Thomas Dickenson
Thomas Dickenson (Dickinson), a merchant of York, was an adherent of the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War. He was also a sheriff, alderman, and twice Lord Mayor of York and a Member of Parliament for York during the Protectorate.
Biography[edit]
Dickenson was Sheriff of York in 1640, twice Lord Mayor of York, in 1647 and again in 1657 the year he was knighted by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell.[1][2] He was a Member of Parliament for York in the First, Second and Third Protectorate parliaments. [3]
Although a strong partisan of Cromwell, Dickenson was probably moderate in his religious views; and, according to the testimony of a contemporary, more Episcopalian than Presbyterian or Independent. Dickenson was a patron of literary men. John Bulmer, M.D., dedicated to him his Anthropometamorphosis; or, Man Transformed, 4to, 1653; and the Rev. Josiah Hunter dedicated to him a Sermon on Philip iv. 5, 4to, 1656.[3]
Notes[edit]
- ^ York Minster 1859, p. 131 (footnotes).
- ^ Drake 1736, p. 366.
- ^ a b F.R.R. 1867, p. 193.
References[edit]
- Drake, Francis (1736), Eboracum: or, The history and antiquities of the city of York, from its original to the present times: Together with the history of the cathedral church, and the lives of the archbishops of that see ..., Printed by W. Bowyer for the author, p. 366
- F.R.R. (January–June 1867), Notes and Queries, Third, vol. 11, London, p. 193
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - York Minster (1859), Raine, James (ed.), The Fabric Rolls of York Minster, Publications of the Surtees Society, vol. 35, Surtees Society, p. 131