Thomas Chiffinch

Thomas Chiffinch (1600 – 6 April 1666) was an English page and confidant of Charles II of England.

[1][2] In 1641, Chiffinch was brought to the court of Charles I by Bishop Brian Duppa and he became a page of the bedchamber to the king.

Chiffinch accompanied Charles abroad in 1646 and remained with him throughout the period of exile from England during the Interregnum (the Commonwealth and the Protectorate).

In 1663 the king gave him the office of receiver-general of the revenues of the foreign plantations in America and Africa, being entrusted by the king to deal with important financial matters relating to the income of the royal household.

[2] He died on 6 April 1666, the event being recorded in the diary of Samuel Pepys: "The court full this morning of the newes of Tom Cheffin’s death, the king's closett-keeper".