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Sir John Weld (died 1681)
Sir John Weld (1613–1681), of Chelmarsh and Willey, Shropshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1679. Weld was the only son of Sir John Weld of St Clements Lane, London and Willey, Shropshire, by his wife Elizabeth Romney, daughter of Sir William Romney, Haberdasher, of Ironmonger Lane, London. He matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford on 29 January 1630, aged 17, and was awarded BA on 10 May 1631. He was also admitted at Middle Temple in 1630. By 1633, he married Elizabeth Whitmore, daughter of Sir George Whitmore of Balmes, Hackney (Lord Mayor of London) in 1631. He was knighted on 22 September 1642.J.S. Crossette, 'Weld, Sir John (1613-81), of Chelmarsh and Willey, Salop.', in B.D. Henning (ed.), ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690'' (from Boydell and Brewer 1983)History of Parliament Online Weld's son George was Member of Parliament for Much Wenlock but in March 1679, Weld put himself up there instead, and was returned as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willey, Shropshire
Willey is a small village south west of the town of Broseley, Shropshire, England, within the civil parish of Barrow. It is made up of about 4 farms and the majority of land is owned and leased by the Weld-Forester family of Willey Hall. Willey also sports a proud cricket team like many small villages around the United Kingdom. History In the early 16th century, Willey became the property of the Weld family. John Weld, second son of John Weld of Eaton, Cheshire and his wife Joanna FitzHugh, settled in the area and became patriarch of the Willey Welds. His youngest brother was Sir Humphrey Weld (died 1610), Lord Mayor of London.''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry'', Volume 2. H. Colburn, 1847. pp. 1545-6 view on lin/ref> The Welds of Shropshire were several times connected by marriage with the Whitmores of Apley Hall, Staffordshire. The village was the site of one of John Wilkinson's ironworks in the 18th century. The world's first iron boat, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Slaughter
Lower Slaughter is a village in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, south west of Stow-on-the-Wold. The village is built on both banks of the River Eye, a slow-moving stream crossed by two footbridges, which also flows through Upper Slaughter. At the west end of the village there is a 19th-century water mill with an undershot waterwheel and a chimney for additional steam power. There is a ford where the river widens in the village and several small stone footbridges join the two sides of the community. While the mill is built of red brick most of the 16th and 17th century homes in the village use Cotswold limestone and are adorned with mullioned windows and often with other embellishments such as projecting gables. The name of the village derives form the Old English term "slough" meaning "wet land". History Lower Slaughter has been inhabited for over 1,000 years. The Domesday Book entry has the village name as "Sclostre". It further notes that in 1066 and 108 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1681 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – Prince Muhammad Akbar, son of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, initiates a civil war in India. With the support of troops from the Rajput states, Akbar declares himself the new Mughal Emperor and prepares to fight his father, but is ultimately defeated. * January 3 – The Treaty of Bakhchisarai is signed, between the Ottoman vassal Crimean Khanate and the Russian Empire. * January 18 – The "Exclusion Bill Parliament", summoned by King Charles II of England in October, is dissolved after three months, with directions that new elections be held, and that a new parliament be convened in March in Oxford. * February 2 – In India, the Mughal Empire city of Burhanpur (now in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh) is sacked and looted by troops of the Maratha Empire on orders of the Maratha emperor, the Chhatrapati Sambhaji. General Hambirrao Mohite began the pillaging three days earlier. * March 4 – King Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1613 Births
Events January–June * January 11 – Workers in a sandpit in the Dauphiné region of France discover the skeleton of what is alleged to be a 30-foot tall man (the remains, it is supposed, of the giant Teutobochus, a legendary Gallic king who fought the Romans). * January 20 – King James I of England successfully mediates the Treaty of Knäred between Denmark and Sweden. * February 14 – Elizabeth, daughter of King James I of England, marries Frederick V, Elector Palatine. * March 3 (February 21 O.S.) – An assembly of the Russian Empire elects Mikhail Romanov Tsar of Russia, ending the Time of Troubles. The House of Romanov will remain a ruling dynasty until 1917. * March 27 – The first English child is born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy. * March 29 – Samuel de Champlain becomes the first unofficial Governor of New France. * April 13 – Samuel Argall captures Algonquian princess Pocahontas in Passapat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wolryche
