Thomas Markland
| Title | Firstname | Lastname |
|---|---|---|
 Thomas Markland signature (1658), HCA 13/72 f.291r | ||
| Signature | ||
| Name variants | ||
| Thomas Markland Tho: Markland (signature, 1658) | ||
| Person | Occupation | Training | Citizen | Birth year | Death year | Birth place | Res parish | Res town | Res county |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Markland | Grocer | 1608 | Saint Andrew Undershaft | London |
| Volume | Date | Deponent | Deposition start |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA 13/72 | May 10 1658 | Thomas Markland | HCA 13/72 f.291r |
Other information
Thomas Markland, grocer of London, had family connections with Wigan in Lancashire. A record in the Lancashire Archives dated 1648 mentions Thomas Markland, "citizen and grocer of London", and Mathewe Markland, "gentleman", described as "son and heir of Robert Markland of Wigan, mercer, deceased." George T.O. Bridgeman (1890) list a "Garard Markland Alderman", a "Mathew Markland Alderman" and "Mr. Thomas Markland", all making small monetary gifts to the poor of Wigan.[1]
A possible relative, Robert Markland, represented Wigan in the House of Commons in the 1659 session. Browne Willis (1750) lists as "Rob. Markland, Inhabitant of the Town", alongside Hugh Forth, merchant of London[2];
Nathan Heywood, in an on-line contribution on 17th-Century Lancashire Farthing Trade Tokens, notes that Mathew Markland, of Wigan, had the crest or arms of his family represented on his token. He further notes that the arms of the incorporated company of London Grocers' were exhibited on the token of Robert Markland, of Wigan, and the arms of the Tallowchandlers on the token of Mathew Markland, of Wigan.[3]
Other primary sources
QDD/49/F14d Thomas Markland, citizen & grocer of London & Mathewe Markland of Wigan, gent. (son & heir of Robert Markland of Wigan mercer, dec'd.) to Raphe Browne of Ince in Makerfield, gent. -- Pemberton 25 November 1648.[4]
- ↑ History of the Church and Manor of Wigan, pt.4, in Remains historical and literary connected with the Palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester, vol.18.-New Series (Manchester, 1890), p.716
- ↑ Browne Willis, Notitia Parliamentaria, Or, An History of the Counties, Cities, and Boroughs in England and Wales (London, 1750), p.289, viewed 24/07/2016; William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven, The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members (London, 1889), p.227, viewed 24/07/2016
- ↑ Heywood, '17th-Century Farthing Trade Tokens Lancashire', in British Farthings, online publication, viewed 24/07/2016]
- ↑ Lancashire Archives, Q- LANCASHIRE COUNTY QUARTER SESSIONS, QDD - ENROLLED DEEDS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS, Deeds of bargain and sale, QDD/49/F14d
