Sir John Thornycroft, 1st Baronet, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Sir John Thornycroft, 1st Baronet
- Sir John Thornycroft, 1st Baronet (16 November 1659 - 8 December 1725) was an English Barrister-at-Law. Thornycroft was born in London, the son of Sir John Thornycroft and Dorothy, daughter of Sir John Howel.
- He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and Gray's Inn and practised as a barrister in Oxford.
- He served as High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1701.
- He was created a baronet, of Milcombe, Oxfordshire in the Baronetage of England, on 12 August 1701.
- Soon after he had been made a baronet he presented a petition to the Lords of the Treasury, asking to be excused from paying The Crown the £1,095 sum expected in return for his honour.
- He was excused payment. He married Elizabeth Key, the daughter of Josiah Key.
- His wife's family owned the estate at Milcombe.
- Together they had five children, two of whom died young.
- Thornycroft was succeeded by his son, John, and is buried in the Milcombe Chapel at St Mary's Church, Bloxham.
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