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Boroughbridge (UK Parliament Constituency)
Boroughbridge was a parliamentary borough in Yorkshire from 1553 until 1832, when it was abolished under the Great Reform Act. Throughout its existence it was represented by two Members of Parliament in the House of Commons. The constituency consisted of the market town of Boroughbridge in the parish of Aldborough (which was also a borough with two MPs of its own). By 1831 it contained only 154 houses, and had a population of 947. Boroughbridge was a burgage borough, meaning that the right to vote was vested in the tenants of certain specified properties, of which there seem to have been about 65 by the time the borough was abolished. Since these properties could be freely bought and sold, the effective power of election rested with whoever owned the majority of the burgages (who, if necessary, could simply assign the tenancies to reliable placemen shortly before an election). For more than a century before the Reform Act, Boroughbridge was owned by the Dukes of Newcastle, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ages, boroughs were settlements in England that were granted some self-government; burghs were the Scottish equivalent. In medieval England, boroughs were also entitled to elect members of parliament. The use of the word ''borough'' probably derives from the burghal system of Alfred the Great. Alfred set up a system of defensive strong points (Burhs); in order to maintain these particular settlements, he granted them a degree of autonomy. After the Norman Conquest, when certain towns were granted self-governance, the concept of the burh/borough seems to have been reused to mean a self-governing settlement. The concept of the borough has been used repeatedly (and often differently) throughout the world. Often, a borough is a single town with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fairfax (died 1597)
Sir William Fairfax (by 1531– 1 November 1597), of Gilling Castle and Walton, Yorkshire, was an English politician. He was the eldest son of Sir Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling, who he succeeded in 1571. He was knighted in 1560 and was a Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire from 1562 until his death. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Boroughbridge in 1558 and for Yorkshire in 1597. He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1577–78 and a member of the Council in the North from 1577 to his death. He died in 1597 shortly after his election to Parliament. He had married twice; firstly Agnes, the daughter of George, Lord Darcy and secondly Jane, the daughter and heiress of Brian Stapleton of Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire. He had one son, Thomas Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Moore (barrister)
Sir Francis Moore (1558 – 20 November 1621) was a prominent Jacobean barrister and Member of Parliament. Life He was born the posthumous son of Edward Moore, a yeoman of East Ilsley in Berkshire and educated at Reading School and St John's College, Oxford. He became an eminent barrister, working in the Middle Temple, but spent his family life at South Fawley Manor in Berkshire. Moore was appointed counsel and under-steward to Oxford University, of which he was created M.A. on 30 Oct. 1612. In Parliament, he was a frequent speaker, and is supposed to have drawn the well-known statute of Charitable Uses which was passed in 1601. The conveyance known as lease and release was his invention which remains one of two main ways to extend a lease, each with financial and physical demise advantages and disadvantages. He became a serjeant-at-law in 1614. He began the famous sheep market at East Ilsley and was Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge, Yorkshire in 1589 and then four t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Fitton The Younger
Sir Edward Fitton the younger (1548?–1606), was an Englishman who took part in the Elizabethan plantation of Ireland. Biography Fitton was the son and heir of Sir Edward Fitton (the elder) of Gawsworth, Cheshire and his wife Anne Warburton, daughter of Sir Peter Warburton and Elizabeth Winnington. His education included attending Brasenose College, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1566 with a BA, and then went on to Gray's Inn (1568). Fitton was Receiver General for Ireland in 1579. His father died in July that year and, being disappointed in his expectation of succeeding his father as Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, he retired to England shortly after having been knighted by Sir William Pelham in 1580. Sir Edward was returned as a member of parliament (MP) for Wigan, Lancashire in 1572, as MP for Boroughbridge, Yorkshire in 1588. Sir Edward's interest in Ireland revived when it was proposed to colonise Munster with Englishmen, and he was one of the first to solicit a slice of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Briggs (MP)
Robert Briggs (died 1615), of Old Malton, Yorkshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Boroughbridge Boroughbridge () is a town and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is north-west of the county town of York. Until a bypass was built the town lay on the mai ... in 1586. References 16th-century births 1615 deaths English MPs 1586–1587 Members of the Parliament of England for constituencies in Yorkshire People from Malton, North Yorkshire {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Savile, 1st Baronet
