Thomas Marrow

Thomas Marrow (died 1561) was an English lawyer, landowner, and Member of Parliament for Warwickshire in 1554.

Career He was a son of Thomas Marrow (died 1538) of Wolston, Warwickshire, and Rudfyn at Kenilworth, and was said to be a descendant of two mayors of London John Shadworth and William Marrow. Like his father, he was trained and practiced as a lawyer in London. Marrow bought up lands in Warwickshire around Berkswell; Mary I of England granted Marrow the Barony of Barnstaple and the Manor of Birmingham in 1555 or 1557.

A stained glass window at Knowle Parish Church commemorated his grandfather Thomas Marrow, and other windows had the arms of local landowners including Thomas Dabridgecourt and Edward Ferrers.

Marriage and children Thomas Marrow married Alice Young. Their ten children included: Samuel Marrow (died 1610), who married Margaret Lyttleton, a daughter of Sir John Lyttelton (1519–1590). Their daughter Bridget Marrow was a keeper of the jewels of Anne of Denmark. Thomas Marrow