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Sir Thomas Long of Draycot (c.1451 -
1509) was an
English politician.
Born in
Wiltshire, the son of
John Long and his wife Margaret Wayte, he succeeded to the
Draycot estates on the death of his father on
20 September1478, and inherited
South Wraxall from his uncle
Henry Long in 1490. Long was among the 'great compaignye of noble men' who went with Edward,
Duke of Buckingham, in
1496 to meet the King at
Taunton, then in pursuit of
Perkin Warbeck. In
1501 he received a knighthood at the marriage of
Henry VII's eldest son,
Arthur, Prince of Wales, and he was also at the reception of
Catherine of Aragon at
Shaftesbury in October of that year.
Long was elected
Member of Parliament for
Westbury in 1491. He was appointed
High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1500 and again in 1506. He was present at the coronation of
Henry VIII in
1509.
He married Margery, daughter of Sir George Darell, of
Littlecote House, and had one daughter and seven sons, including
Sir Richard Long (c.1494-1546) and
Sir Henry Long (c.1489-.1556).
Long died in
1509 and his remains are entombed in a 'rich gothique altar monument' (as described by
John Aubrey) in the church of St James at Draycot, Wiltshire. Hanging above his tomb until recently, and authenticated by the
British Museum, were his armour Haume (helmet) and
gauntlets, dating from c.1490. These are now safely kept in the
Devizes Museum in Wiltshire.
Royal descendant
The present
Charles, Prince of Wales is a descendant of Sir Thomas Long, as is
Mark Phillips, the first husband of
Anne, Princess Royal.
Sources
- A Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain & Ireland - Robert Beatson 1806
- The Gentleman's Magazine
- Burke's History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland - John Burke 1838
- Society in the Elizabethan Age - Hubert Hall 2003
- The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales - Gerald Paget 1977
- Hand of Fate. The History of the Longs, Wellesleys and the Draycot Estate in Wiltshire. Tim Couzens 2001 ISBN 1 903341 72 6
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