Alderman Thomas Andrewes

Alderman Thomas Andrewes' political position during the first Civil War had important implications for the potential marriage between Edward Abney and Andrewes' granddaughter Damaris.

A London linen-draper and devout Puritan, Andrewes had risen to become a prosperous merchant and moneylender. He became Alderman in February 1642 and was one of the principal financiers to Parliament during the first Civil War. Andrewes was one of judges appointed to try the King at Westminster and he attended most of the trial sessions in January 1649 and was present at Charles I's execution. A few days later, he unseated the royalist incumbent to become the first Lord Mayor of London under the republic.

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