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THOMPSON, ARNOLD THEWLIS, only son of Rev. Robert Boyle Thompson, Vicar of Pudsey, Yorks., and Hannah, dau. of Nathan Thewlis, Lane House, Holmfirth, Yorks.; b. 1 Mar 1869; adm. 23 Sep 1880 (H); left May 1882; went to Leeds GS; Corous Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 0ct 1888; BA 1892; MA 1895; ordained 1893; Curate, Selby Abbey, Yorks., 1893-5; held other curacies; Vicar of Myton on Swale, Yorks., 1902-6; Rector of Croxton and Vicar of Eltisley, Cambs., 1906-12; Rector of Ashleworth, Gloucs., 1918-31; Rector of Church Brampton, Northants, 1931-.

THOMPSON, ---; b.; at school under Busby; a schoolfellow and friend of Spencer Cowper (b. 1669, qv), who when tried for the murder of Sarah Stout called him as a character witness (Howell, State Trials, 1816-28, xii, 1180).

THOMPSON, ---; b.; in school list 1754.

THOMPSON, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1609 (Chapter Muniments 41289). [more probably TOMPSON, qv]

THOMPSON (alias FREEMAN), FRANCIS, son of Rev. John Freeman, Rector of Wormley, Herts.; b.; at school under Busby (J. E. B. Mayor & R. F. Scott, Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Cambridge ii, 135); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 31 Oct 1694, aged 14, matr. 1695; 4th in “ordo” 1698/9; BA 1698/9; MA 1702; ordained deacon 27 May 1716, priest 24 Feb 1716/7 (both London). [But dates of ordination seem late for a Cambridge graduate of 1698/9].

Thomason, Archibald David Fawcett, son of Major Archibald Fawcett Thomason, of Quetta, Baluchistan, India, by Charlotte Denham, daughter of Col. Charles Henry Cantor, E.I.C.S.; b. April 25, 1898; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (A); left July 1914; 2nd Lieut., unattached, Indian Army April 18, 1916, 12th Cavalry April 23, 1916; Lieut. April 18, 1917; Squadron Officer April 18, 1920; served in Iraq 1917-8; retired July 1925; director of physical training, Harrow School, 1933-9; m. 1947 Katharine Lesley Radston-Read.

THOMAS, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1732; left 1733.

THOMAS, WILLIAM, brother of Sir Edmund Thomas, Bart. (adm. 1724/5, qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Oct 1727; left 1733.

THOMAS, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 8) Oct 1719; left 1720.

THOMAS, WILLIAM, only child of John Thomas, and Mary, dau. of William Bagnal, Wick, Worcester; grandson of Right Rev. William Thomas DD, Bishop of Worcester; b. 1670; adm.; KS 1685; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1688, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1688, scholar 12 Apr 1689, matr. 1688; BA 1691/2; MA 1695; BD 1723; DD 1729; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1694, Major Fellow 8 Mar 1695 - c. 1699; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1700; ordained; Vicar of Exhall, Warwicks., 1698; Rector of St. Nicholas, Worcester, from 1723; Rector [or Vicar ?] of Grimley, Worcs., from 1723; made collections for a history of Worcestershire; edited the second edition of Dugdaleís Antiquities of Warwickshire 1730; author, A Survey of the Cathedral Church of Worcester, 1736, and other works; m. Elizabeth, dau. of George Carter, Brill, Bucks.; d. 26 Jul 1738. DNB.