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High Sheriff Of Kent
The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff)."Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instrument to a sheriff shall be construed accordingly in relation to sheriffs for a county or Greater London." () Formerly the high sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The high sheriff changes every March. This is a list of high sheriffs of Kent. ''The His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dykes (surname)
Dykes is a British surname which is thought to originate from the hamlet of Dykesfield in Burgh-by-Sands, Cumbria in the north of England. Due to its close proximity to the English and Scottish borders, the surname Dykes has also been found in Scottish lowlands throughout the ages. The first family to bear the surname (for which written records survive) are said to have lived in the area prior to William the Conqueror's Norman conquest of England, with the oldest surviving written document placing them in Dykesfield at the end of the reign of Henry III. The family took their surname from Hadrian's Wall, also referred to in some texts as Hadrian's Dyke. The great wall crossed Great Britain from the mouth of the Tyne to the Solway Firth and forms part of the border for Dykesfield. At this early period of history, however, the surname existed in a different form from the modern day; del Dykes, literally meaning 'of the Dykes', indicating the region from where the family came. A c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Chicche
Thomas Chicche ( fl. 1404), of Dane John, Canterbury, Kent, was an English politician. Family The Chicche family had been a well-known 'gentlemanly' family in Canterbury since the 12th century. It is unknown if he married or had children. Career He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Canterbury Canterbury (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour, Kent, River Stour. ... in January 1404. It is unknown when he died, but he ceased being involved in the running of the city in 1408. References 14th-century births 15th-century deaths 14th-century English people English MPs January 1404 People from Canterbury {{15thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Clifford (MP)
Robert Clifford (died 1423), was an English politician. Life Clifford was the son of Sir John Clifford of Ellingham, Northumberland and the brother of Richard Clifford, Bishop of Worcester and London. His first wife was a widow, Jacqueline (or Jacoba) Emelden, the coheiress of the MP Richard Emelden. She died in 1391. Little is recorded about his second wife, Joan. Career Clifford was Member of Parliament for Northumberland May 1382 and October 1382 and for Kent 1401, 1406 and November 1414. He was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland for 1383 and High Sheriff of Kent for 1400 and 1415 (representing Kent as MP at the same time). Death Clifford died in 1423, and was buried in the nave of Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England. It forms part of a World Heritage Site. It is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Canterbury, currently Justin Welby, leader of the .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Butler I
John Butler I of Graveney, Kent, England, was an English politician. Butler was appointed High Sheriff of Kent for 1398–1399 and was elected a Member of Parliament for Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ... in May 1413. Butler married, before June 1398, Joan Faversham (1376–1408), the third daughter of Richard Faversham of Graveney; she eventually inherited her father's estate. They had one daughter, Ann, who married John Martin. References Year of birth missing Year of death missing People from the Borough of Swale 14th-century births 15th-century deaths High Sheriffs of Kent English MPs May 1413 {{15thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Potyn
Nicholas Potyn (died 1398) was an English politician. Life Potyn was the son of MP John Potyn of Rochester, Kent and his wife, Alice. He had one daughter. Career He was controller of customs for London from 1375 to 1377 and JP for Kent from 1394 until his death. Potyn was MP for Kent in 1391, 1393 and January 1397, and was appointed Sheriff of Kent The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff)."Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instrum ... for 1398, dying in office. Death His heir was his daughter, Juliana. References Year of birth missing 1398 deaths People from Rochester, Kent 14th-century births English MPs 1391 High Sheriffs of Kent English MPs 1393 English MPs January 1397 {{14thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Haute
Sir Nicholas Haute (20 September 1357 – c. 1415), of Wadden Hall (Wadenhall) in Petham and Waltham, Kent, Waltham, with manors extending into Lower Hardres, Elmsted and Bishopsbourne, in the county of Kent, was an English knight, landowner and politician. Haute of Wadenhall The de Haute family were established at Wadenhall from the 13th century, when Sir William de Haute (died c. 1302) held office as lay steward to Christ Church, Canterbury, Christchurch Priory, Canterbury. He was perhaps briefly succeeded by his son Henry de Haute, who married Margery, an heiress of the de Marinis (Marignes) family, and then by Henry's son Sir Henry de Haute (c.1300-1370), who succeeded to Wadenhale in 1321, after a period of wardship in his minority superintended by his uncle Richard de Haute. Henry de Haute the younger soon married Annabel atte Halle, of a Dover family to whose lands she became heir. Sir Henry had seisin of his share of the de Marinis patrimony, partible by gavelkind, in 1349 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Burcester
