From
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Esquire, in right of his wife, of Elford, Staffordshire and Aldford, Alderly and Etchells, Cheshire. King's Esquire, Sheriff of Worcestershire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire. Knight of the Shire for Staffordshire.
He was the husband of Maud Ardene, daughter of heiress of Sir John Ardene and Margaret Pilkington. They had children:
Sir John m Cecily Ardene, Elizabeth Vernon, Anne Handesacre
Anne m John Gresley
Maud died 1430 to 1432.
Secondly, Thomas was the husband of Elizabeth Langton, daughter of Ralph Langton of Walton de Dale, Lancashire. They had one son, George.
In 1442, the population of Lichfield rose up against Thomas in a riot.
Thomas is buried with his second wife of St Peters, Elford.