P_10433_1499 – Thomas Colmore
Thomas Colmore (b. 1688, fl. 1714-1756), London tobacco and textile merchant and co-owner of the voyage of the Hope from London to Gambia and St Lucia in 1723. He was the husband of Ann[e] Milner widow whom he married in 1717 and who was almost certainly the widow of Isaac Milner (q.v.). No will or death-date has been traced for Thomas Colmore but he was alive when his wife Ann[e] Colmore made her will in 1749.
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William Colmore
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Thomas Colmore was eldest son and main heir of William Colmor of Deanery in Warwick, whose will was proved in 1724.
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Sources: HL/PO/PB/1/1714/1G1s2n56 Title: Private Act, 1 George I Statute 2, c. 27 Description: An Act for the Relief of Anne Milner, Thomas Colmore, William Hunt, William Parrott and others, as to Customs of Goods, burnt or destroyed by the late Fire in Thames Street, London. Date: 1714. Anne Milner and Thomas Colmore both claimed for tobacco lost in the warehouse. C 11/481/10a Description: Short title: Colmore v Colmore. Document type: Bill and answer. Plaintiffs: Anne Colmore (wife of Thomas Colmore, merchant of London, by Humphrey Morice, esq of London), said Humphrey Morice and Jasper Blythman, gent of Inner Temple, London. Defendants: Thomas Colmore, Charles Colmore, Samuel Woodlaw and Richard Burbridge. Date of bill (or first document): 1725. Ann Colmore was later in litigation with Katherine Morrice in 1731, C 11/685/8. PROB 11/769/248. C 11/2151/26. An act to impower Anne Colmore, Widow, and her Assigns, during the Life of Thomas Colmore, Merchant, to make Building-Leases of Lands, in and near Birmingham in the County of Warwick. Bills. 1747-02-24.
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Crossings (1)
70020 - Hope (1723 - 1724)
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Date: 1688
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Christening: 21/09/1688
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