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Henry Glemham (died 1632)
Sir Henry Glemham (died 30 August 1632) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1622. Glemham was the eldest son of Thomas Glemham of Glemham Hall, Suffolk and his wife Amy Parker, daughter of Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley. He was a minor when he inherited the estate of Glemham on the death of his father in 1571. He entered Inner Temple in 1585. He was knighted in 1591. In 1593, he was elected Member of Parliament for Lewes (UK Parliament constituency), Lewes. He was re-elected MP for Lewes in 1597. In 1600 Glemham obtained a licence to travel abroad and visited Rome to help his fellow-countrymen. When he arrived in Rome, he was imprisoned as a suspected spy and only released through the efforts of the Jesuit Robert Persons. Queen Elizabeth heard of Glemham's meeting with Persons, and Glemham was put in the Fleet Prison on his return to England. Glemham's father in law Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl ... [...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] |
Edward Nevill, 8th Baron Bergavenny
Edward Nevill, ''de facto'' 8th (''de jure'' 1st) Baron Bergavenny (c. 1550 – 1 December 1622) was an English peer. The son of Edward Nevill, 7th Baron Bergavenny, he succeeded to the Barony upon the death of his father. His right to the title was contested by his cousin Mary, Lady Fane, who claimed to be heir general of her father, the 6th Baron. The dispute went on for many years. He married Rachel Lennard, daughter of John Lennard of Knoll and Elizabeth Harman, together they had the following children: *Henry Nevill, 9th Baron Bergavenny (b. bef. 1580 – 24 December 1641) *Mary Nevill (b. bef. 1598 – 1648) *Sir Christopher Nevill (b. bef. 1611 – 1649) married Mary D'Arcy and had Richard Nevill (d. abt. 1643), who married Sophia Carew. Their son, George Nevill (d. 1665), and his wife, Mary Whitelock, were the parents of George Nevill, 13th Baron Bergavenny and Capt. Edward Nevill (d. 1701). Edward Nevill married Hannah Thorp and had William Nevill, 16th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calthrop Parker
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Henry Warner (MP)
Henry Warner may refer to: *Henry F. Warner (1923–1944), U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * Henry Warner (English cricketer), English cricketer * Henry Warner (Trinidadian cricketer) (1854-1929), Trinidadian cricketer *Henry Lee Warner (1688–1760), English landowner and politician * Henry M. Warner (1809–1875), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly * Henry Warner (MP) (c.1551–1617), MP for Suffolk (1597) and Thetford (1601) Parliament constituencies *H. B. Warner Henry Byron Warner (born Henry Byron Lickfold, 26 October 1876 – 21 December 1958) was an English film and theatre actor. He was popular during the silent era and played Jesus Christ in '' The King of Kings''. In later years, he successfu ... (1876–1958), English film and theatre actor See also * * Harry Warner (other) {{hndis, Warner, Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Waldegrave
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 Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percival Hart (16th-century MP)
Sir Percival Hart (14 January 1569 – 8 March 1642) of Lullingstone Castle, Kent was an English politician. Career Hart was the eldest surviving son of Sir George Hart of Lullingstone. He married Anne Manwood (sister of Roger Manwood), Jane Stanhope (daughter of Sir Edward Stanhope (died 1603)), then Mary Morrison. He was educated at New College, Oxford (1584) and Gray's Inn (1602). Hart was Member of Parliament for Kent in 1598 following the death of William Brooke in a duel and for Lewes in 1601. He was knighted in 1601. In May 1603 he sent fish and poultry from the Lullingstone estate to King James at Theobalds. Marriages and family Hart married, firstly Anne, daughter of Sir Roger Manwood Sir Roger Manwood (1525–1592) was an English jurist and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Birth Sir Roger was the second son of Thomas Manwood (d. 1538, draper) and Katherine (d.1566, daughter of John Galloway of Cley, Norfolk). He was bor ..., and secondly, Jane, daughter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Goring (died 1602)
George Goring (died 1602), was an English politician. He was the eldest son of George Goring of Ovingdean, Lewes, Sussex, on whose death in 1594 he inherited property, including Danny Park, and huge debts of some £20,000. He was made a Gentleman pensioner in 1578. He was elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Lewes in 1593 and 1601. He married Anne, the daughter of Henry Denny of Waltham Abbey, Essex; they had 5 sons and 4 daughters. His son George George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd Presid ... was created Earl of Norwich. References 16th-century births 1602 deaths Year of birth unknown People from Lewes English MPs 1593 English MPs 1601 {{17thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Shurley (died 1616)
