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Thomas Rede (c. 1390– c. 1455) was a merchant, landholder, knight and public official of Roche Castle near Laugharne, Carmarthenshire. ==Life== He was the son of William Rede and Jonet Wirriot.〔Peter C. Bartrum, ''(Welsh Genealogies, AD 1400-1500 )'', National Library of Wales, 1983, vol 9: READ 1]〕 His father was born about 1370,〔20 Oct 1418 inquisition of John Solers’ age, Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, 6-10 Henry V (1418-22)〕 the bastard son of Thomas Rede, a wealthy merchant of Carmarthen and Bristol.〔Ralph A. Griffiths, ''The Principality of Wales in the Later Middle Ages'', Cardiff, 1972, vol 1, pp 113-14, 135-136〕 His mother was the daughter of Sir Wilcock Wirriot of Orielton in Pembrokeshire. Thomas was closely associated with Gruffudd ap Nicholas, a powerful figure in South Wales in the mid-15th century,〔Ralph A. Griffiths, ''King and Country: England and Wales in the Fifteenth Century'', Hambledon Press, 1991, p217〕 as well as being Thomas’ father-in-law.〔Ralph A. Griffiths, ''Sir Rhys ap Thomas and His Family'', Cardiff, 1993, p26〕 In 1446 Thomas and Gruffudd farmed part of Cockmill in Carmarthen, and in 1449 they were involved together in a lease of the town. While not nearly as prominent in politics as his father-in-law, father or grandfather, Thomas did serve as beadle in Widigada from 1451 to 1452,〔''Principality of Wales'', op. cit., pp 403-404〕 and he was apparently knighted.〔Francis Jones, “(Departed Glories of the Grey Friars, )” ''Carmarthenshire Historian'', vol XX, Dyfed Association of Voluntary Services, 1985〕 Thomas married as his second wife Margred Dwnn, the cousin of his first wife, and daughter of another prominent Carmarthenshire family.〔H.T. Evans, ''(Wales and the Wars of the Roses )'', Cambridge 1915〕 By these two wives, and others, he had at least nine children.〔Another daughter, Cicely, in F.W. Weaver, ''(The Visitations of the County of Somerset )'', Exeter, “Bushe” and “Daylwyn.”〕 Thomas Rede, knight, was buried in Grey Friars church in Carmarthen, along with his father-in-law Gruffudd ap Nicholas and other members of the family.〔”Departed Glories of the Grey Friars,” op. cit.〕 Thomas’ tomb lay on the south side of the choir. His coat of arms is described as: “Thomas Rede of Ye Roche -- quarterly, argent 3 pipes (elsewhere reeds) in fess, banded azure; and on a chief azure a lion passant sable.” The quartered coat of arms is for Wirriot, his mother’s family. 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 Rede」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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