Thomas Williams (speaker)

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Thomas Williams (1513 or 1514 – 1566) was a Speaker of the House of Commons. He was a lawyer and a member of the Inner Temple, sat as MP for Exeter (UK Parliament constituency) during the first and second Parliaments of Elizabeth I and was elected Speaker on 12 January 1563 and remained so until his unexpected death in 1566. His family home was Stowford House in the parish of Harford, Devon.

He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Bodmin 1555, Saltash 1558, Tavistock 1559 and Exeter 1563.[1]

  1. ^ "WILLIAMS, Thomas II (1513/14-66), of Stowford in Harford, Devon". History of Parliament Online. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.