Lawrence Tanfield

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British politician (1551-1625)

PoliticiansLived 1551 to 1625 · aged 74

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Sir Lawrence Tanfield was an English lawyer, politician and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. He had a reputation for corruption, and the harshness which he and his wife showed to his tenants was remembered for centuries after their deaths.

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Sir Lawrence Tanfield from The life and times of Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland

Tanfield Memorial, commemorating Sir Lawrence Tanfield and his second wife Elizabeth Evans, in the Church of St John the Baptist, Burford, erected 1628

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ChildElizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland

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