Thomas Ravenscroft was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 from 1621 to 1622.

Ravenscroft was probably the son of William Ravenscroft who was MP for Flintshire in 1586. In 1621, Ravenscroft was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Monmouth Boroughs

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.

In November 1643, as Colonel Ravenscroft, he surrendered Hawarden Castle

Hawarden Castle

Hawarden Old Castle is a medieval castle near Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales.Its oldest origins are indeterminate and the oldest fortifications on this site may date back to the Iron Age, later being used as a Norman Motte-and-bailey castle which was reportedly destroyed and replaced in a short...

to Parliament . He was appointed with others to manage Flintshire on behalf of parliament in May 1648.

Ravenscroft died in 1681 and was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Cheshire, where there is a monument.

Ravenscroft married Margaret Williams daughter of Sir Thomas Williams, 2nd Baronet of Vaynol Carnarvonshire.