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1 AUTH BA May 7, 1629
1 AGNC appt. rector of Easington Oxford, 16321 DEST because of loyalty appt by Charles Ii to father's old placeofDeanof Chester
1 MEDI Dec. 1, 1660 (DNB 35-431)

Va. Hist. Genealogies, p. 113.
Thomas mallory (1605-1671) was son of Thomas Mallory,deanofChester(D.N.B. says he wa s t h e fourth son and the VirginiaMagazinesayshe wasthe third son (D.N>B. XXXV, p. 431; 1 2 V . 4 00).
He was baptized at Davenham August 27, 1605; matriculatedatNewCollege,Oxford, Octobe r 1 5 , 1624; B.A. May 7, 1628; N.A.January17,1631/32. He was appointed rector of Easington , O x ford,1632. OnMay14, 1634 he was presented by Richard Mallory and BishopForster of So do rand Man, to thefamily living at Northernden, Cheshire.He was ejectedasa Royalist by t h e Cromwellians, but after therestoration, because ofhisloyalty tothe crown he was appoin t e d byCharles II to his father'soldplace of Dean of Chester Dec 1, 1660 (D.N.B.35-431).
He married firstly Jane, who died February 12, 1638(registers),andsecondly Mary. HI s s o n Francis was a legatee under thewillofWilliamForster, Bishop of Sodor and Man. Dea n Mal l ory diedatBrindle,nerEccleston, in 1671.
He was father of the emigrants to Virginia and mentioned themasbeinginVirginia, in his w i l l dated at Eccleston in Lancashire,July10,1671.He gave his wife, Frances, 400 pounds f o r l ife, same tobedividedamongchildren alive at her death, except son Thomas, in Virginia wa storeceive 100 pounds.
Philip Mallory who had been to Va previously, left his propertytoThomasand Roger, his br o t her Thomas' children. Phillip diedwithoutissue.First Mallory in VA was Sir John Mallor y , a n investor intheVirginiaCharter, who according the VA records was there in 1607, two year s priorto the first colonization. There is some theory that hiswifeAnne Euredied ther e 1 6 27 in childbirth with Peter Mallory of newHaven.I haveseen no proof of that. Anne wa s a d i rect desendant of JohndeBaliol,King of Scotland. Her father, William sold the famil y esta te,Stokesly,to Sir Richard Forster. William Forster, DD, bishop of SoderandMann,an d Rich a rd Mallory, introduced Rev Thomas MalloryatNorthenden.Horatio Mallory married Dorot hy For s ter 1629 onBermuda.(andhad son,Peter Mallory b 1640)(Dorothy Forster was d of William For s ter,vintnerof London) Hopestill Forster was related to thePrestons of NewHaven asco us i n of Christopher Gibson who married SarahSale, sister ofElizabethSale, mother of Mari e Pr e ston who supposedlymarried PeterMallory ofNew Haven

