Thomas Meade

1510 - 1558  (48 years)

• Name	Thomas Meade
  Birth	1510	Clavering, Essex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	1558	Stapleford, Cambridgeshire, England
  Person ID	I424	Mead Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2003

  
  

  Father	Thomas Mede,   b. 1490, Clavering, Essex, England d. Great Easton, Essex Co., England ?
  Family ID	F301	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joan Wycliff
  Children	1. Thomas Meade,   b. 1534 + 2. Reginald Meade,   b. 1536, Elmdon, Essex, England d. 1590, Elmdon, Essex, England (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2025

  
  

• Documents

  meads-in-england.pdf More information about Meads in England. I am not sure how accurate. There are discrepancies between this and the other document that I have seen.

  
  

• Notes

  The inscription on Thomas' tombstone reads: THOME MEADE ARMIGERO SECVNDO IVSTICIARIO DE BANCO HIC HVMATO FIDELISSIMA SVA CONIVX IOHANNA POSVIT OBIT 20 MAII 1585 Translated, it says:  "To Thomas Meade Esquire, Second Justiciar of the Bench, buried here. His most faithful wife Jo(h)an(na) placed (this monument). He died 20th May 1585."  His title, "Second Justiciar of the Bench," suggests that Meade was a man of considerable power and status. 'Justiciar' is, apparently, not a run of the mill magistrate but someone who presides over, or belongs to, one of the King or Queen's superior courts and who exercises a special judicial function.  Up until the 13th century, 'Justiciar' referred to the Chief Political Officer for the King -- someone who often represented the King at important meetings or travelled abroad on behalf of the King. In the 15th century, it still appears to have been a significant post; therefore it is likely that Thomas was a fairly important state official. Children: