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Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn
Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn (10 November 1633 – 1 April 1703) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1679 until he inherited a peerage in 1684. Biography Jermyn was the son of Thomas Jermyn (d.1659) of Rushbrooke Hall in Suffolk, by his wife Rebecca Rodway, the heiress of William Rodway. He served as a captain of foot in Jersey from 1661 to 1679. From 1662 to 1679 he was Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. In 1673 Jermyn was elected as a Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. In 1674 he was appointed a justice of the peace for the county. In parliament, Jermyn voted against the first exclusion bill during the Exclusion Crisis. He continued to oppose exclusion in subsequent votes, but he made no recorded speeches and was not appointed to any committees. Jermyn held the seat until 1684, when, by special remainder, he became Baron Jermyn on the death of his uncle Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans and was elevated to the House of Lords. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Weesop
John Weesop or Jan Weesop (name variations: 'Wessopp', 'Wisop', 'Wesep' and 'Wesop') (''fl'' 1640–1653) was a portrait painter presumed to be of Flemish descent who is now only known for his works produced in the 1640s in England. His English patrons were predominantly prominent members of the royalist aristocracy.Jan Weesop at the John Weesop, Portrait of Esmé Stuart Duke of Rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of 1696
The Association was an instrument created after the failed Jacobite assassination plot of 1696 to pledge loyalty to William III of England. Modelled by Lord Somers on the Elizabethan Bond of Association, it placed intense pressure on nonresistant Tories in public life to acknowledge William as "rightful and lawful King". The Association was widely subscribed to by the public, extending well beyond the circle of officials Somers had targeted, and soon assumed the force of law, all Crown officials being required by statute to subscribe to it. Some Tories were purged from office for failure to do so, and the Association remained in legal force until 1702, when William's death rendered it a nullity and the requirement to subscribe to it was repealed. Background While High Tories opposed to James II of England's religious policies played an important role in the Glorious Revolution, many had uneasy consciences over the events that followed. The legal fiction in the Bill of Rights 1689 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hervey (landowner)
Sir Thomas Hervey (1625 – 27 May 1694) was an English Commissioner of the Royal Navy, landed gentleman, and Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds. Life Hervey was born in 1625, the third son of Sir William Hervey (1585–1660) of Ickworth, Suffolk, by his marriage in 1612 to Susan Jermyn, a daughter of Sir Robert Jermyn.George Edward Cokayne, Vicary Gibbs, Lord Howard de Walden, eds., '' The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant'', vol. VI (Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), p. 516 On 3 April 1641, aged fifteen, Hervey was admitted to Pembroke College, Cambridge, as a pensioner, but did not take a degree. He became a Justice of the Peace for Suffolk, an Alderman of the corporation of Bury St Edmunds, and from 1664 to 1668 was a Commissioner of the Royal Navy. In his role at the Navy Board, Hervey held a political appointment and in practice did very little, like the other Commiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Duncombe (MP)
William Duncombe was one of the two MPs for Bury St Edmunds between 1673 and 1679 and also for Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council ... in 1689 and 1695. References {{17thC-England-MP-stub Duncombe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Duncombe (Bury St Edmunds MP)
Sir John Duncombe (1622 – 4 March 1687) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1672 and 1676. Duncombe was the son of William Duncombe of Battlesden and his wife Elizabeth Poyntz, daughter of Sir John Poyntz of South Ockendon, Essex and was baptised on 29 July 1622. He was educated at Eton College and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was knighted in 1648. In 1660, Duncombe was elected Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Bury St Edmunds in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer The chancellor of the Exchequer, often abbreviated to chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of HM Treasury, His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the Ch ... from 22 November 1672 to 2 May 1676. References 1622 births 1687 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bury St Edmunds is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Jo Churchill, a Conservative. Constituency profile The constituency covers Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket and smaller settlements on the A14 corridor. Residents' wealth is around average for the UK. History The constituency was created as a Parliamentary Borough in 1614, returning two MPs to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and from 1800 to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. By the mid eighteenth century the seat was seen as heavily influenced by the Earl of Bristol and the Duke of Grafton. Its representation was reduced to one seat under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Under the Representation of the People Act 1918, it was abolished as a borough and reconstituted as a division of the Parliamentary County of West Suffolk. As well as the abolished borough, the expanded seat comprised most o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'Ewes Baronets