Va. Genealogies, Vol. 4, p. 266.
On the breaking out of the war, he, like his father,wascompelledtoforsake his benefice ; a n d he fled to theadjoininggarrisonofWithenshaw, which hd been fortified by Mr. Talton , as described insomeinteresting and Original papers in EAST CHESHIRE,pp.314-5. Inthatstro ng ho ld Mallory met with anotherdeterminedanti-Parliamentparson,Mr. Pollitt, the Curate o f Ch oalton-cum-Hatrveywho had madehimselfobnoxious to his leading parishonersby attendin g hors e races atBarlowMoor, and by other proceedings whichthey deemedunclerical.
In giving evidence against this clergyman, John Barlow, oneofthevillagersswore (10th Feb r u ary, 1647-8) that he had heardMr.Pollittconfess toMr. Hyde of Dentor that he went to Sit h e nshaw,thenagarrison, to speakwith Mr. Mallory, of Northenden, amalignantparson.Withens h a w house wsfinally attacked and taken (25thFebruary,1643-4) byCol. RobertDuckenfield , a n d Mallory was one ofthose whosenames weretaken don asbeing then present. His living w a s sequesteredabout Aug.1644, andothers served the Cure.
His possessions consisted of a parsonage house and alittleglebelandthereto. His wife cl a i med and received her fifths outoftheRectory.
Where the family resorted to does not appear. But in 1648,6thJuly,HenryNewcome, afterwa r d s the well known Minister ofManchester,wasmarried"at Mr. Mallory's house at Davenshaw ( q u .Davenham?)toMistressElizabeth Manwaringe." Autob. pp. 295 and 10, AtDavenhamtheelde r M allory had been incumbent 43 years. Mallory in somewayobtainedin theyear 1661, a tit l e t o the rectory of Eccleston,inLeylandHundred,Lancashire, (Baines New Ed. II, 148), an a p pointmentwhichoccurred inthe very year in which Edward Gee, theenergeticPresbyterianplac e dt here by the local classis, was imprisoned.
Gee, however, returned from his incarceration; and he datedhisprisonbook,A TREATISE OF P R A YER, Lond. 8 v, from Eccleston whichindeedhecontinuedto occupy. The circumstances atten d i ng Mallorypresentationtothisrectory are not on record, but his right to it at theRestor a tiondoesnot seem to have been called in question.
The next important event in Mallory's life was his engagingwithSirGeorgeBooth in the Che s h ire Rising. On the passing of theActin1661,Mallory entered into possession both of Nor t h endenandEccleston,forboth livings had become vacant by the deaths of thosewhohad beena p pointed during the interregnum.
Earwaker (I295) states that Mallory was re-instated atNorthendenintheyear 1662; but no a u t hority is cited for that date,which seemsaboutayear too late. Alluding to the precedi n g r ector,Henry Dunster,whowasburied there 20th March, 1661-2, Calamy says that Mr.Mellor y(i.e.Mallory) was remarkably grateful to him. On April17,1662,Malloryreceived a dispensat i o n to hold the rectoriesofEcclestonandNorthenden. In some way Mallory became possessed l i kewiseoftheAdvowson of this Rectory, that the Advowson of Northendenforonetermonly w a s t o be altered, on Dr. Mallory's behalf, from hisownnametothose of Sir Jeffrie, Shakerl y , Si r John Netherne andEdwardHyde,Esq.The next vacancy, which did not arise through Mallo r y'sdeath,occurredabout five years later, when John Cooke wasinstituedRector,25thFebrua r y , 1667-8, on the presentation of EdwardHyde of HydeEsq.(EwakerI, 295).
In the year 1660 when there were many applicationsforthevacantecclesiastical patrona g e i n the King's gift, Mallorywasactivefor hisown further advancement. On the 6th July th a t y earhedrew up apetitionfor the rich Rectory of Houghton On theSide--ie,wepresume,Houg h to n-le=Spring, soon to be void by the removalof Dr.JohnBarwick tothe Deanery of Durham , i n w hich he was installed1stNov.Mallory'spetition is as follows STATE PAPERS. DOM CHAS I I , vol.VII, No.58:

"To the King's Most Excellent Ma'ty:
The humble peti'on of Tho:Mallory, Clerk, Sheweth thaty'rpet'rhathserved y'r Roya l l f ather throughout ye Warre, and y'rroyallselfein yelate (though abortive) endeavors o f y e C heshireGentlemen,hatheverbeene comfortable to ye Government and Discipline of yeChu rc hofEngland; and whereas ye Rectory of Houghton On the Side,intheBishoprickof Duresme, i s n o w voyd and in y'r Mat'yes Donac'on.
May it therefore, please y'r gracious Mat'y togranty'rroyallpresent'n unto ye sai d R e ctory unto ye pet'r
And y'r pet'r shall ever pray, &c."

At the Court t Whitehall ye 6th of July 1660:
"His Ma'tie is grciously pleased to referre thisPetitiontoDoctorSheldon Deane o f t h e Chappell, Dr. Earles Deane ofWestminsterandDoctorMorley Deane of Christ Church or an y t w o of them,who aretoiformthemselves of the "et'rs merit and due qualifaco' for thesai d prefermentand report the same to his Ma'tie together with theiropinions.
"Whereupon his Majesty will signify his further pleasure

EDW. NICHOLAS

This Petitioner is capable of ye favour he desires.
G. Sheldon,
Geor. Morley

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Notes for Thomas Mallory:Rev. Thomas Mallory, youngest son of Dean Thomas Mallory . Youngest offour sons of the Dean. Occupation Minister 15 October 1624, MatriculatedatNew College Oxford. Instituted to the rectory of Northenden, Cheshire on15
February , 1634/35Was a Royalist supporter during the English Civil War and his living wassequestered by the Parliamentary Government about August 1644. After theRestoration, he obtained title to the Rectory in Leyland Hundred,Lancasterin 1661 and also repossession of the Rectory at Northenden. He died at
Brindle near his Rectory of Eccleston.