Sir Thomas Exmewe was born in Ruthin

Ruthin

Ruthin is a community and the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales. Located around a hill in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd - the older part of the town, the castle and Saint Peter's Square are located on top of the hill, while many newer parts of the town are on the floodplain of...

, Denbighshire

Denbighshire

Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...

 c. 1454 and was elected Sheriff of London in 1509 and Lord Mayor of London

Lord Mayor of London

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 in 1517. He became the first Lord Mayor of London whose portrait is known to have been painted. The portrait is now in the collection of the Guildhall Art Gallery

Guildhall Art Gallery

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 and has been attributed to John Bettes.

Exmewe died in 1529. Thomas Exmewe was married to Elizabeth, formerly the wife of John West.