Thomas Baldwin was Comptroller of the King's Works

Office of Works

The Office of Works was established in the English Royal household in 1378 to oversee the building of the royal castles and residences. In 1832 it became the Works Department within the Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings...

 from 1606 to 1641.

Baldwin came from a family of Hertfordshire gentry. As Comptroller he seems to have been an administrator rather than an architect

Architect

An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

 but did carry out a number of designs.
He designed the Jesus Hospital at Bray, Berkshire

Bray, Berkshire

Bray, sometimes known as Bray on Thames, is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. It stands on the banks of the River Thames, just south-east of Maidenhead. It is famous as the village mentioned in the song The Vicar of Bray...

 for the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers

Worshipful Company of Fishmongers

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 in 1623. He is known to have been consulted by the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

 in 1632 about the Selden End of the Bodleian Library

Bodleian Library

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 and he was involved in the extension of Holland House in 1638-1640 by Henry Rich, Earl of Holland.

There is a wall monument

Church monument

A church monument is an architectural or sculptural memorial to a dead person or persons, located within a Christian church. It can take various forms, from a simple wall tablet to a large and elaborate structure which may include an effigy of the deceased person and other figures of familial or...

 to him in the south aisle of St Peter's Church, Berkhamsted by Nicholas Stone

Nicholas Stone

Nicholas Stone was an English sculptor and architect. In 1619 he was appointed master-mason to James I, and in 1626 to Charles I....

(1642).