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Edmund Ludlow (died 1624)
Sir Edmund Ludlow (bef. 1548 – 1624) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1571 and 1622. Ludlow was born before 1548, the eldest son of George Ludlow of Hill Deverill, Wiltshire, and his wife Edith, daughter of Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor of Stanwell, Middlesex. In 1571, he was elected Member of Parliament for Old Sarum. He succeeded to the estates of his father in June 1580 and was a J.P. for Wiltshire from that time on. He was High Sheriff of Wiltshire from 1586 to 1587. In 1597 he was elected MP for Ludgershall. He was knighted on 14 September 1601. In 1604 he was elected MP for Hindon, and was re-elected in 1614. During his life he was involved in numerous lawsuits, and was conspicuously intractable with regard to matters of money and property. He lived at Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire in his later years. Ludlow married firstly Bridget Coker, daughter of Henry Coker of Mappowder, Dorset, and had three son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Commons Of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain after the 1707 Act of Union was passed in both the English and Scottish parliaments at the time. In 1801, with the union of Great Britain and Republic of Ireland, Ireland, that house was in turn replaced by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Origins The Parliament of England developed from the Magnum Concilium that advised the English monarch in medieval times. This royal council, meeting for short periods, included ecclesiastics, noblemen, and representatives of the county, counties (known as "knights of the shire"). The chief duty of the council was to approve taxes proposed by the Crown. In many cases, however, the council demanded the redress of the people's grievances before proceeding to vote on taxation. Thus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Young (died 1589)
Sir John Young (by 1519 – 4 September 1589), of The Great House, Bristol, of London and of Melbury Sampford, Dorset, was an English politician. Origins He was the eldest surviving son of Hugh Young (d.1534) of Bristol and of Castle Combe in Wiltshire by his wife Alice, of unrecorded family.Virgoe Career He was a member of parliament for Old Sarum, Wiltshire, in 1547 and 1571, for Plymouth, Devon, in 1555, for Devizes, Wiltshire, in 1559, and for West Looe, Cornwall, in 1563. He served as Sheriff of Dorset for 1569–70 and was a Justice of the Peace for Dorset and Somerset from c.1573. He was knighted in 1574 by Queen Elizabeth I when on her progress into WalesMaclean, p.236 she stayed as his guest at The Great House, Bristol, his mansion on the site of the dissolved Carmelite Friary (''alias'' the Grey Friars, at St. Augustine's Back, later the site of Colston Hall). "On her arrival she was met at Lafford's Gate by the mayor and aldermen on horseback in state, and was c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Davies (poet, Born 1569)
Sir John Davies (16 April 1569 (baptised)8 December 1626) was an English poet, lawyer, and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1621. He became Attorney General for Ireland and formulated many of the legal principles that underpinned the British Empire. Early life Davies was born in Wiltshire, possibly at Chicksgrove Manor at Lower Chicksgrove, to John and Mary Davies. He was educated at Winchester College for four years, a period in which he showed much interest in literature. He studied there until the age of sixteen and went to further his education at the Queen's College, Oxford, where he stayed for just eighteen months, with most historians questioning whether he received a degree. Davies spent some time at New Inn after his departure from Oxford, and it was at this point that he decided to pursue a career in law. In 1588 he enrolled in the Middle Temple, where he did well academically, although suffering constant reprimands for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Anketill
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Mervyn (died 1646)
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Henry Mervyn may refer to: *Sir Henry Mervyn (died 1646), English MP for Hindon (UK Parliament constituency) * Henry Mervyn (died 1699), Irish MP for Augher (Parliament of Ireland constituency) and County Tyrone * Henry Mervyn (died 1748), Irish MP for Augher and County Tyrone (Parliament of Ireland constituency) County Tyrone was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membersh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Sandys (American Colonist)
Sir Edwin Sandys ( ; 9 December 1561 – October 1629) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1626. He was also one of the founders of the proprietary Virginia Company of London, which in 1606 established the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States in the colony of Virginia, based at Jamestown. The parish of Sandys, in Bermuda (the Virginia Company's second colony) is named after him. Early life and career Sandys (pronounced ''Sands'') was born in Worcestershire, the second son of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York, and his wife Cecily Wilford. He received his education at Merchant Taylors' School, which he entered in 1571, and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, (from 1577). He graduated B.A. in 1579 and was admitted fellow in the same year and B.C.L. in 1589. At Oxford his tutor was Richard Hooker, author of the ''Ecclesiastical Polity'', whose lifelong friend and executor Sandys became. Sandy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Thynne (died 1639)
Sir Thomas Thynne (''ca.'' 1578–1639), of Longleat, Wiltshire, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1629. His romance with the daughter of his family's enemies may have inspired Shakespeare to pen Romeo and Juliet. Life Thynne was the son and heir of Sir John Thynne of Longleat, a knight of the shire,'Parliamentary history : 1529–1629', in ''A History of the County of Wiltshire'', vol. 5 (1957)pp. 111–132 accessed 7 July 2011 and Joan Hayward, daughter of Sir Rowland Hayward, a Lord Mayor of London.Sir Thomas Thynne at thepeerage.com, accessed 7 July 2011 Thynne first made his mark in May 1594, at the age of sixteen, when he clandestinely married Maria (or Mary) Touchet, also sixteen, a |
Sir George Paule
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "Monsieur", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men titled as knights, often as members of orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms or Miss. Etymo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Kirton (died 1620)
Sir James Kirton (died 1620) of Almsford Park, Somerset was an English estate administrator, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1614. Biography Kirton was the son of Edward Kirton (died 1601) of Almsford and his wife Lettice Gilbanke. After a period of study at the Temple, he entered the service of the Earl of Hertford in about 1582. In 1593, he was elected Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire. He stated that from 1599 to 1608 he was employed in the matters of greatest trust on behalf of the Earl. In 1601 he was elected MP for Ludgershall, also in Wiltshire, and then re-elected in 1604. In 1605 he was employed as the steward of the Earl of Hertford when he was ambassador to Brussels for a short time. He was re-elected a third time for Ludgershall in 1614. In 1618 he was knighted and became J.P. for Somerset until 1619. Kirton died in 1620 and was buried in St Botolph's, Aldgate. At his death he owned the hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Penruddocke
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Leake
Richard Leake (1629 – 1696) was an English naval officer and master-gunner of England. Life Richard Leake, son of Richard Leake, was born at Harwich in 1629. According to Martin Leake's biography of Sir John Leake, he served under his father in the Navy under the Parliament, but being a Royalist at heart took an opportunity of deserting and entered the King's service. His Majesty's affairs proving very unfortunate, more especially by sea, he went to Holland and served in the Dutch army. It does not, however, appear that the elder Leake commanded a state's ship, and the only service of the King at sea that the lad can have entered was the semi-piratical squadron under Prince Rupert. After being some time in Holland he was able to return to England, and commanded a merchant ship in several voyages to the Mediterranean. At the Restoration he was appointed gunner of the ''Princess'', and in her fought in many severe actions during the Second Dutch War. In one, in the North S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chidiock Wardour
Chidiock is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Chidiock Paulet (by 1521–1574), English politician *Chidiock Tichborne Chidiock Tichborne (after 24 August 1562 – 20 September 1586), erroneously referred to as Charles, was an English conspirator and poet. Life Tichborne was born in Southampton sometime after 24 August 1562Phillimore, Hampshire Parish Records, ... ( 1562–1586), English conspirator and poet {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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