Thomas Baynham
Thomas Baynham was Lord of the Manor of Clearwell, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. He served as Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1582 and 1602. He died on 2 October 1611, aged 75, and was buried at Newland, Gloucestershire.
Origins
He was the 3rd son of Sir George Baynham, Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1543, by Cecilia Gage, daughter of Sir John Gage. After his father's death, his mother married Sir Charles Herbert. Thomas Baynham succeeded his elder brother Christopher Baynham in the Baynham estates.Thomas had seven half-sisters by his father's first wife Bridget, a daughter of William Kingston. Frances Baynham was a maid in the household of Elizabeth Scrope, Countess of Oxford, and then a gentlewoman in the household of Mary I of England. She married Henry Jerningham. Dorothy Baynham married Roger Williams of Llangybi and Usk, Joan or Jane married Anthony Strelley, and Anne Baynham married William Gefferies of Ham Castle.
Marriage and progeny
He married Mary Winter, daughter of William Winter of Lydney, Gloucestershire. They had two sons who both died without issue and two daughters, joint-co-heiresses:- Cecily, married Sir [William Throckmorton, 1st Baronet], of Tortworth, Gloucestershire.
- Joanna, married John Vaughan of Kinnersley, Herefordshire