_FA2: [between 1609 and 1610]Lord Mayor of London, Kt. [see notes] From his son James' entry in DNB
alderman successively of Bridge Without (15 Nov. 1599), of Bread Street (23 April 1610), and of Coleman Street (11 Oct. 1611); sheriff of London (24 June 1600); lord mayor (29 Sept. 1609); governor of East India Company (1602-3); and twice master of the Ironmongers' Company (1604 and 1613). Sir Thomas, who was knighted at Whitehall (26 July 1603), married Alice, daughter of Edward Bright of London (Harl. MS. 1096, f. 13).