THOMPSON, MICHAEL, son of Benjamin Thompson, Middle Temple, London; b. 30 Jan 1664/5; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1673-7; adm.; KS 1679; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1684, matr. 16 Dec 1684, Westminster Student from 15 Dec 1684, Tutor 1696-9, Junior Censor 1694-5, Senior Censor 1696-7, Catechist 1699; BA 1688; MA 1691; d. 11 Sep 1700. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

Thompson, Maurice Alfred, son of the Rev. George Alfred Thompson, Head Master of the Grammar School, Horsham, Sussex; b. June 6, 1896; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1910; left (with a Triplett exhibition) Dec. 1914; Clare Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. 1915); matric. 1915; Bell Scholar 1915; 1st class Math. Tripos, pt. i, 1919; B.A. 1921; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Royal Sussex Regt. Jan. 13, 1915; Lieut. R.G.A.; wounded at High Wood Aug. 20, 1916, and at Busigny Oct. 26, 1918; 2nd Lieut. R.A. July 15, 1940; transferred to R.A.C. Nov. 21, 1941; d. 1961.

THOMPSON, LUKE, brother of Leonard Thompson (qv); bapt. 7 Oct 1679; adm.; KS 1695; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1698, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1698, aged 18, scholar 28 Apr 1699, matr. 1698; BA 1701/2; adm. Inner Temple 17 Nov 1701; migr. to Grayís Inn, adm. 21 Jun 1721, called to bar 3 Jul 1728; m. 19 Aug 1731 Grace, dau. of Thomas Bawtry, Foston, Yorks.; d. 12 Jun 1743.

THOMPSON, LEONARD, eldest son of Leonard Thompson MP, Lord Mayor of York, and Frances, widow of Edward Slater, Hull, Yorks., and dau. of Leonard Thompson, Alderman of York; b.; adm.; KS 1690; left 1692; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 Apr 1692, aged 17, but did not matr.; adm. Gray’s Inn 6 Jun 1691, called to bar 10 Feb 1695, Bencher 5 May 1724; Treasurer’s Remembrancer in Exchequer 27 Jan 1696 - 19 Jul 1732; m. 30 Sep 1700 Frances, dau. of Henry Thompson, Escrick, Yorks.; d. 1744.

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

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.

THOMAS, TIMOTHY, son of Thomas Thomas, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire; b. Carmarthen; adm.; QS 1708; elected to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Jul 1712, asged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1712- void 1727, Tutor 1720; BA 1716; MA 12 Mar 1718/9; BD and DD 1735; ordained; Chaplain to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (qv), from c. 1721; Rector of Presteigne, Radnorshire, from 20 Feb 1727; a friend and correspondent of the antiquary Thomas Hearne; many of the verses in Carmina Quadragesimalia are attributable to him; his Electio Westmon., written the year after his own election, is reprinted in Lusus Alt. Westmon., 2nd series, 335-9; contributed preface and glossary to John Urry’s edition of Chaucer, published 1721; a collection of his miscellaneous MSS (correspondence, papers, epilogues and prologues to Latin Plays) was lent to the editors of the first vol. of Lusus Alt. Westmon. by Sir David Dundas (qv); d. 17 Apr 1751.

THOMAS, RICHARD JAMES FRANCIS, only son of Richard Morris Thomas, St. Marylebone, London, and Marianne Martha --- (IGI); b. 24 Nov 1812; adm. 14 Jan 1824 (Stelfox's); KS 1827; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Jul 1830; BA 1839; MA 1840; ordained deacon (Gloucester, lit. dim. from St. Davids) 20 Dec 1835, priest (Gloucester) 18 Dec 1836; Curate, Hammersmith, Middlesex; Head Master and Chaplain, Bancroftís Hospital, Mile End Road, London 1840-55; Vicar of Yeovil with Preston, Somerset, from 1855; m. 1st, 5 Apr 1839 Elizabeth Esther, second dau. of Thomas Jones, Carmarthen; m. 2nd, 28 Dec 1854 Mary Elizabeth, only dau. of William Clark, Wellclose Square, London; d. 1 Aug 1873.

THOMAS, MICHAEL; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1628, adm. scholar 17 Apr 1629, matr. Easter 1629; BA 1632/3; ordained; Rector of St. Stephen’s, Walbrook, London 1641-2.

THOMAS, LEWIS, son of Lewis Thomas, Oxford; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1723/4; KS 1728; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1732, matr. 15 Jun 1732, Westminster Student 20 Feb 1733 - void 26 Jun 1744; BA 1736; MA 1739; Lieut., Battereauís Foot 5 May 1742; Capt. -Lieut., 18 May 1747; 4th Foot 3 Mar 1749/50; Capt., 6 Mar 1750/1; Maj., 50th Foot 2 May 1758; 9th Foot 11 Dec 1759; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 25 Jan 1761; served in expedition against Belleisle, and was wounded and taken prisoner during the siege 8 Apr 1761; killed at the storming of Havana, Cuba Aug 1762. [Perhaps Lewis Thomas, son of Lewis Thomas and Jane ---, bapt. 20 Jul 1714 St. Katharine’s by the Tower, London (IGI)]