered with mortgages amounting to £20,000, on the death of his brother in 1645. By 1646 he was a colonel and in that year he petitioned to compound for his delinquency. He was fined £100 and a further £891 was imposed on his late brother, was the sums were not paid until 1651. In 1658, he was suspected of royalist conspiracy and was arrested but was released soon after. He would have commanded the Buckinghamshire rising in 1659 if the Royalists had acted but was arrested again in August 1659.[2]
In 1660, Tyringham was elected
Tyringham died at the age of about 66 and was buried at Tyringham on 6 August 1685.[2]
Personal life
Tyringham married firstly Elizabeth Winchcombe, widow of Henry Winchcombe of Bucklebury, Berkshire and daughter of George Miller of Swallowfield, Berkshire. They had two daughter. He married again by 1655, Sarah Martin, widow of James Martin, Fishmonger, of London and Putney, Surrey, and had a daughter. His wife died in 1679.[2]
References
- ^ "TYRINGHAM (TERINGHAM), William (1618-85), of Tyringham, Bucks. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e History of Parliament Online - Tyringham, William
- ^ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Tracie-Tyson', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 1501-1528. Date accessed: 18 June 2012