John Wolryche (c.1637–1685) was a lawyer and politician of landed gentry background who represented Much Wenlock (UK Parliament constituency), Much Wenlock in the House of Commons of England in two parliaments of Charles II of England, Charles II. He was a moderate Whigs (British political party), Whig, opposing the succession of James II of England, James II but avoiding involvement in conspiracies. Background and education John Wolryche was the 5th son, but 3rd surviving son, ofHenningWolryche, John (c.1637–85), of Dudmaston Hall, Quatt, Salop.– Authors: J. S. Crossette / John. P. Ferris *Thomas Wolryche of Dudmaston Hall, near Bridgnorth, a substantial landowner in south and east Shropshire.Thrush and FerrisWolryche (Woolridge), Thomas (1598–1668), of Dudmaston, Salop.– Author: Simon Healy. Initially a client of his uncle, Edward Bromley, Wolryche had been MP for Much Wenlock. He became an ardent Cavalier, royalist in the English Civil War and was military governor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Forester (1655–1718)
Sir William Forester KB (10 December 1655 – February 1718), of Dothill Park, Apley Castle, and Watling Street in Wellington, Shropshire was a Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1679 and 1715. Forester was the eldest surviving son of Francis Forester of Dothill and his wife Lady Mary Newport, daughter of Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport, of High Ercall, and widow of John Steventon of Dothill Park. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1673 and graduated as MA in 1675. He succeeded to Dothill Park in about 1675 under the will of his half-brother Richard Steventon (died 1659) and this became the main family seat at least until his grandson obtained Willey Park by marrying the heiress of George Weld.'Wellington: Manors and other estates', ''A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 11: Telford'' (1985), pp. 215–221Shropshire manor Date accessed: 20 May 2008. Forester was Member of Parliament for the borough constituency of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
(Much) Wenlock (UK Parliament Constituency)
Much Wenlock, often called simply Wenlock, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885, when it was abolished. It was named after the town of that name in Shropshire. The seat was founded in 1468 as a borough constituency and was represented throughout its history by two burgesses. Boundaries Much Wenlock's constituency boundaries ran from Leighton to just west of Dawley, to Ironbridge, and finally to just east of Madeley along the northern border; travelling eastwards, the boundaries ran from just east of Madeley to the bend in the River Severn, following the river thereafter. The far southern border, commencing in the east, travelled along the southern part of the Severn across to Easthope; the western border, running northwards, going from Easthope through to Benthall, and onwards back to Leighton. Member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Littleton, 2nd Baronet
Sir Thomas Littleton, 2nd Baronet (c. 1621 – 14 April 1681) was an English politician from the extended Littleton/Lyttelton family who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1681. Littleton was the son of Sir Adam Littleton, 1st Baronet of Stoke St. Milborough, Shropshire and his wife Audrey Poyntz daughter of Thomas Poyntz.William BethamWilliam Betham ''The Baronetage of England'' Vol. 1/ref> He studied at Jesus College, Oxford, but did not graduate. Littleton was elected Member of Parliament for the borough of Wenlock in April 1640 for the Short Parliament and was re-elected for the borough in November 1640 for the Long Parliament. As a Royalist, he was disabled from sitting in 1644. He inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1647. In 1652 he sold the Stoke St. Milborough estate to Henry Bernard. After the Restoration, Littleton sat for Wenlock again in the Cavalier Parliament from 1661 to 1679. He was subsequently elected MP for East Grins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Much Wenlock (UK Parliament Constituency)
Much Wenlock, often called simply Wenlock, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885, when it was abolished. It was named after the town of that name in Shropshire. The seat was founded in 1468 as a borough constituency and was represented throughout its history by two burgesses. Boundaries Much Wenlock's constituency boundaries ran from Leighton to just west of Dawley, to Ironbridge, and finally to just east of Madeley along the northern border; travelling eastwards, the boundaries ran from just east of Madeley to the bend in the River Severn, following the river thereafter. The far southern border, commencing in the east, travelled along the southern part of the Severn across to Easthope; the western border, running northwards, going from Easthope through to Benthall, and onwards back to Leighton. Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English House Of Commons
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 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 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, it developed legislative p ... [...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] |
George Weld (1635-1701)
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
