Sir Thomas Twisden, 1st Baronet

Twisden was the second son of Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet of Roydon, East Peckham, Kent and his wife Lady Anne Finch, daughter of Sir Moyle Finch.

[3] Twisden became Serjeant at Law in 1654 and purchased the manor of Bradbourne House.

[2] He presided at the trials of the regicides, and later those of Sir Henry Vane the Younger for treason, and of John Bunyan and George Fox.

Despite his persecution of leading Quakers like Bunyan and Fox he was, by the standards of the age he lived in, generally considered a mild enough man in religious matters.

His son Roger succeeded to the baronetcy and his daughter Margaret married Sir Thomas Style, 2nd Baronet.