Thomas Fanshawe (remembrancer of the exchequer)

Thomas Fanshawe (1533–1601) was a Member of the English Parliament during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

Besides Fanshawe Gate, which he let to his brother, he owned Ware Park, Hertfordshire (an estate he acquired in 1575) and Jenkins, in Barking, Essex, and other property.

He fulfilled the duties of his office with diligence, as we find by various entries in the State Papers of Elizabeth's reign.

In 1597 (29 May) he wrote to Lord Burghley that 'by my continually attending the business of my office all the term, I have too much neglected my health and business in the country, and as my presence is urgently required there I have left all things in such a state that the duties may be as well performed without me.

Thomas, his eldest son by his second marriage, inherited Jenkins and other estates at Barking and was an MP for Lancaster.