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Sir John Wray, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Wray, 2nd Baronet (27 November 1586 – 31 December 1655) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. Life Wray was the eldest surviving son of Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet, of Glentworth, by his first wife, Lucy Montagu, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton. He spent the last three years of his minority in foreign travel. He was knighted at Whitehall on 7 June 1612. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Grimsby. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father on 13 August 1617. In 1625 he was elected MP for Lincolnshire. In 1627, Wray was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire, and on 15 February 1627 was placed on the commission for raising the forced loan in the county. He declined to act under the commission, to contribute to the loan, or to give security for his appearance before the council, and suffered in consequence a te ... [...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] |
Ellerton-on-Swale
Ellerton-on-Swale or Ellerton (historically known as Ellerton-upon-Swale) is a small village and civil parish about a mile east of Catterick in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population of the parish at 110. At the 2011 census, the population of the parish was included with Bolton-on-Swale) and not counted separately. The village sits just south of the B6271 road between Richmond and Northallerton, and has a large lake used for diving between the settlement and the River Swale to the south. Another lake to the west, Bolton-on-Swale Lake, is a former sand and gravel quarry and is now a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust sponsored nature reserve. The village has an entry in the Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Saunderson, 1st Viscount Castleton
Nicholas Saunderson, 1st Viscount Castleton (1562–1631) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1593 and 1625. Saunderson was the eldest son of Robert Saunderson of Saxby and Fillingham and his second wife Catherine Grantham, daughter of Vincent Grantham of St Katherine's, Lincoln. He was educated at Oxford University, being awarded BA in 1579, and also entered Lincoln's Inn in 1579. He succeeded to the estates of Saxby and Fillingham at the age of 21 on the death of his father and became one of the leading landowners of Lincolnshire. By 1569 he was commissioner for sewers for Lincolnshire. He was J.P. for Lindsey Lincolnshire from 1591 and JP for Nottinghamshire from about 1592. He was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire from 1592 to 1593. In 1593, Saunderson was elected Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby, a seat which his uncle Thomas Grantham had held until his death. He was knighted in 1603 and purchased a baronetcy in 1611. He was High Sher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Grantham (died 1630)
Sir Thomas Grantham (1573–30 July 1630) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons from 1604 to 1629. Grantham was the son of Vincent Grantham of Goltho and St Catherine's, Lincoln, St Katherines, Lincolnshire. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 9 May 1589, aged 16, and was a student of Lincoln's Inn in 1592 . He was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1600 and was knighted at Belvoir Castle on 23 April 1603. In 1604 and 1614, Grantham was elected Member of Parliament for Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency), Lincoln and for Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency), Lincolnshire in 1621 and 1624. He was elected MP for Lincoln again in 1625, 1626 and 1628 when he sat until 1629, after which time King Charles I decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. Grantham lived at Goltho, Lincolnshire where he died in 1630.Grantham's death is given as 1638 in some sourceLincolnshire Archives 057 However Alumni Oxonienses gives th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl Of Lindsey
Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, Order of the Garter, KG, Privy Council of England, PC (1608 – 25 July 1666) was an English soldier, courtier, and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons between 1624 and 1626. He was created Baron Willoughby de Eresby by writ of acceleration in 1640 and inherited the peerage of Earl of Lindsey in 1642. He fought in the Cavaliers, Royalist army in the English Civil War. Early life Bertie was born in Grimsthorpe Castle, Grimsthorpe, the eldest son of Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, and his wife Elizabeth Montagu, daughter of Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton. After a brief term at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1623, Bertie then served as Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency), Lincolnshire in 1624 and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency), Stamford from 1625 to 1626, when, upon his father's elevation to an earldom, he assumed the style of Lord Willoughby de Ere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Pelham (Speaker)
Henry Pelham ( fl. 1640s) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1648. He was Speaker of the English House of Commons for a short time in 1647. Pelham was the son of Sir William Pelham, of Brocklesby, Lincolnshire. He matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge at Easter 1615 and was admitted at Gray's Inn on 6 November 1616. Pelham was elected Member of Parliament for Grimsby in 1621 and was re-elected in 1625, 1626 and 1628. He sat until 1629, when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In April 1640, Pelham was elected MP for Grantham in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Grantham for the Long Parliament in November 1640. He was Grand Chamberlain from 1640 to 1648. He held the post of Speaker for a short time in 1647, when William Lenthall temporarily fled from London. Pelham was Recorder Recorder or The Recorder may refer to: Newspapers * ''Indianapolis Recorder'', a weekly newspape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Wray (MP)
