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Henry Belasyse (1604–1647)
The Honourable Henry Belasyse, or Bellasis, May 1604 to May 1647, was an English politician from Yorkshire who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1625 and 1642. A reluctant Royalist during the First English Civil War, his eldest son Thomas married the daughter of Oliver Cromwell. He predeceased his father in May 1647. Biography Belasyse was the son of Thomas Belasyse, 1st Viscount Fauconberg and his wife Barbara Cholmeley. He matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1615, and was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1619. In 1625 Belasyse was elected Member of Parliament for Thirsk until 1626. In 1628 he was elected MP for Yorkshire and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament. In April 1640, he was re-elected for Yorkshire in the Short Parliament, and was elected for Yorkshire again in November 1640 for the Long Parliament. He supported the King and was disabled from sitting in parliament in 1642. Belasyse died at the age o ...
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Justice Of The Peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the same meaning. Depending on the jurisdiction, such justices dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions. Justices of the peace are appointed or elected from the citizens of the jurisdiction in which they serve, and are (or were) usually not required to have any formal legal education in order to qualify for the office. Some jurisdictions have varying forms of training for JPs. History In 1195, Richard I ("the Lionheart") of England and his Minister Hubert Walter commissioned certain knights to preserve the peace in unruly areas. They were responsible to the King in ensuring that the law was upheld and preserving the " King's peace". Therefore, they were known as "keepers of th ...
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Short Parliament
The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that was summoned by King Charles I of England on the 20th of February 1640 and sat from 13th of April to the 5th of May 1640. It was so called because of its short life of only three weeks. After 11 years of attempting Personal Rule between 1629 and 1640, Charles recalled Parliament in 1640 on the advice of Lord Wentworth, recently created Earl of Strafford, primarily to obtain money to finance his military struggle with Scotland in the Bishops' Wars. However, like its predecessors, the new parliament had more interest in redressing perceived grievances occasioned by the royal administration than in voting the King funds to pursue his war against the Scottish Covenanters. John Pym, MP for Tavistock, quickly emerged as a major figure in debate; his long speech on 17 April expressed the refusal of the House of Commons to vote subsidies unless royal abuses were addressed. John Hampden, in contrast, was persuasive in private: he s ...
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Sir William Constable, 1st Baronet
Sir William Constable, 1st Baronet (baptized 1590 – 15 June 1655) was an English soldier, politician and regicide, who supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War and interregnum. Life Constable was the first son of Sir Robert Constable, who owned estates in Flamborough and Holme in Yorkshire. Little is known about Constable's early life. In 1608, Constable married the daughter of Lord Fairfax and hence received the title baronet from James I in 1611. After James's death in 1625, Constable found an ally in Sir Thomas Wentworth, the future Earl of Stafford. Through Wentworth's appointment as High Sheriff of Yorkshire, Constable was elected Member of Parliament for Yorkshire in 1626, and then of Scarborough in 1628, serving until 1629. Wentworth appointed him his deputy-lieutenant in 1629. In 1630 Constable fell into considerable debt, and was forced to sell his estates, with plans to move to New England. This fell through, and Constable and his wife moved to ...
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John Savile, 1st Baron Savile Of Pontefract
John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pontefract (1556 – 31 August 1630) was an English politician. He was M.P. for Lincoln (1586), Sheriff of Lincolnshire (1590), knight of the shire for Yorkshire (1597, 1614, 1624 and 1626), ''custos rotulorum'' of West Riding of Yorkshire (ejected from office in 1615 but reappointed in 1626), privy councillor and comptroller of household (1627–1630). He was created Baron Savile in 1627. Early life John Savile was born in 1556, the son of Sir Robert Savile of Barkston, Lincolnshire (d. 1585), by his wife Anne Hussey (d. 1562), sister of John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford, and widow of Sir Richard Thimelby. His father was the illegitimate son of Sir Henry Savile of Thornhill in the West Riding of Yorkshire and had served as sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1573. Political career He entered parliament as member for Lincoln in 1586, and he served as sheriff of that county in 1590. On 3 October 1597 he was elected knight of the shire for the coun ...
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William Frankland (died 1640)
William Frankland (c. 1573 – 10 December 1640) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629 and in 1640. Frankland was the son of Ralph Frankland of Carlton, near Thirsk, and his wife Margaret and educated at Barnard's Inn and Gray's Inn (1596). He inherited the manor of Great Thirkleby from his uncle Hugh Frankland in 1606. Frankland was appointed High Sheriff of Hertfordshire for 1613–14. Between 1619 and 1623 he sold his properties in Hertfordshire and built a house on the Great Thirkleby estate he had inherited. In 1628 he was elected Member of Parliament for Thirsk Thirsk is a market town and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England known for its racecourse; quirky yarnbomber displays, and depiction as local author James Herriot's fictional Darrowby. History Archeological ... and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In April 1640, he was re-elected MP f ...
