Tewke Sir Bryan, [19], [22], [24].
Mr. Ellis states that this individual was Treasurer of the Chamber, and was appointed Secretary to the King for the French tongue, with a salary of 100 marks, in 1523. He purchased the manor of Layer Marney in Essex in 1525, and was Sheriff of that county in 1533. He died on the 26th October, 1545, and was buried at St. Margaret's, Walbrooke. Original Letters, First Series, vol. i, p. 283. Mr. Ellis has printed some, and referred to several of his letters. Collins says, Tuke was Secretary to Cardinal Wolsey, Peerage, Ed. 1779, vol. i. p. 87. The entries respecting him in these accounts only refer to the months of January and February, 1530, and relate to payments of large sums to the Emperor, or for other purposes. The whole amount paid into his hands on those occasions was 5143l. 8s.
Tewksbury Abbot of, [149].
Thirlby Doctor, [262].
Afterwards the first and only Bishop of Westminster. Mr. Lodge says of him in a note to a letter in his Illustrations, that he was an able civilian, and was employed in several embassies by Henry. He was translated to Norwich by Edward VI. and to Ely by Mary, and died at Lambeth, 26th August, 1570. That elegant writer farther observes, "The mildness of his conduct during the persecutions of the Protestants by Mary, secured him a quiet retreat in the following reign. In making a grave for the burial of Archbishop Cornwallis, at Lambeth, in 1783, the body of Bishop Thirlby was discovered in its coffin, in a great measure undecayed, as was the cloathing. The corpse had a cap on its head, and a hat under its arm."
Thomas, a footman, [94], [69], [142].
---- John, sergeant at Arms, [153].
---- the Jester, [41], [126], [204]. See Fools.
Thorns for Greenwich Park, paid for, [205].