Sir Christopher Wray (1601 – 6 February 1646) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1646. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. Life Wray was the son of Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet, of Glentworth of Ashby and Barlings, Lincolnshire and his second wife, Frances Drury, widow of Sir Nicholas Clifford of Bobbing, Kent, and daughter of Sir William Drury of Hawsted, Suffolk, and Elizabeth Stafford. In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for Grimsby. He was knighted on 12 November 1623. He was re-elected MP for Grimsby in 1624 and 1625. He was elected again in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. He successfully resisted the levy of ship money in 1636. In April 1640, Wray was elected MP for Grimsby in the Short Parliament and was re-elected for the Long Parliament in November 1640. He was Deputy Lieutenant of Lincolnshire under the Mili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George St Paul, 1st Baronet
Sir George St Paul, 1st Baronet (1562 – 18 October 1613) was an English politician. He was born the son of Thomas St Paul (or Thomas St Poll) of Snarford, Lincolnshire and educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1580. He married Frances, the daughter of Sir Christopher Wray, although they had no children. He was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1588 and elected as knight of the shire (MP) for Lincolnshire in 1589 and 1593. He was the Member of Parliament for Grimsby in 1604–1611. He was knighted in 1608, and was created a baronet in 1611. He built Snarford Hall in Snarford Snarford is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north-east from the city and county town of Lincoln and south-west from the town of Market Rasen. It is in the civil p ..., Lincolnshire. When he died in 1613 his estate devolved upon his sister, Faith, Lady Tyrwhitt. ReferencesH ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Grimsby (UK Parliament Constituency)
Great Grimsby is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency in North East Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since December 2019 by Lia Nici of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. Constituency profile Fishing is a significant sector in Grimsby which is a deprived area. These factors meant the constituency voted strongly to Brexit, leave the EU in 2016. Current boundaries The present constituency follows the boundaries of the old Borough of Great Grimsby, which was abolished when the former county of Humberside was divided into four unitary authorities in 1996. From the 2010 general election new boundaries took effect, but the Boundary Commission for England, Boundary Commission's review led only to minimal changes, aligning the constituency boundaries with present ward boundaries so the seat still has electoral wards: *East Marsh, Freshney, Heneage, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton
George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton (12 October 1631 – 27 May 1714) was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1698. Saunderson was born in Fillingham, Lincolnshire, the son of Sir Nicholas Saunderson, 2nd Viscount Castleton and his wife Frances Manners, daughter of Sir George Manners of Haddon Hall, Derbyshire. He inherited the viscountcy in the Peerage of Ireland in 1650 on the death of his brother. In 1660, Saunderson was elected Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Lincolnshire in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and held the seat until 1698. From 1689–94 he was colonel of a regiment of foot which he raised in Yorkshire and which served in Ireland and in Flanders under King William III. Saunderson died at Sandbeck Park, South Yorkshire at the age of 82. Saunderson first married Grace Belasyse, daughter of Henry Belasyse, and then married Lady Sarah Fanshawe, widow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Dean, Wiltshire
West Dean is a village and civil parish in southeast Wiltshire, England; the Wiltshire/Hampshire border runs through the eastern part of the village. The village is on the River Dun, about east of Salisbury and the same distance northwest of Romsey. History A Roman villa site straddles the present-day Wiltshire/Hampshire border. The village was mentioned in the '' Cartularium Saxonicum'' for the year 880 as ''(æt) Deone'', and may have formed part of the inheritance of Aethelweard, youngest son of King Alfred. Two manors called ''Duene'' are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, one in Hampshire and one in Wiltshire, both among the many holdings of Waleran the Hunter. The name ''Westdone'' occurs in 1265, and ''Westdune'' in 1270. In the north of the present village, overlooking the river, is a mound around 53m in diameter and up to 2.9m high, which is the remains of a Norman motte castle. Dean House, which straddles the border with Hampshire, is a Grade II* listed former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Evelyn (Parliamentarian)
Sir John Evelyn (11 August 1601 – 26 June 1685) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1626 and 1660. Evelyn was the son of George Evelyn of West Dean, one of the Six Clerks in Chancery, and his wife Elizabeth Rivers, daughter of Sir John Rivers of Chafford, Kent. He was a cousin of the diarist John Evelyn, and nephew of another John Evelyn (1591–1664), of Godstone in Surrey, who served as MP for nearby Bletchingley in 1628, 1640 and 1660.Henning claims Evelyn was educated at Emmanuel College Cambridge, but Venn suggests that this is confusion with yet another John Evelyn. In 1626, Evelyn was elected Member of Parliament for Wilton. He became a JP for Wiltshire in 1637. In April 1640, he was elected Member of Parliament for Ludgershall in the Short Parliament, and was re-elected MP for Ludgershall in the Long Parliament in November 1640. He became a JP for Hampshire in 1641. He was a commissioner for Westminster Assembly, a commissioner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