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Christopher Wandesford
Christopher Wandesford (24 September 1592 – 3 December 1640) was an English administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1629. He was Lord Deputy of Ireland in the last months of his life. Life Wandesford was born on 24 September 1592 at Bishop Burton, near Beverley, Yorkshire, the son of Sir George Wandesford (1573–1612) of Kirklington, Yorkshire and his wife Catherine Hansby, daughter of Ralph Hansby of Gray's Inn. Educated at Clare College, Cambridge, and Gray's Inn, he entered Parliament as MP for Aldborough in 1621 and 1624. He was then returned for Richmond in 1625 and 1626 and Thirsk in 1628. His rise to importance was due primarily to his close friendship with Sir Thomas Wentworth, afterwards Earl of Strafford, who was his distant cousin. Although at first hostile to Charles I, as shown by the active part he took in the impeachment of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Wandesford soon became a royalist partisan, and in 1633 ...
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William Cholmeley
William Cholmeley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1624 to 1626. Cholmeley was the son of Sir Henry Cholmeley, of Burton Coggles, Lincolnshire. He matriculated from Magdalene College, Cambridge in Autumn 1612 and was admitted at Gray's Inn on 12 August 1614. In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn for the Happy Parliament, and was re-elected MP for Great Bedwyn in 1625. He was elected MP for Thirsk Thirsk is a market town and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England known for its racecourse; quirky yarnbomber displays, and depiction as local author James Herriot's fictional Darrowby. History Archeological fin ... in 1626. He became an Ancient of Gray's Inn in 1638. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cholmeley, William Year of birth missing Year of death missing Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 ...
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Henry Stanley (c
Henry Stanley may refer to: * Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (1531–1593), Lord High Steward at the trial for treason of Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel *Henry Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley (1827–1903), historian *Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904), journalist and leading figure in the exploration of Africa *Henry Stanley (cricketer) (1873–1900), English cricketer *Henry Charles Stanley (1840–1921), chief engineer of the railways in Queensland, Australia * Henry Stanley (1515–1598), father of Sir Edward Stanley, 1st Baronet *Henry Smith-Stanley (1803–1875), British MP for Preston See also * Harry Stanley (other) *Stanley (other) Stanley may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film * ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy * ''Stanley'' (1999 film), an animated short * ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series) ...
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William Sheffield (died 1646)
William Sheffield may refer to: *William Sheffield (judge), American attorney and judge *William Paine Sheffield Sr., U.S. Representative and Senator from Rhode Island *William Paine Sheffield Jr., U.S. Representative from Rhode Island *William Sheffield (fl. 1407–1421) for Rutland (UK Parliament constituency) *William Sheffield (died 1646), MP for Hedon, 1614 and Thirsk (UK Parliament constituency), 1624 *Will Sheffield (born 2000), English cricketer *Bill Sheffield (1928–2022), American politician and former governor of Alaska {{hndis, Sheffield, William ...
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Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet
Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet (c. 1640 – 2 August 1697) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1671 to 1685. Frankland was the eldest son of Sir Henry Frankland of Thirkelby, Yorkshire. On 24 December 1660 he was created a baronet of Thirkleby. Frankland was elected Member of Parliament for Thirsk in 1671, remaining its MP until 1685, when he was replaced by his son Thomas. Frankland married Arabella Belasyse (d. 1687), daughter of Henry Belasyse in 1662, and they had four children: * Thomas Frankland (1665–1726), who succeeded his father in the baronetcy and was also MP for Thirsk and for Hedon *Henry Frankland of Sowerby (d. 1736) *Rev. John Frankland, Dean of Ely and Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University *Anne, who married Leonard Smelt of Kirkby Fletham, mother of Leonard Smelt References , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Frankland, William, 1st Baronet Frankland, William Frankland, William Frankland, William, 1st B ...
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Henry Jones Of Oxford
Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany **Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: ** Henry I of Castile ** Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name a ...
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George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton
George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton (12 October 1631 – 27 May 1714) was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1698. Saunderson was born in Fillingham, Lincolnshire, the son of Sir Nicholas Saunderson, 2nd Viscount Castleton and his wife Frances Manners, daughter of Sir George Manners of Haddon Hall, Derbyshire. He inherited the viscountcy in the Peerage of Ireland in 1650 on the death of his brother. In 1660, Saunderson was elected Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Lincolnshire in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and held the seat until 1698. From 1689–94 he was colonel of a regiment of foot which he raised in Yorkshire and which served in Ireland and in Flanders under King William III. Saunderson died at Sandbeck Park, South Yorkshire at the age of 82. Saunderson first married Grace Belasyse, daughter of Henry Belasyse, and then married Lady Sarah Fanshawe, widow ...
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