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John Westbrooke
John Westbrooke (1616 - 7 June 1666) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660. Westbrooke was the eldest surviving son of Caleb Westbrooke of Witley and his wife Phoebe Taylor, daughter of Francis Taylor of Godalming, Surrey. He was baptised on 1 September 1616. He succeeded to the estate of Witley on the death of his father in 1635. In 1649 he became commissioner for assessment and J.P. for Surrey until 1652. In 1650 he was a captain of militia horse and by 1651 he was a commissioner for militia. He was a JP again from 1654 to July 1660 and was commissioner for assessment in 1657. In 1659, Westbrooke was elected Member of Parliament for Haslemere in the Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons. It was a bicameral Parliament, with an Upper House having a powe . ... [...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 Goodwin (MP)
John Goodwin (1603 – 18 February 1674) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various time between 1641 and 1660. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. Goodwin was the son of Edward Goodwin of Horne, Surrey and his wife Susan Wallop, daughter of Richard Wallop of Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire. He entered Inner Temple in 1622 and was called to the bar in 1630. In 1641, Goodwin was elected Member of Parliament for Haslemere in the Long Parliament. In 1643 he was commissioner for sequestration for Surrey, commissioner for levying of money for Leicestershire and Surrey, commissioner for assessment for Surrey, commissioner for accounts for Surrey and commissioner for defence. In 1645, he was commissioner for execution of ordinances, commissioner for new model ordinance and commissioner for defence. By 1646 he was a J.P. for Surrey. He remained in the Rump Parliament after Pride's Purge. He was a steward of Wimbledon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English MPs 1659
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People From Haslemere
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1666 Deaths
This is the first year to be designated as an ''Annus mirabilis'', in John Dryden's 1667 poem so titled, celebrating England's failure to be beaten either by the Dutch or by fire. It is the only year to contain each Roman numeral once in descending order (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+50(L)+10(X)+5(V)+1(I) = 1666). Events January–March * January 17 – The Chair of Saint Peter (''Cathedra Petri'', designed by Bernini) is set above the altar in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. * February 1 – The joint English and Scottish royal court returns to London, as the Great Plague of London subsides. * March 11 – The tower of St. Peter's Church in Riga, collapses, burying eight people in the rubble. April–June * April 20 – In colonial British North America, " Articles of Peace and Amity" are signed between the governments of the Province of Maryland and 12 Eastern Algonquian tribes — the Piscataways, Anacostancks, Doegs, Mattawomans, Portob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1616 Births
Events January–June * January ** Six-year-old António Vieira arrives from Portugal, with his parents, in Bahia (present-day Salvador) in Colonial Brazil, where he will become a diplomat, noted author, leading figure of the Church, and protector of Brazilian indigenous peoples, in an age of intolerance. ** Officials in Württemberg charge astronomer Johannes Kepler with practicing "forbidden arts" (witchcraft). His mother had also been so charged and spent 14 months in prison. * January 1 – King James I of England attends the masque ''The Golden Age Restored'', a satire by Ben Jonson on fallen court favorite the Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Earl of Somerset. The king asks for a repeat performance on January 6. * January 3 – In the court of James I of England, the king's favorite George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, George Villiers becomes Master of the Horse (encouraging development of the thoroughbred horse); on April 24 he receives the Order of the Gart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaloner Chute (died 1666)
Chaloner Chute (1632–1666) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1661. Chute was the only surviving son of Chaloner Chute of Sutton Court, Chiswick, Middlesex and his first wife Anne Scory, daughter of Sir John Scory of Wormesley, Herefordshire. He was baptised on 15 December 1632. He entered Middle Temple in 1645 and was called to the bar in 1656. In 1659, Chute was elected Member of Parliament for Devizes when his father was speaker. His father died in April 1659, and Chute succeeded to the estates including The Vyne. He was a Justice of the Peace for Hampshire from 1659 to July 1660 and a commissioner for militia for Hampshire and Middlesex in 1659. He was a commissioner for assessment for Wiltshire in January 1660 and a commissioner for militia for Middlesex in March 1660. In 1661 he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Haslemere The town of Haslemere () and the villages of Shottermill and Grayswood are in south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gresham (MP)
James Gresham (b Fulham 1617 – d Haslemere 1689) was an English politician in the second half of the 17th century.Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) Gresham came to live in Haslemere in 1650. He was called to the bar in 1652. He became a JP in 1660 and in 1676 he presented an almshouse to the town. References People from Fulham 1617 births 1689 deaths English MPs 1679 English MPs 1661–1679 17th-century English people {{17thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard West (died 1674)
Richard West (before 17 January 1636 – 27 February 1674) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from April 1660 until the election of March the next year.''Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803'' (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) Personal life He was the son of a namesake who in died 1642, a yeoman (landowner) of Haslemere, Surrey and his wife Alice Sturt. He was baptised on 17 January 1636. Aged eighteen, he inherited at least one mill and many premises from his grandfather, a clothier, specifically a textiles manufacturer, who had been in frequent trouble with the court leet in Haslemere for illegal and extortionate milling. Haslemere had active mills on the River Wey, working various goods. The inheritance included productive premises in Haslemere and in the adjacent, Black Down-dominated northern part of Lurgashall, West Sussex – one of its main estates, Roundhurst where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carew Raleigh (1605-1666)
:''This article concerns Sir Walter Raleigh's brother. For his namesake and nephew, Sir Walter's son, see Carew Raleigh (1605–1666)'' Sir Carew Raleigh or Ralegh (ca. 1550ca. 1625) was an English naval commander and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1622. He was the elder brother of Sir Walter Raleigh. Biography Raleigh was born in Fardel, Devon, the son of Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne. He was gentleman of the horse to John Thynne of Longleat for some time before Thynne's death in 1580. In 1578, Raleigh served on the expedition led by his half-brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert. On his marriage, he sold his property in Devon, and settled at Downton House, near Salisbury. He was Lieutenant of the Isle of Portland from 6 July 1584 until 1625. In 1584, he was elected Member of Parliament for Wiltshire. In 1586, he was on the list of sea-captains drawn up to meet the threat of a Spanish invasion together with his brother Sir W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Goodwin (Parliamentarian)
John Goodwin (1603 – 18 February 1674) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various time between 1641 and 1660. He supported the Roundheads, Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. Goodwin was the son of Edward Goodwin of Horne, Surrey and his wife Susan Wallop, daughter of Richard Wallop of Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire. He entered Inner Temple in 1622 and was called to the bar in 1630. In 1641, Goodwin was elected Member of Parliament for Haslemere (UK Parliament constituency), Haslemere in the Long Parliament. In 1643 he was commissioner for sequestration for Surrey, commissioner for levying of money for Leicestershire and Surrey, commissioner for assessment for Surrey, commissioner for accounts for Surrey and commissioner for defence. In 1645, he was commissioner for execution of ordinances, commissioner for new model ordinance and commissioner for defence. By 1646 he was a Justice of the Peace, J. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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