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Thomas Witham
(or
Wytham
; c. 1420 ? 15 April 1489) was an English
Chancellor of the Exchequer
under Kings
Henry VI
and
Edward IV
.
He was the son of Robert Witham of Grantham, Lincolnshire and the brother of William Witham, the
Dean of Wells
.
[1]
He was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer by Henry VI in 1454 and again (for life) in 1456, which was confirmed in 1461 by Edward IV. He was reappointed in 1465 (possibly after illness) and finally resigned the post in 1469 to be replaced by
Richard Fowler
. Witham's tenure as Chancellor occurred during the
Great Bullion Famine
and the
Great Slump in England
. He then served the future
Richard III
as a counsellor.
[2]
He died in 1489 and was buried at
Sheriff Hutton
church where he had endowed a chapel. He had married Agnes Thweng of Cornburgh but left no surviving children. However, his will of 1474 left money to several grandchildren.
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