Background
He inherited the Baronetcy of Pakenham, Suffolk from his father, the Parliamentarian politician William, in 1654.
He inherited the Baronetcy of Pakenham, Suffolk from his father, the Parliamentarian politician William, in 1654.
Spring was educated at King Edward VI School and Christ"s College, Cambridge.
He was removed from the Commission of the Peace for Suffolk in 1670 for opposing the Conventicle Acting 1664. He contested the Sudbury constituency in 1679, but lost. He subsequently represented Suffolk in both the second and third Exclusion Parliaments as an exclusionist.
He served as High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1674.
Sir Thomas Spring, 3rd Baronet, married Merolina, daughter of Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn
Sir John Spring, 5th Baronet, married Elizabeth Nightingale
Sarah Spring, married John Macky. Spring was one of the earliest Whig MPs, being strongly in favour of excluding the Roman Catholic James, Duke of York from the inheriting the throne.
Habeas Corpus Parliament.