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Parliament for New Komney ; and in 1596-7 a James Thurbarn
was member for Hythe. In Boy's "History of Sandwich" are
to be found the following extracts respecting two eminent
townsmen of that place, and whose tombs are still in existence,
with the arms, " sable, a griffon passant, argent ; " crest, " a
griffon's head couped, argent," depicted on them : —
"1. James Thurbarne was Town Clerk from 1643 to 1662,
" and from 1667 to his death. He was one of the barons in
" Parliament for Sandwich in 1656, 1659, 1660, and 1661 ; a
" supporter of the canopy at the coronation of Charles II. in
" 1661 ; and served the office of mayor in 1660. He was the
" son of James Thurbarne, Esq., a justice of the peace for the
" county of Kent, in the reign of James, whose ancestors from
" 1331 had been very eminent in the Cinque Ports, especially in
" Hastings, Romney, and Romney Marsh. A Mr. Thurbarne
" was appointed one of the Town Council in 1625 ; he was there-
' fore a barrister, and he was probably the father of the Town
" Clerk."
" 2. John Thurbarne was bred to the bar, became an eminent
" counsel, and was made serjeant-at-law 11th April, 1689. He
" was one of the supporters Of the canopy over King William
" and Queen Mary in 1689, and represented the town of Sand-
" wich in the two parliaments of 1679, in 1681, 1689, and 1690 ;
" and on the 11th April, 1698, he was chosen member in the
" room of Edward Brant, Esq., and again the same year at the
" general election."
CHAPTER VII.
Of the personal histories of the progenitors of the present
Thurburns little of importance has come down to us. Whatever
the papers may be which touched on these subjects, they are not