Baronet Thomas is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically.
On 23rd July 1660 William Thomas 1st Baronet [aged 18] was created 1st Baronet Thomas of Folkington in Sussex.
On 18th November 1706 William Thomas 1st Baronet [aged 65] died. Baronet Thomas of Folkington in Sussex extinct.
On 6th September 1766 George Thomas 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Thomas of Yapton in Sussex.
In 1774 George Thomas 1st Baronet died. His son William succeeded 2nd Baronet Thomas of Yapton in Sussex.
In 1777 William Thomas 2nd Baronet died. His son George [aged 37] succeeded 3rd Baronet Thomas of Yapton in Sussex.
On 20th December 1782 George Thomas 3rd Baronet [aged 42] and Sophia Montagu Lady Thomas were married. She by marriage Lady Thomas of Yapton in Sussex.
On 6th May 1815 George Thomas 3rd Baronet [aged 75] died. His son William [aged 32] succeeded 4th Baronet Thomas of Yapton in Sussex.
In 1850 William Lewis Thomas 4th Baronet [aged 66] died. His son William [aged 43] succeeded 5th Baronet Thomas of Yapton in Sussex.
In 1867 William Sidney Thomas 5th Baronet [aged 60] died. His son George [aged 19] succeeded 6th Baronet Thomas of Yapton in Sussex.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 9th March 1918 George Sidney Meade Thomas 6th Baronet [aged 71] died. His son George [aged 36] succeeded 7th Baronet Thomas of Yapton in Sussex.
On 23rd July 1972 George Thomas 7th Baronet [aged 91] died. Baronet Thomas of Yapton in Sussex extinct.