Robert Sparrow (died 1528)
Robert Sparrow (by 1459 – 1528), of Winchelsea, Sussex, was an English politician. He was a Jurat for Winchelsea from 1496 to death, Mayor of Winchelsea for 1501–02, 1511–12, 1517–18, 1524–25 and elected a Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchelsea 1510, 1512?, 1515? and 1523. References 15th-century births 1528 deaths English MPs 1510 English MPs 1512–1514 English MPs 1515 English MPs 1523 Mayors of Winchelsea People from Winchelsea {{16thC-England-MP-stub ...
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Winchelsea
Winchelsea () is a small town in the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately south west of Rye and north east of Hastings. The current town, which was founded in 1288, replaced an earlier town of the same name, known as Old Winchelsea, that was lost to coastal erosion in the late medieval period. Winchelsea is part of the civil parish of Icklesham. The mayor of Winchelsea is chosen each year from amongst the members of the corporation, who are known as freemen, rather than being elected by public vote. New freemen are themselves chosen by existing members of the corporation. Thus, in its current form, the corporation is effectively a relic of Winchelsea's days as a 'rotten borough' (when Winchelsea elected two MPs but the number of voters was restricted to about a dozen, sometimes fewer). The corporation lost its remaining civil and judicial powers in 1886 but w ...
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