Thomas Bever (baptised 1725 – 8 November 1791) was an English lawyer and legal writer.
He was promoted to be judge of the Cinque Ports, and chancellor of two dioceses, Lincoln and Bangor.
He was buried in Stratfield Mortimer church, where there was a mural monument in the chancel to his memory.
Jenner's appointment in 1753 had been political, backed by the Duke of Newcastle, and he has been regarded as ignorant of the law; he pleaded ill-health, in allowing Bever to deputise for him.
[2][4] Bever, on the other hand, was a follower and supporter of William Blackstone, who had been lecturing at Oxford on the English common law.
[1] Among Oxford students who heard both Blackstone and Bever lecture, and a future judge, was William Scott.
[9] He took an interest in music and the fine arts: Sherwin the engraver received Bever's patronage; and the copying of the religious music of Orlando di Lasso had his support, a project carried out by Robert Didsbury in 1785.