Thomas Thwaites (civil servant)

Sir Thomas Thwaites or Thwaytes (c.1435–1503) was an English civil servant, who was involved in the Perkin Warbeck conspiracy.

Upon the ascension of Richard III he was knighted and moved to Treasurer of Calais, where he served from 1483 to 1490.

[1] Thwaites's tenure as Chancellor occurred during the Great Bullion Famine and the Great Slump in England.

He was arrested for treason in 1493 for involvement in the Perkin Warbeck conspiracy.

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