The d'Ewes Baronetcy, of Stowlangtoft Hall in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 15 July 1641 for the antiquary and politician Sir Simonds d'Ewes. He was the son of Paul d'Ewes (d.1624), whose mural monument with a kneeling effigy survives in Stowlangtoft Church, one of the six Clerks in Chancery. The title became extinct on the death of the 4th Baronet in 1731. Origins Paul d'Ewes was the great-grandson of Gerard des Ewes, lord of Kessell, then in the Duchy of Gelderland. His son, Adrian d'Ewes, (d.1551) was the first to settle in England. Adrian's son Gerard d'Ewes, father of Paul, was lord of the manor of Gaynes in Essex. Paul D'Ewes was one of the six Clerks in Chancery and in 1612 purchased from Sir Robert Ashfield the manor of "Stow-Langetot" (Stowlangtoft) in Suffolk. He married Cecilia Simonds, sole daughter and heiress of Richard Simonds of "Croxden, Dorset", by whom he had a son and heir Sir Simonds d'Ewes, 1st Baronet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey James Grove
Grey James Grove (16821742) of Pool Hall, Alveley, Shropshire, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons in two parliaments between 1715 and 1741. Grove was baptized on 10 November 1682, the eldest son of James Grove of Alveley, serjeant-at-law, and his wife Anne Grey, daughter of Thomas Grey, Lord Grey of Groby MP. He married Penelope Jermyn, daughter of Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn MP. At the 1715 British general election, Grey was returned as Member of Parliament for Bewdley on the interest of Lord Herbert of Chirbury. He voted with the Administration except on the Peerage Bill, when he abstained. He did not stand at the 1722 British general election and was out of parliament for over ten years. He was High Sheriff of Shropshire from 1730 to 1731 and succeeded his father in 1734. He stood again at the 1734 British general election when he was elected in a contest at Bridgnorth on the Whitmore interest. He voted for the Spanish convention in 1739 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Gage, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Gage, 2nd Baronet of Hengrave (c. 1650–1727) was an English baronet. He is credited with providing the " greengages", which he introduced to Hengrave Hall from Paris. He was also involved with negotiating with Henry Ashley Jr as regards the development of the River Lark as a navigable thoroughfare prior to the passage of the River Lark Act 1698. He was the son of Sir Edward Gage, 1st Baronet of Hengrave and his wife Mary Hervey, daughter of Sir William Hervey MP. References Baronets in the Baronetage of England William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ... 1650 births 1727 deaths Year of birth uncertain {{England-baronet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Spring, 3rd Baronet
Sir Thomas Spring, 3rd Baronet (c. 1672 – 2 April 1704) of Pakenham Hall in Pakenham, Suffolk, was an English baronet and landowner who served as High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1696. Career Spring was the eldest son of Sir William Spring, 2nd Baronet and Sarah Cordell, daughter of Sir Robert Cordell, 1st Baronet of Melford Hall, Suffolk. He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge and inherited his father's title and estate upon his death in 1684. Marriage and issue On 23 May 1691, he married Hon. Merolina Jermyn, a daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn and Mary Merry, and co-heiress of Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Dover. They had three sons and six daughters: *Thomas Spring (died 1694) *Merolina Spring (died 1694) *Merolina Spring (1695–1761), married Thomas Discipline of Bury St Edmunds. She inherited the manor of Packenham, in the church of which survives the funeral hatchment of Thomas Discipline, showing his arms with inescutcheon of Spring. *Sir Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Davers, 2nd Baronet
Sir Robert Davers, 2nd Baronet (c. 1653–1722) of Rougham and Rushbrooke Hall was an English politician and landowner. Davers was the son of Sir Robert Davers, 1st Baronet, a Royalist who had made his fortune exploiting enslaved Africans on his plantation in Barbados.William Betham, ''The Baronetage of England'' (1803), p. 58. He owned 300 acres worked by 200 "negroes". Davers was born in Barbados before coming to England between 1680 and 1682. He then returned to Barbados and took his seat in the Council there on 13 June 1682. On 30 November 1683 he was one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer and of Pleas of Barbados. He inherited his father's baronetcy in 1684 and was picked to serve as High Sheriff of Suffolk for 1685, but did not take up the role. He moved back permanently to England in 1687 and became the Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds in 1689. He sat in the Commons for the seat for a second term from 1703 to 1705, after which he was elected MP for Suffol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rushbrooke, West Suffolk
Rushbrooke is a village and former civil parish on the River Lark, north west of Ipswich, now in the parish of Rushbrooke with Rougham, in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Until April 2019 Rushbrooke was in the St Edmundsbury district. In 1961 the parish had a population of 58. Features Rushbrooke has a church called St Nicholas. History The name "Rushbrooke" means 'Rush brook'. Rushbrooke was recorded 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 William the Conqueror. The manus ... as ''Rycebroc''. Alternative names for Rushbrooke are "Rushbroke" and "Rushbrook". The surname Rushbrook derives from Rushbrooke. In 1912 R.B.W. Rushbrooke was the sole owner of Rushbrooke. On 1 April 1988 the parish was abolished and Rushbrooke with Rougham was created. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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