Thomas Atkins (Lord Mayor)
Thomas Atkins was Lord Mayor of London and an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and from 1647 to 1653 and was Lord Mayor of London in 1644. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.
Biography
Atkins was the son of John Atkins of King's Lynn, Norfolk. He was an. alderman of Norwich, and then an alderman of the City of London for Bridge Without, from Lime Street. He was Sheriff of London in 1637.[1]
In April 1640, Atkins was elected Member of Parliament for Norwich in the Short Parliament.[2] He was imprisoned in the Tower of London in May 1640 with three other aldermen - Nicholas Rainton, Thomas Soame and John Gayre - for refusing to list the inhabitants of his ward who were able to contribute £50 or more to a loan for King Charles.[3] During the Civil War he was colonel of the Norwich city militia. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1644.[1] In 1647 Atkins was re-elected MP for Norwich for the Long Parliament and sat until 1653.[2] On Thursday, 7 January 1649, he delivered a solemn thanksgiving to Oliver Cromwell and also issued a Hosannah on 7 June 1649. He was a "busy stickler for independency and republicanism", and the principal tool by which the Rump Parliament managed the common council of London.[1]
Atkins was Father of the City in 1658 and was discharged from his position as Alderman on 12 February 1661.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 John Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 4
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- ↑ 'Notes on the aldermen, 1502-1700', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 168-195. Date accessed: 15 July 2011
- ↑ 'Fathers of the City', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 250-254. Date accessed: 4 March 2011
| Parliament of England | ||
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Parliament suspended since 1629
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Member of Parliament for Norwich 1640 With: Thomas Tooley |
Succeeded by Richard Harman Richard Catelyn |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Norwich 1647–1653 With: Erasmus Earle |
Succeeded by Not represented in Barebones Parliament |
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| Preceded by | Lord Mayor of London 1644–1645 |
Succeeded by Thomas Adams |
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