Sir Thomas Flmch^[1]

1512 - Abt 1563  (51 years)

• Name	Thomas Flmch
  Prefix	Sir
  Birth	1512	Eastwell, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1563
  Notes	http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/FINCH.htm#Thomas%20FINCH%20(Sir)1 In the fifteenth century a Cornwall family called Moyle came to Kent. They began to acquire wealth through land when in 1537 one «b»Sir Thomas Moyle«/b» became a member and later Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations, which administered the monastic property seized by «u»«b»Henry VIII <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutHenryVIII.htm>«/u»«/b». He hunted down heretics zealously, and with his rewards was able to buy the estate of Eastwell from the daughters of «b»Sir Christopher Hales«/b», «u»«b»Henry VIII <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutHenryVIII.htm>«/u»«/b»'s Attorney-General. «b»Sir Thomas Moyle«/b» married «b»Catherine Jordan«/b» or «b»Jourdain«/b», dau. of «b»Sir Edward Jourdain«/b». Their daughter «b»Catherine «/b»married «b»Sir Thomas Finch«/b», a member of the then middling minor gentry of Kent. This man had distinguished himself on the battlefield and fighting at sea. «b»Sir Thomas«/b» was knighted for his share in suppressing «u»«b»Sir Thomas Wyatt <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ThomasWyatt(Sir)2.htm>«/u»«/b»'s «u»rebellion <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/Wyatt%20Rebellion.htm>«/u» in Kent against «u»«b»Queen Mary <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutMary.htm>«/u»«/b» in 1553, was a soldier of note, and was the son and heir of «b»Sir William Finch«/b», who was knighted in 1513.
  Person ID	I28218	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

  Family	Catherine Moyle,   b. Abt 1529   d. 9 Feb 1586 (Age ~ 57 years)
  Marriage	1 Mar 1552
  Children	1. Jane Flmch,   b. Abt 1560, Kerstenings, Berkshire, England d. 27 Mar 1644, Boxley, Kent, England (Age ~ 84 years)
  Family ID	F12873	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Sources

  [S27] http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/.