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422:(Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co., 1943): "Hoby, Thomas Posthumus; 2nd s. of Sir Thomas H. of Bisham Abbey co. Berks and Elizabeth dau. of Sir Anthony Cooke of Gidea Hall co. Essex; b. 1566; commensal at the 2nd table; matric. from Trinity College Oxford 11 November 1574 aged 8."
113:(1504–1576). Hoby was born after his father's death, which led to his gaining the additional name Posthumus. His sisters Elizabeth and Anne died within a few days of each other in February 1571. His elder brother was the diplomat and scholar
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591:, volumes 55–56 (Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1983), p. 117, footnote (9): "In practice the theory was not always implemented. For an exceptionally conscientious justice, Sir Thomas Postumus Hoby of Hackness, see
240:(1579–1646) and several of his other neighbours, alleging that they had entered his house, taken drink, played cards, ridiculed Puritanism, and threatened to ravish his wife. In 1609 he alleged in the
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256:". It has been suggested that the character of
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