Thomas THRALE

Bef 1523 - 1603  (80 years)

• Name	Thomas THRALE
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  Birth	Bef 1523  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Property	1542 to 1603	Sandridgebury, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England   [2]
  	Inherited upon the death of his mother. The Rowlatts, Ralph and his son, Sir Ralph, in their conflict with the Thrales, made the case, in Chancery that before the Dissolution of the Monastery of St. Albans the abbot had granted a forty-year lease of Sandridgebury, and of Napsbury to Robert Thrale the younger. When Sir Ralph Rowlatt inherited the properties in 1542, he was not able to find the abbot's part of the lease and therefore did not know what covenants Robert Thrale the younger had entered into regarding the farm, nor for certain the length of the lease. Sir Ralph asked the executor of Robert Thrale's will, the Reverend Henry Kyrke, to produce therefore their part of the lease. Then in a further action Sir Ralph claimed that the Reverend Kyrke as executor, and trustee of Sandridgebury Farm until Robert's sons Thomas and Alban had reached the age of 21, had granted all his interests in the property to him. But Alice Fitz, the widow of Robert Thrale the elder, had entered Sandridgebury without any right and would not give it up. Alice in her turn replied that Robert Thrale the younger's widow Jane had died shortly after him, and that the Reverend Kyrke assigned the property to her, Alice, in trust for her grand-children. How the matter turned out is not known, but the Thrales continued to live at Sandridgebury for a further four generations.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  Property	Abt 1556	Nomansland, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England
  	His son Ralph Thrale was the first documented Thrale to hold No Mans Land. However, it is speculated that he may also have been farming Nomansland because he is likely the "Mr. Thrale" who hid Princess Elizabeth up a tree between 1556 and 1558 for her safety on Nomansland.
  Death	1603  [3]
  Person ID	I332	UK Thrale family
  Last Modified	14 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert THRALE, the younger,   b. Bef 1509   d. Abt 1541 (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Jane   d. Between 1538 and 1542
  Family ID	F63	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth SMITH   d. Aft 1609
  Marriage	1557	Saint Leonards Church, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England   [4]
  Children	+ 1. Ralph THRALE,   b. 1564, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England d. Abt 1648 (Age 84 years) m. Elizabeth GRUNWYN (1605) + 2. Thomas THRALE   d. 9 Sep 1600 to 23 Sep 1600 m. Helen + 3. John THRALE   d. 1607 m. Agnes SMITH (1577)   4. Alban THRALE   d. 1633 m. KATHERINE + 5. Joan/Jane THRALE   d. Yes, date unknown m. Edmund SHERWOOD (1580)   6. Alice THRALE,   b. Bef 5 Jul 1561, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown m. William CLARKE (1584)   7. Elizabeth THRALE   d. Yes, date unknown m. William ROBERTS
  Family ID	F65	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Property - Inherited upon the death of his mother. The Rowlatts, Ralph and his son, Sir Ralph, in their conflict with the Thrales, made the case, in Chancery that before the Dissolution of the Monastery of St. Albans the abbot had granted a forty-year lease of Sandridgebury, and of Napsbury to Robert Thrale the younger. When Sir Ralph Rowlatt inherited the properties in 1542, he was not able to find the abbot's part of the lease and therefore did not know what covenants Robert Thrale the younger had entered into regarding the farm, nor for certain the length of the lease. Sir Ralph asked the executor of Robert Thrale's will, the Reverend Henry Kyrke, to produce therefore their part of the lease. Then in a further action Sir Ralph claimed that the Reverend Kyrke as executor, and trustee of Sandridgebury Farm until Robert's sons Thomas and Alban had reached the age of 21, had granted all his interests in the property to him. But Alice Fitz, the widow of Robert Thrale the elder, had entered Sandridgebury without any right and would not give it up. Alice in her turn replied that Robert Thrale the younger's widow Jane had died shortly after him, and that the Reverend Kyrke assigned the property to her, Alice, in trust for her grand-children. How the matter turned out is not known, but the Thrales continued to live at Sandridgebury for a further four generations. - 1542 to 1603 - Sandridgebury, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England Property - His son Ralph Thrale was the first documented Thrale to hold No Mans Land. However, it is speculated that he may also have been farming Nomansland because he is likely the "Mr. Thrale" who hid Princess Elizabeth up a tree between 1556 and 1558 for her safety on Nomansland. - Abt 1556 - Nomansland, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England Marriage - 1557 - Saint Leonards Church, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S2] Richard William Thrale, A New Thraliana, (Falconer Press, St Albans.), 21. [S2] Richard William Thrale, A New Thraliana, (Falconer Press, St Albans.), 16. [S2] Richard William Thrale, A New Thraliana, (Falconer Press, St Albans.), 23. [S103] Margaret Pope, Margaret Pope email, (Margaret Pope).