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Thomas Essington

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Sir Thomas Essington (ca 1609-?) was an English businessman and landowner. Like his father before him he was both Warden and Master of the Drapers Livery Company in the City of London. He became a landowner particularly in Suffolk.[1] He owned the manor of Brightwell and the estate which was to become Holywells Park, Ipswich.[2]

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  1. ^ Blatchly, John; Fisher, Geoffrey (2000). "Thomas Essington at Brightwell" (PDF). Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. XXXIX (Part 4): 460–469.
  2. ^ Chapman, Sheila; Underwood, Peter (n.d.). Holywells – Its Hidden History (PDF). Ipswich: Ipswich Borough Council.