Thomas Bury (1655–1722)

The youngest son of Sir William Bury, Thomas was born at Linwood, Lincolnshire.

He made his home at Cistercius Place (The Grange) Grantham.

In February 1667, he earned a bachelor’s degree at Lincoln College, Oxford, and entered Gray’s Inn as a student the following year was an English judge.

He was called to the bar in 1676, and after some years’ practice became a serjeant-at-law in 1700.

In January 1701, when Sir Littleton Powys was removed to the King’s Bench, he was made a Baron of the Exchequer by George I. On the death of Sir Samuel Dodd, Bury was raised by King George I to be Chief Baron of the Exchequer 10 June 1716. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718.

He died on 4 May 1722, suddenly, having been engaged in the discharge of his judicial duties until within a few hours of his death.

He was buried, with a handsome tomb, in the parish church of Grantham, Lincolnshire.

He never married and left no issue, and his estates at Irby, near Wainfleet, passed to his grandnephew, William Bury, of Lyndwood Grange, Lincolnshire.