Sir William Burcester (died 1407) was an English politician. Life Burcester, whose name may have come from the town of Bicester, was originally from Oxfordshire. At some point before July 1378, Burcester married the twice-widowed Margaret Gisors of London. She died 1 July 1393. On 6 January 1396, he married another widow named Margaret, the widow of the MP Thomas Brewes. Career He was a tax-collector and justice of the peace for Kent. He was knighted while fighting in France under the Earl of Stafford in 1378 or 1379 and appointed Sheriff of Kent for 1390. He was elected Member of Parliament for Kent in 1393. He was apparently loyal to Richard II of England. Death Burcester died at his manor house in Southwark. He was buried in the Minories Minories ( ) is the name of a small former administrative unit, and also of a street in central London. Both the street and the former administrative area take their name from the Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Clare without Aldgate. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Brockhill
Thomas Brockhill (d. c. 1411) was an English politician. Life Brockhill was probably a younger son (or nephew) of Thomas Brockhill of Saltwood, near Hythe, MP for Kent, and thus the brother of MP John Brockhill. He had one wife, Joan, and one daughter. The family's name is still remembered in Saltwood's secondary school, Brockhill Park Performing Arts College and Brockhill Country Park. Career Brockhill was appointed High Sheriff of Kent for the period May 1383 to November 1384 and was elected Member of Parliament for Kent in October 1382, 1385, 1395, January 1397, 1399 and 1402. References Year of birth missing 1411 deaths People from Hythe, Kent 14th-century births 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 Church * Thomas the Ap ... High Sheriffs of Kent English MPs October 138 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Savage
Sir Arnold Savage of Bobbing, Kent (8 September 13581410) was the English Speaker of the House of Commons from 1400 to 1402 and then again from 1403 to 1404 and a Knight of the Shire of Kent who was referred to as "the great comprehensive symbol of the English people" (perhaps because, like a lot of people in England, he was sued for debt by London tradersPlea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/555; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H4/CP40no555/bCP40no555dorses/IMG_0352.htm; first entry; being sued for a debt of £20/17/5 to 2 London drapers in 1399). He was born in Bobbing, Kent, a member of the Savage family, and the son and heir of Sir Arnold Savage. Who died in 1374. He was involved in the suppression of the Peasants' Revolt in 1381. He was appointed Sheriff of Kent for 1382 and 1386 and knighted in 1385. He was elected knight of the shire (MP) for Kent in 1390, 1391, 1401, 1402 and 1404, being elected speaker twice. He was constable of Queenborough C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Peckham
James Peckham (c. 1346 – 1400) was an English politician. Life Peckham was the eldest son of John and Ellen Peckham of Yaldham, near Wrotham, Kent. His first wife was named Margery. At some point by December 1376, he was married to the widow Lora Morant, the sole daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Morant, of Morant's Court, Chevening and widow of Sir Thomas Cawne. She brought him, among other estates, the manor of Barsted, near Borough Green, in Wrotham. He had two legitimate daughters and an acknowledged illegitimate son, John Wrotham. He is recorded as helpful to his stepchildren, Robert and Alice Couen, the children of his second wife Lora. Career In 1377, he was poll tax collector for Kent. Peckham was Member of Parliament for Kent 1372, October 1377, February 1383, February 1388, and September 1388. He was appointed Sheriff of Kent The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff)."Sheriffs appointed fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Freningham
John Freningham (1345–1410) was an English politician and a member of Parliament for Kent. Life Freningham was born in East Farleigh, the eldest son and heir of Ralph Freningham, MP, and his wife Katherine. Circa 1365, he married Alice Uvedale, the daughter of Thomas Uvedale, MP. They had no children. Career Freningham was appointed High Sheriff of Kent for 1378-79 and 1393–94 and elected Member of Parliament for Kent in October 1377, 1381 and 1399. He was a member of Henry IV’s council from 1 November 1399 to 10 March 1401. Death His nephew, John Pympe, son of his sister and Reynold Pympe Reynold Pympe (c. 1371–1426), of Nettlestead and Pympe's Court in East Farleigh, Kent, was an English politician. Pympe was the son and heir of Sir William Pympe, MP, who died in 1375, when Reynold was around four years old. Pympe was Hig ..., was his main heir. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Freningham, John 1345 births 1410 deaths People from East Farleigh English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
