Sir Thomas Fanshawe of Jenkins and Barking Manor (bpt 15 September 1580 - 17 December 1631) was an English politician and government official.

Thomas Fanshawe was the second son of Sir Thomas Fanshawe

Thomas Fanshawe (remembrancer of the exchequer)

Thomas Fanshawe , was remembrancer of the exchequer.-Background:Fanshawe was the eldest son of John Fanshawe of Fanshawe Gate, Derbyshire, where he was born some time in the reign of Henry VIII, and probably about 1530...

, Queen's Remembrancer of the Exchequer, and first son of Joan Smythe, daughter of Customer Smythe

Customer Smythe

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 and Fanshawe's second wife. As such he was half-brother of Henry Fanshawe

Henry Fanshawe

-Early life:Henry Fanshawe, baptised 15 August 1569, was the elder son of Thomas Fanshawe by his first wife, Mary, daughter of Antony Bourchier and was thus a half-brother of Thomas Fanshawe. In November 1586 he became a student of the Inner Temple...

. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge

Queens' College, Cambridge

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 and admitted at the Inner Temple

Inner Temple

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 in 1595, becoming a barrister in 1606. He inherited his home, Jenkins in Barking, Essex, fron his father in 1601 and was knighted in 1624. He was an auditor fot the Duchy of Lancaster.

He was elected a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Bedford

Bedford (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1601 and subsequently seven times for Lancaster

Lancaster (UK Parliament constituency)

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between 1604 and 1628.

He was married to Anne Babington, daughter of Urias Babington; they had three sons, two of whom died in his lifetime.