Sir Thomas Spring, 3rd Baronet explained

Sir Thomas Spring, 3rd Baronet (c. 1672 – 2 April 1704) of Pakenham Hall in Pakenham, Suffolk, was an English baronet and landowner^[1] who served as High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1696.^[2]

Career

Spring was the eldest son of Sir William Spring, 2nd Baronet and Sarah Cordell, daughter of Sir Robert Cordell, 1st Baronet of Melford Hall, Suffolk.^{[3] [4]} He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge and inherited his father's title and estate upon his death in 1684.^[5]

Marriage and issue

On 23 May 1691, he married Hon. Merolina Jermyn, a daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn and Mary Merry, and co-heiress of Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Dover.^[6] They had three sons and six daughters:^[7]

• Thomas Spring (died 1694)
• Merolina Spring (died 1694)
• Merolina Spring (1695–1761), married Thomas Discipline of Bury St Edmunds.^[8] She inherited the manor of Packenham,^[9] in the church of which survives the funeral hatchment of Thomas Discipline, showing his arms with inescutcheon of Spring.
• Sir William Spring, 4th Baronet (1697–1736), died unmarried. He bequeathed his estates to his two surviving sisters, Merolina and Mary,^[10] but was succeeded in the baronetcy by his uncle Sir John Spring, 5th Baronet (1674–1740).^[11]
• Mary Spring (1698–1765), married Revd. John Symonds and was the mother of John Symonds and Thomas Symonds and grandmother of Admiral Sir William Symonds^[12]
• Penelope Spring (1700–1707)
• Jermyn Spring (died aged 17)
• Henrietta Maria Spring (died January 1733), died unmarried
• Delariviera Spring (died 1 February 1733), died unmarried

Death and succession

Sir Thomas Spring was buried on 6 April 1704 in Pakenham parish church.^[13] He was succeeded in his title by his only surviving son, Sir William Spring, 4th Baronet (1697–1736),^[14] who died unmarried, when the baronetcy, but not his estates, passed to his uncle Sir John Spring, 5th Baronet (1674–1740).

Notes and References

1. Arthur Collins, 'Spring, of Pakenham', The English Baronetage (Volume 2, Tho. Wotton, 1741), p.243.
2. Arthur Collins, 'Spring, of Pakenham', The English Baronetage (Volume 2, Tho. Wotton, 1741), p.243.
3. William John Courthope, Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England (Rivington, 1835), p.187.
4. ThePeerage.com (entry #455799) http://www.thepeerage.com/p45580.htm (Accessed 11 February 2015)
5. Arthur Collins, 'Spring, of Pakenham', The English Baronetage (Volume 2, Tho. Wotton, 1741), p.243.
6. William Harvey, The Visitation of Suffolke (Volume 2, S. Tymms, 1868), p.185.
7. Arthur Collins, 'Spring, of Pakenham', The English Baronetage (Volume 2, Tho. Wotton, 1741), p.243.
8. The English Baronetage:: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of ...By Thomas Wotton, Vol II, London, 1741, p.243 https://books.google.com/books?id=piwUAAAAQAAJ&dq=Thomas+Discipline+of+Bury+St.+Edmunds&pg=PA243
9. Web site: Pakenham-Village of Two Mills : PV book - Chapter 7 - the Manors of Pakenham.
10. Web site: Pakenham-Village of Two Mills : PV book - Chapter 7 - the Manors of Pakenham.
11. The English Baronetage:: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of ...By Thomas Wotton, Vol II, London, 1741, p.243 https://books.google.com/books?id=piwUAAAAQAAJ&dq=Thomas+Discipline+of+Bury+St.+Edmunds&pg=PA243
12. Book: Symonds . Sir William . Sharp . James A. . Memoirs of the Life and Services of Rear-Admiral Sir William Symonds: Surveyor of the Navy from 1832 to 1847 . 1858 . Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts . 2–4 . 14 February 2019 . en.
13. Joseph Jackson Howard, ‘Spring’, The Visitation of Suffolk (Whittaker and Co, 1866), pp.165-206.
14. William John Courthope, Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England (Rivington, 1835), p.187.