Richard Waldegrave (died 1436)
Richard Waldegrave may refer to: *Sir Richard Waldegrave (politician) Sir Richard Waldegrave (;  1338 – 2 May 1410) was a Member of Parliament for Suffolk and Speaker of the House of Commons during the reign of King Richard II. Life His father, Sir Richard Waldegrave, of Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire, had be ... (died 1410), British politician, Speaker of the English House of Commons *Sir Richard Waldegrave (soldier) (died 1436), British military officer, son of the above {{hndis, Waldegrave, Richard ...
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Richard Waldegrave (politician)
Sir Richard Waldegrave (;  1338 – 2 May 1410) was a Member of Parliament for Suffolk and Speaker of the House of Commons during the reign of King Richard II. Life His father, Sir Richard Waldegrave, of Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire, had been returned to Parliament in 1335 as knight of the shire for Lincolnshire. Richard (the son) resided at Smallbridge Hall in Suffolk, and was returned to Parliament twelve times as a knight of the shire for Suffolk between 1376 and 1390. He was first elected in 1376, and then again in Oct 1377, 1378 and 1381, when he was elected speaker of the House of Commons. He however prayed the king to discharge him from the office, the first instance, according to James Alexander Manning , of a speaker seeking to be excused. The king, however, insisted on him fulfilling his duties. During his speakership parliament was chiefly occupied with the revocation of the charters granted to the villeins by Richard during Wat Tyler's rebellion The Peas ...
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