Thomas Chafe (Bridport MP)
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Thomas Chafe MP JP DL (c. 1642–1701), West Hall, Folke, Dorset, was MP for
Bridport Bridport is a market town and civil parish in Dorset, England, inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the River Asker, Asker. Its origins are Anglo-Saxons, Saxon and it has a long history as a ...
from 1685 to 1688.


Background

Thomas Chafe was the eldest son of Thomas Chafe MP. He was educated at
Sherborne Sherborne is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in north west Dorset, in South West England. It is sited on the River Yeo (South Somerset), River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The parish include ...
, and
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.


Political career

He was a JP for Dorset from 1670 to 1700, commissioner for assessment 1673–80, Freeman of Lyme Regis in 1683, and DL of Dorset from 1685 to his death in 1701.


Family life

On 13 April 1662, Chafe married Susanna, the daughter and heiress of Edward Moleyns of West Hall. He had one son and five daughters. He died in 1701.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chafe, Thomas 1640s births 1701 deaths People educated at Sherborne School Alumni of the University of Oxford English MPs 1685–1687 Members of the Parliament of England for Bridport