John Shurley (died October 1616), of 'The Friars', Lewes, Sussex, was an English politician. He was born the son of Edward Shurley of Isfield, educated at Queens' College, Cambridge and studied law at Clifford's Inn where he was called to the bar by 1575. He was an MP for Lewes 1572, 1589, 1597 and 1604; for Lostwithiel Lostwithiel (; kw, Lostwydhyel) is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739, increasing to 2,899 at the 2011 c ... 1584. He married twice, firstly Elizabeth, the daughter and coheiress of Richard Kyme of Lewes, with whom he had a daughter and secondly Frances, the daughter of Henry Capell of Hadham, Hertfordshire, with whom he had a son and 2 daughters. References 16th-century births 1616 deaths People from Lewes Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge English MPs 1572–1583 English MPs 1584–1585 English MPs 158 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl Of Dorset
Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset (1561–1609) was an English aristocrat and politician, with humanist and commercial interests. Life He was the eldest son of Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, by Cecily, daughter of Sir John Baker. His grandfather, Sir Richard Sackville, invited Roger Ascham to educate Robert with his own son, an incident in 1563 that Ascham introduced into his pedagogic work ''The Scholemaster'' (1570) as prompting the book. His tutor Claudius Hollyband dedicated to him the French language manuals ''The French Schoolemaster'' (1573) and ''The Frenche Littelton'' (1576), which would see a combined total of fifteen editions through the year 1609. He matriculated from Hart Hall, Oxford, on 17 December 1576, and graduated B.A. and M.A. on 3 June 1579; it appears from his father's will that he was also at New College. He was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1580 but not called to the bar, and was elected to the House of Commons in 1585 as member for S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Villiers
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine (née Barbara Villiers, – 9 October 1709), was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five children, all of them acknowledged and subsequently ennobled. Barbara was the subject of many portraits, in particular by court painter Sir Peter Lely. Barbara's first cousin Elizabeth Villiers (later 1st Countess of Orkney 1657–1733) was the presumed mistress of King William III. Early life Born into the Villiers family as Barbara Villiers, in the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, Middlesex, she was the only child of William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison, a half-nephew of the 1st Duke of Buckingham, and of his wife Mary Bayning, co-heiress of Paul Bayning, 1st Viscount Bayning. On 29 September 1643 her father died in the First English Civil War from a wound sustained on 26 July at the storming of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bayning, 1st Viscount Bayning
Paul Bayning, 1st Viscount Bayning of Sudbury in Suffolk (1588 – 29 July 1629), previously known as Sir Paul Bayning and as Baron Bayning, was an English landed gentleman, created a peer in 1628. Life Bayning was the son of another Paul Bayning, a merchant of Bentley Parva, in Essex, and of London, by his father's marriage to Susannah Norden, and his baptism was recorded at St Olave's, Southwark, on 28 April 1588. His father served as a Sheriff of London for the year 1593.George Edward Cokayne, Vicary Gibbs, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom'' (Bass to Canning, 1912), p. 37 As a young man Bayning inherited large estates in Essex and Suffolk. He made his principal seat at Honingham Hall in Norfolk.George Crabb, ''Universal Historical Dictionary'' (vol. 1, 1833), p. 32 He financed and organised expedition to James Lancaster's expedition to Recife in April 1595. On an unknown date before 1613 Bayning married Anne, a dau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Glemham
Henry Glemham (Glenham) (c.1603 – 17 January 1670) was an English royalist churchman, Dean of Bristol and Bishop of St Asaph. Life Glemham was the son of Sir Henry Glemham of Glemham Hall, Suffolk. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, where he matriculated on 15 October 1619, aged 16. He graduated B.A. in 1621, and M.A. in 1624. He proceeded B.D. in 1631 and D.D. in 1633. Glemham became rector of Symondsbury, Dorset, in 1631, leaving in 1645 when his brother Thomas was a prominent royalist figure. He regained the rectory there in 1660. He also became Dean of Bristol in 1660. In 1667 he was made Bishop of St Asaph, and became also rector of Llandrinio Llandrinio is a small village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, close to the Wales-England border. It is situated on the B4393 road which travels from the village of Ford, Shropshire to Lake Vyrnwy. The community, Llandrinio and .... He died at Glemham Hall. Sources * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
