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William Dunch (1508–1597)
William Dunch (1508–1597) was an English politician, a local official in the counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire and Auditor of the Royal Mint for Kings Henry VIII and Edward IV. Political career William represented Wallingford in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) as an MP (1563–1571). He was High Sheriff of Berkshire (1570–1571) and also Justice of the Peace for Berkshire (1559–1577). Personal life William bought the manor of Little Wittenham in 1552 from Edmund Peckham, and it became the family seat. He married Mary Barnes in 1547. He was briefly imprisoned for unknown reasons in 1549. His eldest son, Edmund, was also an MP, for Wallingford and then Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire. His second son, Walter, a lawyer, lived at Avebury Manor in Wiltshire, which William purchased for him in 1551. Walter sat for Dunwich Dunwich is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. It is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB around north-east of London, south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Wittenham
Little Wittenham is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish on the south bank of the River Thames, northeast of Didcot in South Oxfordshire. In Local Government Act 1972, 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire to the county of Oxfordshire and from Wallingford Rural District to the district of South Oxfordshire. Parish church The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter has a 14th-century west bell tower, of which the lower stages are English Gothic architecture#Decorated Gothic, Decorated Gothic and the upper stages are English Gothic architecture#Perpendicular Gothic, Perpendicular Gothic. In 1863 the nave and chancel in the English Gothic architecture#Early English Gothic, Early English Gothic were rebuilt to designs by the Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architect Charles Buckeridge. The church was designated as Grade II* listed in 1963. St. Peter's has a number of English church monuments, monuments to members of the Dunche family who lived in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1597 Deaths
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1508 Births
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People From Little Wittenham
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English MPs 1563–1567
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Dunwich (UK Parliament Constituency)
Dunwich was a parliamentary borough in Suffolk, one of the most notorious of all the rotten boroughs. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1298 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act. History In medieval times, when Dunwich was first accorded representation in Parliament, it was a flourishing port and market town about from Ipswich. However, by 1670 the sea had encroached upon the town, destroying the port and swallowing up all but a few houses so that nothing was left but a tiny village. The borough had once consisted of eight parishes, but all that was left was part of the parish of All Saints, Dunwich - which by 1831 had a population of 232, and only 44 houses ("and half a church", as Oldfield recorded in 1816). In fact, this made Dunwich by no means the smallest of England's rotten boroughs, but the symbolism of two Members of Parliament representing a constituency that was essentially underwater captured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria County History
The Victoria History of the Counties of England, commonly known as the Victoria County History or the VCH, is an English history project which began in 1899 with the aim of creating an encyclopaedic history of each of the historic counties of England, and was dedicated to Victoria of the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria. In 2012 the project was rededicated to Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II in celebration of her Diamond Jubilee year. Since 1933 the project has been coordinated by the Institute of Historical Research in the University of London. History The history of the VCH falls into three main phases, defined by different funding regimes: an early phase, 1899–1914, when the project was conceived as a commercial enterprise, and progress was rapid; a second more desultory phase, 1914–1947, when relatively little progress was made; and the third phase beginning in 1947, when, under the auspices of the Institute of Historical Research, a high academic standard was set, and pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avebury Manor & Garden
Avebury Manor & Garden is a National Trust property consisting of a Grade I listed early-16th-century manor house and its surrounding garden. It is in Avebury, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, in the centre of the village next to St James's Church and close to the Avebury neolithic henge monument. History The manor house was built on or near the site of a Benedictine cell or priory of St Georges de Boscherville, Normandy, founded in 1114. Subsequently, the estate passed into the ownership of Fotheringhay College, Northamptonshire, in 1411. Fragments of the religious foundation were incorporated into the later house. William Sharington bought and surveyed the manor in 1548, suggesting alterations to the existing building. The earliest parts of the present house were probably built after William Dunch of Little Wittenham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) purchased the estate in 1551. It was some distance from most of his lands which centred on Wittenham, but he appears to ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wootton Bassett (UK Parliament Constituency)
Wootton Bassett was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1447 until 1832, when the rotten borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act. History The borough consisted of the town of Wootton Bassett, a market town in northern Wiltshire. Even when the borough was created by Henry VI it was a town of little consequence, with no significant industry or trade; by the 19th century it suffered from endemic unemployment, and the money to be gained by electoral corruption was probably one of its economic mainstays. In 1831, the population of the borough was approximately 1,500, and contained 349 houses. The right to vote was exercised by all inhabitant householders paying scot and lot. At the last contested election, this amounted to 309 eligible voters, of whom 228 cast valid votes; in other words, only a comparatively small proportion of households were excluded from the franchise. The local landowners were gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Edmund Dunch, 1551-1623
Sir Edmund Dunch (1551–1623) was an English MP and High Sheriff. He was born the son of William Dunch (1508–1597) of Little Wittenham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. He was returned as MP for Wallingford in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) in 1571 and later for Wootton Bassett (1584–1585) and was High Sheriff of Berkshire for 1587 and 1603. He married Anne Fettiplace in 1576. His sons Sir William Dunch (1578–1611) and Samuel Dunch Samuel Dunch (1593–1668) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1621 and 1653. Dunch was the son of Edmund Dunch of Little Wittenham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 11 Nov ... both also represented Wallingford as MPs. References * Annells, P. (2006) The Berkshire Dunches'. * Hedges, J.K. (1881) ''Wallingford History'', Wm Clowes, London External links Wallingford History Gateway 1551 births 1623 deaths Alumni of Magdalen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice Of The Peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the same meaning. Depending on the jurisdiction, such justices dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions. Justices of the peace are appointed or elected from the citizens of the jurisdiction in which they serve, and are (or were) usually not required to have any formal legal education in order to qualify for the office. Some jurisdictions have varying forms of training for JPs. History In 1195, Richard I ("the Lionheart") of England and his Minister Hubert Walter commissioned certain knights to preserve the peace in unruly areas. They were responsible to the King in ensuring that the law was upheld and preserving the " King's peace". Therefore, they were known as "keepers of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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