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John Yorke (1633–1663)
Sir John Yorke (1633–1663) was an English politician, who sat in the House of Commons as member for the Richmond constituency in the North Riding of Yorkshire from 1661 to 1663. Family background John Yorke was born at Gouthwaite in Nidderdale, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1633, the son of John Yorke (c.1592-1638) and his second wife Katharine Daniel, a daughter of Sir Ingelby Daniel of Beswick and sister of the poet George Daniel. Career At the age of 4 he inherited his father's estates in Nidderdale. In 1658 he married Mary, daughter of Maulger Norton, his father's executor and MP for Richmond in 1640. Through his marriage he acquired property in Richmond. He was knighted at the Restoration court by Charles II in 1660. He was elected member for Richmond in the Cavalier Parliament of 1661. He became a friend of Lord Wharton, and was appointed to ten committees, but died near London on 3 April 1663. He was buried in St Chad's Church, Middlesmoor in Ni ... [...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] |
Middlesmoor
Middlesmoor is a small hill village at the head of Nidderdale in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. Middlesmoor is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Stonebeck Up, historically a township in the ancient parish of Kirkby Malzeard in the West Riding of Yorkshire. History The place name was first mentioned in the 12th century. It probably means "moorland in the middle of two streams" referring to the River Nidd and its tributary How Stean Beck. An alternative explanation is that the name comes from an otherwise unrecorded personal name, Midele, also seen in the name of Middlesbrough. In the 12th century Byland Abbey established a grange at Middlesmoor. Church It appears that there has been a place of worship at Middlesmoor since Anglo-Saxon times. There is a stone cross inscribed "Cross of St Ceadda" (Chad), dated to Anglo-Saxon times, in the Church of St Chad, which also contains an ancient font which is possibly Anglo-Saxon. The present chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1663 Deaths
Events January–March * January 10 – The Royal African Company is granted a Royal Charter by Charles II of England. * January 23 – The Treaty of Ghilajharighat is signed in India between representatives of the Mughal Empire and the independent Ahom Kingdom (in what is now the Assam state), with the Mughals ending their occupation of the Ahom capital of Garhgaon, in return for payment by Ahom in silver and gold for costs of the occupation, and King Sutamla of Ahom sending one of his daughters to be part of the harem of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. * February 5 - A magnitude 7.3 to 7.9 earthquake hits Canada's Quebec Province. * February 8 – English pirates led by Christopher Myngs and Edward Mansvelt carry out the sack of Campeche in Mexico, looting the town during a two week occupation that ends on February 23. * February 10 – The army of the Kingdom of Siam (now Thailand) captures Chiang Mai from the Kingdom of Burma (now Myanmar), using it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1633 Births
Events January–March * January 20 – Galileo Galilei, having been summoned to Rome on orders of Pope Urban VIII, leaves for Florence for his journey. His carriage is halted at Ponte a Centino at the border of Tuscany, where he is quarantined for 22 days because of an outbreak of the plague. * February 6 – The formal coronation of Władysław IV Vasa as King of Poland at the cathedral in Krakow. He had been elected as king on November 8. * February 9 – The Duchy of Hesse-Cassel captures Dorsten from the Electorate of Cologne without resistance. * February 13 ** Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. ** Fire engines are used for the first time in England in order to control and extinguish a fire that breaks out at London Bridge, but not before 43 houses are destroyed. "Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Killigrew (1606–1695)
Sir William Killigrew (1606–1695) of Kempton Park, Middlesex, was an English court official under Charles I and Charles II. He was the son of Sir Robert Killigrew (d. 1633/5) and Mary Woodhouse, of Kimberley, Norfolk, his wife. He was the elder brother to Thomas Killigrew. By his wife Mary, daughter of John Hill of Honilay, Warwickshire, he had three sons: Henry (d. 1661), William, a captain in the army, and Sir Robert. Their daughter Elizabeth (d. 1677) married Francis Clinton, 6th Earl of Lincoln with whom she had one child, Francis Clinton, who died in infancy. Killigrew was knighted in May 1626. He was elected MP for Newport and Penryn, Cornwall in March 1628, but only sat for the latter. In 1629, he and his father were jointly awarded the Governorship of Pendennis Castle. However, after some trouble, he resigned in favour of Sir Nicholas Slanning in April 1635. In 1634, he granted a 99-year lease of 6 shares of land () in Hamilton Tribe of Bermuda to his uncl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wandesford