Sir George Savile, 1st Baronet of Thornhill (1551 – 12 November 1622), was an English politician and the lineal ancestor of the Marquesses of Halifax. He was born in 1551, the eldest son of Henry Savile and Joan Vernon. The Saviles were an old gentry family of Yorkshire, where many of them served as MPs or sheriffs. George Savile himself was elected to serve as Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge in 1586 and for Yorkshire in 1593. He succeeded to the estate of Thornhill after the death of his cousin, Edward Savile, in February 1602/3. He was created a Baronet in 1611 by James I of England and was High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1613–1614. He married twice, with children by both wives. His first wife, Mary Talbot, was the daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury, and brought the estate of Rufford Abbey into the Savile family. She was the mother of Sir George Savile, who predeceased his father but whose sons George and William succeeded in turn as the 2nd and 3rd Baronets. His sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Faunt
Nicholas Faunt ( fl. 1572–1608) was an English clerk of the signet, agent of the Crown, and politician. Life Faunt was a native of Norfolk. An earlier person of the same name, who was mayor of Canterbury and M.P. for the city in 1460, had played a prominent part in Warwick the Kingmaker's rebellion of 1471, actively supported Thomas Neville (the "Bastard of Fauconberg") in his raid on London, and was beheaded at Canterbury by Edward IV's orders in May 1471. The clerk to the signet matriculated as a pensioner at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, in June 1572, and was admitted a scholar of Corpus Christi College in the same university in 1573. In the interval he visited Paris, witnessed the St. Bartholomew massacre, and was one of the first to bring the news to England. About 1580 he became secretary to Sir Francis Walsingham, and was engaged in carrying despatches to English agents abroad and sending home 'intelligence.' In August 1580, while in Paris, he met Anthony Bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Cheke
Henry Cheke (c. 1548–1586), of Elstow, Bedfordshire; later of the Manor, York, was an English politician. He was the eldest son of Sir John Cheke (tutor to King Edward VI) and his wife Mary, daughter of Richard Hill (and stepdaughter of Sir John Mason). He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Bedford in 1571 and 1572 and for Boroughbridge in 1584. He married twice, first to Frances Radclyffe (sister to Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex (c. 1559 – August 1643) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1586 and 1611 and later succeeded to a peerage. Biography Radclyffe was the son of Sir Humphrey Radclyffe and ...), by whom he had two sons and three daughters, and secondly to Frances daughter of Marmaduke Constable of York. His son (Sir) Thomas Cheke was also a Member of Parliament and settled at Pyrgo in Essex. References 1548 births 1586 deaths People from the Borough of Bed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Eynns
Thomas Eynns (died 1578), of York and Heslington, Yorkshire, was an English politician. He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Aldborough in 1571, Cardiganshire in 1542, Heytesbury in 1547, Scarborough in March 1553, Thirsk in October 1553, 1558, 1559, 1563 and Boroughbridge in 1572. In 1568 he built Heslington Hall near York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ... for his use as Secretary and Keeper of the Seal to the Council of the North. References Year of birth missing 1578 deaths Politicians from York Members of the Parliament of England for constituencies in Yorkshire Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales English MPs 1542–1544 English MPs 1547–1552 English MPs 1553 (Edward VI) English MPs 1553 (Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Boynton (MP)
Thomas Boynton (1523–1582), of Acklam and Barmston, Yorkshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Boroughbridge in 1571 and for Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West England. It covers part of the Lake District as well as the north Pennines and Solway Firth coast. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. From 19 ... in 1572. References 1523 births 1582 deaths Members of the Parliament of England for constituencies in Yorkshire English MPs 1571 English MPs 1572–1583 {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton Gargrave
Sir Cotton Gargrave (1540–1588) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1571 and 1572. Early life Gargrave was the son of Sir Thomas Gargrave, High Sheriff of Yorkshire. He resided at Nostell Priory and at Kingsley, Yorkshire. Political career In the northern rebellion of 1569, Gargrave commanded a force of 200 men from the West Riding of Yorkshire. He was elected Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge in 1571 and 1572. In 1583 he was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire and knighted in 1585. He was Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1584 to 1588. In his later years, he was forced to mortgage many of the extensive properties left him by his wealthy father. Family Gargrave married firstly Bridget Fairfax, daughter of Sir William Fairfax of Steeton, West Yorkshire, and High Sheriff of Yorkshire. He married secondly Agnes (or Anne) Waterton, daughter of Sir Thomas Waterton of Walton and Sandal, Yorkshire. He was a friend o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Disney
Thomas Disney (c. 1510 – 17 April 1568), of Carlton-le-Moorland, Lincolnshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Boroughbridge Boroughbridge () is a town and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is north-west of the county town of York. Until a bypass was built the town lay on the mai ... in 1563. References 1510 births 1568 deaths English MPs 1563–1567 People from North Kesteven District {{1563-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
