Thomas Chester (died 1583)
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Thomas Chester (died 1583)
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Thomas Chester was the member of Parliament for the constituency of Bristol for the parliament of 1563 and Gloucestershire for the parliament of 1572. The son of a wealthy [Bristol] merchant William Chester, he served as sheriff of Bristol in 1559 before being elected to parliament for the city in 1567, when [John Walshe] became a judge. He became a major landowner through the purchase of the manor and hundred of Barton Regis. He subsequently bought the manor of [Almondsbury], where he establish
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English politician
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