John Wandesford (1593–1665) of Kirklington, Yorkshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1665. Wandesford was the 2nd son of Sir George Wandesford of Kirklington and his wife Catherine Hansby of Beverley. He was the brother of Christopher Wandesford. He was educated at Cambridge University and admitted to study law at Gray's Inn on 28 February 1613. In April 1624, Wandesford was elected Member of Parliament for Richmond, after which he was appointed consul in Aleppo. He was later elected to represent Hythe in the Short Parliament of 1640. A Royalist, he spent the Interregnum in exile in Paris, but after the Restoration of the Monarchy Restoration is the act of restoring something to its original state and may refer to: * Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage ** Audio restoration ** Film restoration ** Image restoration ** Textile restoration *Restoration ecology ... was finally elected again for Rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Cradock
Joseph Cradock, FSA (1741/2 – 1826) was an English man of letters, writer, bibliophile and amateur actor. Biography Early life Joseph was born at Leicester on 9 January 1741/2, the only surviving son of Joseph Cradock of Leicester and Gumley. He was inoculated against smallpox in spite of the prevailing prejudice. His father was threatened by the mob, and had to pay the surgeon 100 ''l''. His mother died in 1749, and his father afterwards married Anne Ludlam (died 1774), sister of two well-known mathematicians. Cradock was educated at Leicester Grammar School. His father died in 1759, and he was soon afterwards sent to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, of which Richard Farmer, his schoolfellow, was then tutor. He had already acquired a taste for the stage and for London society, and left Cambridge without daring to face the examination for a degree.Stephen 1887, p. 435. London In 1765 Cradock married Anna Francesca, third daughter of Francis Stratford of Merivale Hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Christopher Wyvill, 3rd Baronet
Sir Christopher Wyvill, 3rd Baronet (1614 – 8 February 1681) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660. Wyvill was the son of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 2nd Baronet of Constable Burton Hall and his wife Isabel Gascoigne, daughter of Sir William Gascoigne of Sedbury Yorkshire. He was baptised on 6 December 1614. Wyvill is credited with a rare little octavo in the Bodleian Library entitled ''Certaine serious Thoughts which at severall times & upon sundry occasions have stollen themselves into verse and now into the publike view from the author onogram, ‘C. W.’ Esquire. Together with a chronological table denoting the names of such Princes as ruled the neighbour states & were contemporary with our English Kings'' published in London in 1647. This volume of verse is described at some length in Brydges's ''Censura Literaria'' (1808, vii. 261–4), and there dubiously attributed to C. Warwick. The Wyvill arms on the title-page point almost conclusiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Darcy (1617–1673)
James Darcy (1617 - 1673) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. Darcy was the son of Conyers Darcy, 4th Baron Darcy (died 1654) and his wife Dorothy Belasyse, daughter of Sir Henry Belasyse, 1st Baronet of Newburgh Priory. He was baptised on 30 November 1617. He was a commissioner for militia for Yorkshire in March 1660. In April 1660, Darcy was elected Member of Parliament for Richmond in the Convention Parliament. He was a J.P. for the North Riding of Yorkshire from July 1660 to 1666 and a commissioner for assessment from August 1660 until his death. In June 1661 he was appointed Master of the Royal Stud at £200 per year and was contracted to supply twelve horses a year for £800. He was receiver of the free gift for Yorkshire from 1661 to 1665, commissioner for corporations from 1662 to 1663 and commissioner for loyal and indigent officers in 1662. In 1668 his salary as Master of the Royal Stud was abolished in the Household reforms, and hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond (UK Parliament Constituency)
Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, a city in California, United States Richmond may also refer to: People * Richmond (surname) * Earl of Richmond * Duke of Richmond * Richmond C. Beatty (1905–1961), American academic, biographer and critic * Richmond Avenal, character in British sitcom The IT Crowd Places Australia * Richmond, New South Wales ** RAAF Base Richmond ** Richmond Woodlands Important Bird Area * Richmond River, New South Wales **Division of Richmond **Electoral district of Richmond (New South Wales) * Richmond, Queensland * Richmond, South Australia * Richmond, Tasmania * Richmond, Victoria ** Electoral district of Richmond (Victoria) ** City of Richmond Canada * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Metro Vancouver ** Richmond (British Columbia provinci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Yorke (1658-1716)
Thomas Yorke or York may refer to: * Thomas Yorke (1658–1716), English politician * Thomas Yorke (1688–1768), English businessman and MP for Richmond, Yorkshire * Thomas Jones Yorke (1801–1882), American politician *Thom Yorke Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician and the main vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Radiohead. A multi-instrumentalist, he mainly plays guitar and keyboards and is noted for his falsetto. He has been describe ... (born 1968), English musician * Thomas York (1850–1910), New South Wales politician See also * Tom York (other) {{hndis, Yorke, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
