Thomas Penruddocke

Thomas Penruddocke DL (about 1648 – 1698), of Compton Chamberlayne was a Wiltshire landowner and politician, briefly member of parliament for Wilton in 1679 (the 'Habeas Corpus Parliament') and again in 1689 (the famous Convention Parliament). Life Penruddocke was the younger son of Colonel John Penruddocke (1619–1655), one of the leaders of the Penruddock uprising of 1655, by his father's marriage to Arundel Freke, the daughter of John Freke, Esq., of Shrewton, Wiltshire. He had an elder brother, George, who died in 1664, and four sisters, and thus succeeded to his father's estates while still a minor. Penruddocke is mentioned in the will of his grandfather Sir John Penruddocke, and also in that of his unmarried sister, Jane Penruddocke, dated 30 August 1670. On 26 July 1666, Penruddocke matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, when his age was given as seventeen.