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About Thomas Bell
Sir Thomas Bell the Elder (1486–1566) was a cap manufacturer, mayor of Gloucester, and member of Parliament. He was one of the city's largest employers and wealthiest citizens and a great benefactor of the city and its people. He is described in contemporaneous documents as a "capper". He invested much of his wealth in real estate released on the dissolution of the monasteries, sometimes in partnership with Richard Duke, of Otterton, Devon, Clerk of the Court of Augmentations.
Everything about Thomas Bell →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1539-40 Parliament, Member of the 1545-47 Parliament, Member of the 1547-1552 Parliament
- Born
- 1486
- Died
- 1566