Background
Machen was the son of Henry Machen (d 1566) and his wife, whose surname may have been Baugh or Brayh.
Machen was the son of Henry Machen (d 1566) and his wife, whose surname may have been Baugh or Brayh.
University of Oxford.
Thomas Machen and his father Henry Machen were the two Sheriffs of Gloucester 1555. Thomas Machen was again Sheriff 1572, 1576, and Mayor in 1579, 1588, and 1601. He died on 18 October 1614, leaving considerable property, including Condicote manor, and bequeathed more than £4,000 (£665,756 in 2016) to his family and to various charities.
His monument survives, and is one of the more elaborate to be found in Gloucester Cathedral.
Addled Parliament]
He was lord of the manor of Condicote in 1608 and was elected as the Member of Parliament for Gloucester in 1613, serving in the Addled Parliament of 1614.