Sir Thomas Puckering was an English politician.

Thomas was the son of Sir John Puckering

John Puckering

Sir John Puckering was a lawyer, politician, Speaker of the English House of Commons, and Lord Keeper from 1592 until his death...

, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, who died in May 1596. After 5 years in the household of Prince Henry, who was tutored by Thomas' brother-in-law, Adam Newton

Adam Newton (dean)

Sir Adam Newton was a Scottish scholar, royal tutor, dean of Durham and baronet.-Life:He spent part of his early life in France, passing himself off as a priest and teaching at the college of St. Maixant in Poitou. There, for some time between 1580 and 1590, he instructed the future theologian...

, in September 1610 he travelled to Paris, meeting the English ambassador Sir Thomas Edmondes

Thomas Edmondes

Sir Thomas Edmonds was a diplomat and politician.Edmonds was the fifth son of another Thomas Edmonds, who was the Customer of the ports of Plymouth and Fowey, and of Joan daughter of Anthony Delbere of Sherborne in Dorset...

. On his return he was knighted and then, when he was in Florence, made a baronet 25 November 1612.

He was the M.P. for Tamworth

Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Tamworth is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- History :...

 from 1621–1622 and 1625–1629 and was a close friend of Henry, Prince of Wales

Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales

Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince of Wales was the elder son of King James I & VI and Anne of Denmark. His name derives from his grandfathers: Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley and Frederick II of Denmark. Prince Henry was widely seen as a bright and promising heir to his father's throne...

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He had three daughters by his wife Elizabeth Morley. He died 20 March 1637, survived only by his daughter Jane, and his tomb at St. Mary's

Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

The Collegiate Church of St Mary is a Church of England parish church in the town of Warwick, England. It lies in the centre of the town just east of the market place. It is a member of the Greater Churches Group....

 Warwick

Warwick

Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, south of Coventry and just west of Leamington Spa and Whitnash with which it is conjoined. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 23,350...

 was built by Nicholas Stone

Nicholas Stone

Nicholas Stone was an English sculptor and architect. In 1619 he was appointed master-mason to James I, and in 1626 to Charles I....

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On his death the baronetcy became extinct.