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{{Short description|English politician (died 1514)}}
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'''Sir Thomas Englefield''' (also known as '''''Inglefield'''''<ref name=DNB>''[[Dictionary of National Biography]], Englefield, Sir Thomas (1455–1514)''</ref>) (c. 1455<ref name=DNB/> – 3 April 1514) was [[List of Speakers of the House of Commons of England|Speaker]] of the [[House of Commons of England]] in two sessions, 1497 for Henry VII and 1510 for Henry VIII.

He was born, probably in [[Englefield, Berkshire|Englefield]] in [[Berkshire]], around 1455, the son of John Englefield whose family had been Lords of the Manor there for many generations. His father died while he was quite young and his grandfather, Robert Englefield, had him educated in law at the Middle Temple.

He was created a [[Order of the Bath#History|Knight of the Bath]] on the marriage of Prince Arthur in 1501. He held land on the Welsh border, notably in [[Worcestershire]] where he became a magistrate (JP) in 1493. He was returned to Parliament as [[knight of the shire]] (MP) for Berkshire in 1497 and 1510 and on both occasions elected [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House]].

He had married Margery, daughter of Sir Richard Danvers with whom he had two sons, Richard, who died young and [[Thomas Englefield (judge)|Thomas]], his heir and the father of the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] politician, Sir [[Francis Englefield]].

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*[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/englefield-sir-thomas-1455-1514 History of Parliament ENGLEFIELD, Sir Thomas (1455–1514) of Englefield, Berks]

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