About Thomas Wainfleet
Lived 1401 – 1515 (aged 113–114). Thomas Wainfleet was a politician.
Thomas Wainfleet (by 1463 – 1515), of Canterbury, Kent, was an English politician.
Family Wainfleet was the son of Thomas Wainfleet of Canterbury. He was unmarried, but had an illegitimate son.
Career Active in local politics, he was a common councilman for Canterbury by 1500, an alderman by 1504 and mayor for 1514–15. In 1512, he was elected a Member of Parliament for Canterbury.
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