He was the son of a Londonhaberdasher, also named Thomas Blanke, and the brother-in-law of James Altham, one of the Sheriffs of London in 1557.[1][2] Like his father, Thomas Blanke followed the trade of a haberdasher. He became an alderman in 1572 and served as one of the Sheriffs of London in 1574.[3]
He was elected Lord Mayor of London in 1582. He had the misfortune to be elected during a severe outbreak of the plague;[4] due to the pestilence, there was no pageant celebrating his election, and he was not presented to the queen until the next May.[5]
Much of his mayoralty was spent dealing with the effects of the plague, and his efforts earned him the appellation of "The Good Knight".[6] He died in 1588, at the age of 74, and was buried at St Mary-at-Hill;[7] his wife lived until 1596, being buried in the same tomb.[8] As he had died without issue, his estate at Abbott's Inn passed into the Altham family, who retained it until it was destroyed in the Great Fire of London.[9]
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^Burke, Bernard, and Burke, Ashworth Peter [1] "A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. I" pg. 248
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