Thomas Frowyk
English judge
Sir Thomas Frowyk KS (c. 1460 – 7 October 1506) was an English justice.
Family
Born at Gunnersbury, Middlesex, Thomas Frowyk was the son of a London mercer, Sir Thomas Frowyk, by his second wife, Jane Sturgeon, daughter of Richard Sturgeon. He had a sister, Isabel Frowyk, who married Sir Thomas Haute (d. 1502, son of Sir William Hawte), a sister Elizabeth Frowyke, who married Thomas Bedlow (d. 1478) and a brother, Sir Henry Frowyk. His grandfather, Henry Frowick, was also a mercer (five times Master), alderman (Bassishaw ward, 1424–57) and twice Lord Mayor of London (1435-6 and 1444–5). Frowyk was mentioned in the 1464 will of his grandmother, Isabella Frowyk. An important seat of the Frowyk family was at South Mimms, Hertfordshire, where Sir Thomas's ancestors and others of his kin are represented in a series of tombs and monuments in the parish church of St Giles. The present Sir Thomas however was buried at Finchley.
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