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Thomas Stucley (MP)
Sir Thomas Stucley (24 August 1620 – 20 September 1663) of Affeton Castle, Devon was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1663. He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War. Biography Stucley was the eldest son of John Stucley of Affeton, West Worlington, Devon, and his first wife Honor Hals, daughter of Richard Hals of Kennedon, Sherford. He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford on 19 May 1637, aged 17. In 1638, he succeeded to West Worlinton on the death of his father. He was J.P. for Devon from 1643 to 1646 and was a distinguished soldier in the Royalist army during the Civil War. He was a major of horse from 1643 to 1646 and was a colonel by the time of the surrender of Exeter in that year. On the Restoration, Stucley was knighted on 27 May 1660. He was reinstated as J.P in June 1660 and became Deputy Lieutenant and commissioner for assessment in August 1660, remaining in those posts until his death. He was captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Affeton Castle
Affeton Castle is a converted late-medieval gatehouse near East Worlington, Devon, England. It was formerly part of the fortified manor house of Affeton, built by the Stucley family in about 1434, and situated on the side of a valley of the Little Dart River. The manor house was destroyed in the English Civil War of the 1640s, and by the early 19th century the gatehouse was in ruins. It was restored between 1868-9 by Sir George Stucley, 1st Baronet for use as a shooting box or hunting lodge; in 1956, it was converted to form the private home of Sir Dennis Stucley, 5th Baronet. The castle, approximately 60 feet (18 m) by 22 feet (6.7 m) in size, is protected as a Grade II* listed building. History Affeton Castle formed part of a large fortified manor house built from grey rubble stone by the Stucley family in about 1434. Affeton manor was at one time also a parish with its own parish church, but was later merged into the parish of West Worlington. The manor house was almost e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavalier Parliament
The Cavalier Parliament of England lasted from 8 May 1661 until 24 January 1679. It was the longest English Parliament, and longer than any Great British or UK Parliament to date, enduring for nearly 18 years of the quarter-century reign of Charles II of England. Like its predecessor, the Convention Parliament, it was overwhelmingly Royalist and is also known as the Pensioner Parliament for the many pensions it granted to adherents of the King. History Clarendon ministry The first session of the Cavalier Parliament opened on May 8, 1661. Among the first orders of business was the confirmation of the acts of the previous year's irregular Convention of 1660 as legitimate (notably, the Indemnity and Oblivion Act The Indemnity and Oblivion Act 1660 was an Act of the Parliament of England (12 Cha. II c. 11), the long title of which is "An Act of Free and General Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion". This act was a general pardon for everyone who had committe ...). Parliame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Parliament Of Great Britain For Constituencies In Devon
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Alumni Of Wadham College, Oxford
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1663 Deaths
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1620 Births
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Henry Ford (MP)
Sir Henry Ford (January 1617Vivian, p.350 – 1684), of Nutwell in Devon was four times MP for Tiverton between 1664 and 1685 and twice Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1669–70 and 1672–73. Origins Ford was the eldest son of Henry Ford (d.1616) of Bagtor in the parish of Ilsington, Devon by his wife Katharine Drake, daughter and sole heiress of George Drake of Spratshays in Littleham, Devon. His grandfather was Thomas Ford (1556–1610) of Bagtor in the parish of Ilsington, by his wife Elizabeth Popham (d.1629) of the Popham family of Huntworth in Somerset. Her monument exists in Ilsington Church. Thomas Ford's grandfather was John Ford (d.1538) of Ashburton (the son and heir of William Ford of Chagford,) who purchased the estate of Bagtor in the parish of Ilsington, which his male heirs successively made their seat. The Elizabethan mansion of the Fords survives today at Bagtor as the service wing of a later house appended in about 1700. Sir Henry Ford was a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Carew, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Carew, 1st Baronet (1632 – September 1673) of Haccombe, Devon, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1674. Origins He was baptised on 21 June 1632 and was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Carew (d. 1656) of Haccombe by his wife, Anna Clifford (d. 1656), daughter of the Rev John Clifford of Ugbrooke. Career In 1649 he was admitted at the Middle Temple. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 12 November 1650 and was awarded BA on 11 February 1653 and MA on 28 June 1655. He succeeded to the estate at Haccombe on the death of his father on 6 December 1656. Carew was created baronet on 2 August 1661. In 1661 he was elected Member of Parliament for Tiverton in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1674. Marriages and children Carew married firstly in or before 1653 to Elizabeth Carew, daughter of Sir Henry Carew of Bickleigh Castle, near Tiverton by his wife, Dorothy Mohun, daughter of Sir Reginald Mohun of Cornwal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Newte
Henry Newte the younger (1609 – 20 October 1670) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. Newte was the eldest son of Henry Newte The ElderWilliam Harding The History of Tiverton in the County of Devon p.48 Town Clerk of Tiverton, and was baptised in June 1609. He was a student at Lyon's Inn. He succeeded his father as Town Clerk of Tiverton and held that office from 1625 to 1655, he was twice Mayor of Tiverton. In November 1660, he was elected 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 of ... for Tiverton in a by-election to the Convention Parliament. He was commissioner for assessment for Devon from August 1660 to 1669. He was a J.P. for Tiverton in 1665. Newte died at the age of 61. He and his wife Alice had one daughter. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Shapcote
Robert Shapcote, JP (born 1621, died 1689) was an English lawyer from Devon and four times Member of Parliament for Tiverton in 1646–1649, 1654, 1656 and 1660. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Wicklow Borough from 1661 to 1665 and was briefly Attorney-General for Ireland. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the Civil War. Shapcote was the eldest son of Henry Shapcote of Bradninch and his first wife Wilmot Hill, and was baptised on 4 February 1621. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1638 and was called to the bar in 1645. From 1644 to 1646, he was a colonel in the Parliamentary army. He was elected Member of Parliament for Tiverton for the Long Parliament on 7 December 1646 but was excluded in 1649 under Pride's Purge.History of Parliament Online - Robert Shapcote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commissioner For Loyal And Indigent Officers
The Commissioners for loyal and indigent officers were a body formed by a 1662 Act of the Parliament of England (14 Car. 2 c. 8) to provide relief to impoverished Royalist officers who had served in the English Civil War. After the English Restoration in 1660, the relief of those who had served Charles II and his father presented an important political issue. The act establishing the commission provided for the distribution of £60,000 among "loyal and indigent" officers certified by the commissioners. The funds for relief were charged on the tax revenues of Cornwall, Rutland, Monmouthshire, Lancashire, Westmorland, and Anglesey authorized by the Taxation Act 1661 A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures (regional, local, or .... The commissioners were to choose a treasurer who would receive th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiverton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Tiverton was a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency located in Tiverton, Devon, Tiverton in east Devon, formerly represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Enfranchised as a parliamentary borough in 1615 and first represented in 1621, it elected two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament (MPs) by the first past the post system of election until 1885. The name was then transferred to a county constituency electing one MP. (Between 1885 and 1918, the constituency was alternatively called Devon, North East.) In 1997, it was merged with the neighbouring constituency of Honiton (UK Parliament constituency), Honiton to form the Tiverton and Honiton (UK Parliament constituency), Tiverton and Honiton constituency. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Lord Palmerston was a former MP for the seat. __TOC__ History Boundaries 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
