Thomas Tesdale

Thomas Tesdale

Infobox Person
name = Thomas Tesdale


caption =
birth_date = 1547
birth_place = Stanford Dingley, Berkshire
spouse = Maud Stone
death_date = 13 June 1610
death_place = Glympton, Oxfordshire
other_names =
known_for = Benefactor of Abingdon School and Pembroke College
occupation = Malter, Woed Dyer
nationality =

Thomas Tesdale (1547-1610) was an English maltster, benefactor of the town of Abingdon in the English county of Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and the primary founding financier of Pembroke College, Oxford.

Thomas was born in Stanford Dingley in Berkshire, the son of Thomas Tesdale (1507–1556), farmer and trader, and his second wife, Joan (d. 1548). Following his father's death Tesdale was brought up by his uncle, Richard Tesdale, a saddler who lived in Abingdon, and was the first scholar admitted to John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon (now Abingdon School).

By the age of twenty he had taken over the malt-making side of the family business and in June 1567 married Maud (1545–1616). None of their children survived infancy. He became weathly as maltster in Abingdon, and he served as master of Christ's Hospital. In 1581 he was elected mayor, but did not serve his term as he had left the borough when he purchased the manor of Ludwell in Oxfordshire. Soon after 1586 he moved to Glympton near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, where he rented the manor house and successfully engaged in the production of woad for dyeing, in addition to other agricultural enterprises. He died at Glympton on 13 June 1610 and was buried at Glympton church, where he was commemorated by a black marble tombstone with a brass figure and inscription. Following his widow's death in 1616 a fine alabaster monument to husband and wife was erected close by his original tombstone.

He left no children when he died, but bequests from his will, dated 31 May 1610, gave £5,000 for the education of seven fellows and six scholars from from Abingdon School at Balliol College, Oxford. In 1623, this money was augmented by Rev Richard Wightwick of East Ilsley and used instead for the transformation of Broadgates Hall into Pembroke College, named after the Chancellor, William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke.

References and External links

* H. Savage, "Balliofergus, or, A commentary upon the foundation, founders, and affaires, of Balliol colledge", (1668)
* D. Macleane, "A history of Pembroke College, Oxford, OHS, 33" (1897)
* [http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/ttesdale.html Royal Berkshire History: Thomas Tesdale]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Tesdale — This ancient and distinguished name is Anglo Saxon origin, and is a regional surname from Teesdale in County Durham and North Yorkshire. The area is recorded as Tesedale circa 1130, in Symeon of Durham s Ecclesiastical History of Durham , and is… …   Surnames reference

  • Abingdon School — Infobox Secondary school name = Abingdon School motto = Misericordias Domini In Aeternum Cantabo I will sing of the Lord s mercy forever established = 1100 (possible foundation), 1256 (earliest reference and endowment), 1563 (re endowment), 1870… …   Wikipedia

  • John Roysse — Infobox Person name = John Roysse caption = birth date = 1500 / 1501 birth place = Abingdon, Berkshire death date = 1571 death place = London other names = known for = Benefactor of Abingdon School occupation = Mercer, benefactor financier… …   Wikipedia

  • Pembroke College (Oxford) — 51° 45′ 00″ N 1° 15′ 28″ W / 51.750062, 1.257827 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • List of Old Abingdonians — Old Abingdonians are former pupils of Abingdon School, England Contents 1 Born in 12th century 2 Born in 15th century 3 Born in 16th century 4 Born in 17th ce …   Wikipedia

  • Earl of Pembroke — This article is about a title in the Peerage of England; for the tall ship of this name, see Earl of Pembroke (tall ship); for the collier ship of this name, see HMS Bark Endeavour. Earl of Pembroke …   Wikipedia

  • Pembroke College, Oxford — Oxford College Infobox name = Pembroke College university = Oxford shield = picture = colours = name Latin = Collegium Pembrochianum named for = The Earl of Pembroke established = 1624 sister college = Queens College head name = Master head =… …   Wikipedia

  • Pembroke College (Oxford) — Pembroke College, Oxford           …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Abingdon-on-Thames — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 51.6667 longitude= 1.2833 official name= Abingdon population= 36,000 civil parish= Abingdon shire district= Vale of White Horse shire county = Oxfordshire region= South East England constituency… …   Wikipedia

  • Stanford Dingley — is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. It is also an ecclesiastical parish within the Diocese of Oxford, part of the Church of England.It is situated in the West Berkshire district, between Newbury and Theale.The villages of… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”