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William Whitmore (died 1648)
Sir William Whitmore (4 November 1573 – before 24 January 1648A. Thrush and S. Healey, 'Whitmore, William (1573-1648), of Apley Park, Salop.', in A. Thrush and J.P. Ferris (eds), ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629'' (Cambridge University Press 2010)History of Parliament Online) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1626. Parents, brothers and sisters Whitmore was the eldest son, and heir, of William Whitmore (died 1593'Anno 36 Elizabeth (1593): William Whitmore (William), haberdasher', in R.R. Sharpe (ed.), ''Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting, London'', Part 2: 1358-1688 (London 1890)pp. 713-725(British History Online).), citizen and Haberdasher of London, and his wife Anne Bond (died 1615), daughter of Alderman William Bond, Haberdasher (died 1576).A.B. Beaven, ''The Aldermen of the City London, temp. Henry III.-1908'', 2 vols (The City Corporation, London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apley Hall Restoration 2001
Apley is a hamlet and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated west from the hamlet of Kingthorpe and the site of Kingthorpe railway station, and approximately south-west from Wragby. Apley church, dedicated to St Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Peter ..., is a small brick building erected in 1871 at a cost of £284. It was built to conduct burial services within the graveyard of the former and by then non-existing medieval Church of St Andrew's, which before 1816 had decayed and been reduced to its foundations. In the 19th century the churchyard also served the parish of Stainfield. Apley is recorded in '' White's Directory'' as a village and parish with a population of 231, and a land area of , of which was woodl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humphrey Weld
Sir Humphrey Weld (died 29 November 1610) was an English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London in 1608. Career Weld's family roots were in Eaton and Congleton, Cheshire. He was the fourth son of John Weld of Eaton and his wife Joanna FitzHugh.''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry'', 2 vols (H. Colburn, London 1847), IIpp. 1545-6(Google). He settled in Holdwell, Hertfordshire and became a City of London merchant and a member of the Worshipful Company of Grocers. On 9 May 1598, he was elected an alderman of the City of London for Farringdon Within ward. He was Sheriff of London from 1599 to 1600. In 1600 he was among the aldermen led by Mayor Sir Nicholas Mosley who unsuccessfully appealed to the Marquess of Winchester for funds for the repair of the steeple of the church of the Austin Friars. He was knighted on 26 July 1603. He transferred as alderman to Walbrook ward in 1604. In 1608, he was elected Lord Mayor of London. During his mayoralty, the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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] |
Sir William Whitmore, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Whitmore, 2nd Baronet (6 April 1637 – 30 March 1699) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons from 1661 to 1699. Whitmore was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Baronet of Apley Hall, Shropshire and his wife Elizabeth Acton, daughter of Sir William Acton, 1st Baronet (1570-1651). He succeeded in 1653 to the Whitmore baronets, baronetcy on the death of his father, who had been MP for Bridgnorth (UK Parliament constituency), Bridgnorth.J. Burke and J.B. Burke, ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England'' (Scott Webster and Geary, London 1837)p. 563(Google). In 1660, Whitmore was elected Member of Parliament for the county of Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency), Shropshire and then for the borough of Bridgnorth (UK Parliament constituency), Bridgnorth from the Cavalier Parliament called in 1661, until his death in 1699.M.W. Helms/J.S. Crossette, 'Whitmore, Sir Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Acton, 1st Baronet
Sir William Acton, 1st Baronet (1570 – 22 January 1651) was an English merchant and Royalist who was Lord Mayor of London in 1640. Acton was the son of Richard Acton, a London merchant, and Margaret Daniel. He was apprenticed by the Merchant Taylor Company in 1593 and freed in 1601. On 12 February 1628, he was elected an alderman of the City of London for Aldersgate ward. That same year, he was Sheriff of London. He was created a baronet on 30 May 1629. In 1640, Acton was due to be elected Lord Mayor of London but in an unprecedented vote he was passed over because of his strong Royalist views. Edmund Wright was voted in as the compromise candidate. Acton married firstly Anne Bill, daughter of James Bill of Ashwell, Hertfordshire, and secondly Jane Johnson Bird, widow of Sir William Bird. Acton's daughter and sole heiress, Elizabeth, brought great wealth to the Whitmore family upon her marriage to Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Baronet (28 N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitmore Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Whitmore family, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extinct while the other is extant. The Whitmore Baronetcy, of Apley in the County of Shropshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 28 June 1641 for Thomas Whitmore, Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth. The second Baronet also represented this constituency in Parliament as well as Shropshire. The title became extinct on his death in 1699. The Whitmore Baronetcy, of Orsett in the County of Essex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 June 1954 for Francis Whitmore, Lord Lieutenant of Essex from 1936 to 1958. Whitmore was a descendant of Richard Whitmore, brother of the first Baronet of the 1641 creation. He was succeeded in 1962 by his son John Whitmore, the second Baronet, who was a well-known management consultant and professional racing driver. The title passed to his only s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Baronet (28 November 1612 – 1653) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1640 and 1644. He supported the Cavaliers, Royalist side in the English Civil War. Biography Whitmore was the son of William Whitmore (died 1648), Sir William Whitmore of Apley Hall, Shropshire, and his second wife Dorothy Weld, daughter of John Weld of London. His father was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1620, and nephew of George Whitmore (Lord Mayor), Sir George Whitmore (d.1654), Lord Mayor of London. In April 1640, Whitmore was elected Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth (UK Parliament constituency), Bridgnorth for the Short Parliament. He was re-elected in November 1640 in the Long Parliament and held the seat until 1644 when he was disabled for supporting the King. He was created a Whitmore baronets, baronet, of Apley, on 28 June 1641. In February, 1645, Whitmore's home Apley Hall was taken by the Parliamentarians under Sir John Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Gataker
Thomas Gataker (* London, 4 September 1574 – † Cambridge, 27 June 1654) was an English clergyman and theologian. Life He was born in London, the son of Thomas Gatacre. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. From 1601 to 1611 he held the appointment of preacher to the society of Lincoln's Inn, which he resigned on accepting the rectory of Rotherhithe. In 1642 he was chosen a member of the Westminster Assembly, and annotated for them the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Lamentations. He disapproved of the introduction of the Covenant and declared himself in favour of episcopacy. He was one of the forty-seven London clergymen who disapproved of the trial of Charles I. He engaged in a public controversy with the astrologer William Lilly, who had mentioned Gataker in an almanac, which has some further biographical details. Works His principal works, besides some volumes of sermons, are: *''Of the Nature and Use of Lots'' (1619), a curious treatise which led to his bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgnorth (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bridgnorth was a parliamentary borough in Shropshire which was represented in the House of Commons of England from 1295 until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until its abolition in 1885. It was represented by two burgesses until 1868, when it was reduced to one Member of Parliament (MP). Boundaries According to the 1881 census, the borough of Bridgnorth comprised the parishes of Quatford, part of Quatt, St. Leonard and St Mary (in Bridgnorth town), Astley Abbotts, Eardingdon, Oldbury, Romsley and Tasley. This was smaller than the municipal borough, which only contained the first four. History By the eighteenth century Bridgnorth had one of the widest franchises in England, consisting of "the burgesses and freement within and without the borough". There were more than a thousand voters in the contested elections of 1727, 1734 and 1741Pages 242 to 243,Lewis Namier, ' ... [...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] |
High Sheriff Of Shropshire
This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of Shropshire The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the high sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. From 1204 to 1344 the Sheriff of Staffordshire served also as the Sheriff of Shropshire. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as sheriff was retitled high sheriff. The high sheriff changes every March. Sheriff 11th century * Warin the Bald *c. 1086 Rainald De Balliol, De Knightley (1040–1086) *1102 Hugh (son of Warin) 12th century *-1114: Alan fitz Flaad (died 1114) *1127–1137: Pain fitzJohn (died 1137) *1137–1138: William Fitz Alan (exiled 1138) *1155–1159: William Fitz Alan (died 1160) *1160–1165: Guy le Strange *1166–1169: Geof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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