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Sir Thomas Myddelton (1550 – 12 August 1631〔(''Welsh Biography Online'', page on Myddelton )〕) was the fourth son of Richard Myddelton, Governor of Denbigh, and Jane Dryhurst. As a youth, he was apprenticed to a grocer in London, and made his fortune in trade. He divided his time between London and Wales, and purchased Chirk Castle in 1595 for £5,000. He was a member of the Grocers' Company, a member of Parliament and a founder member of the East India Company, Sheriff of London in 1604 and Lord Mayor of London in 1613. His brother, Sir Hugh Myddleton, was instrumental in the creation of the New River which supplied London with fresh water from 1613.〔(''Camden New Journal'' article, "Water a lot of history we have on tap" (11 December 2003) )〕 He married four times. By his first wife Hester, a daughter of Sir Richard Saltonstall,〔http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/myddelton-thomas-1556-1631〕 he was the father of Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle. His younger son, Timothy, inherited his estates in Essex.〔''Puritanism and Theatre'' by Margot Heinemann, Cambridge University Press, 1982〕 Along with Rowland Heylyn, Myddelton financed the publication of a Welsh language Bible suitable for everyday use.〔(''Welsh Biography Online'', page on Heylyn )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Myddelton (Lord Mayor of London)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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