Oldsworth
Oldsworth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Arnold Oldsworth (born 1561), English politician and lawyer * Joseph Oldsworth, English MP * Richard Oldsworth (1590–1649), English academic theologian *William Oldsworth William Oldsworth was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1597 and 1601. Life Oldsworth was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1564 and became a bencher in 1584. He was appointed Recorder of Gloucester in 1587, being nomina ...

Richard Oldsworth
Richard Holdsworth (or Houldsworth, Oldsworth) (1590, in Newcastle-on-Tyne – 22 August 1649) was an English academic theologian, and Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge from 1637 to 1643. Although Emmanuel was a Puritan stronghold, Holdsworth, who in religion agreed, in the political sphere resisted Parliamentary interference, and showed Royalist sympathies. Life Richard Holdsworth was the son of Richard Holdswourth, Vicar of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and baptised at St Nicholas, Newcastle on 20 December 1590. He entered St. John's College, Cambridge as a scholar in 1607, graduated B.A. in 1610, and became a Fellow in 1613. He was chaplain to Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet. He was rector of St Peter-le-Poor, London in 1624.''Concise Dictionary of National Biography'' He was in 1629 the first Gresham College divinity lecturer appointed from the Puritan camp; he held the position until 1637. A London reputation brought him the presidency of Sion College in 1639. He became Archde ...
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Arnold Oldsworth
Arnold Oldsworth (born 1561) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1611. Oldsworth was the eldest son of Edward Oldsworth and his wife Tacy Porter, daughter of Arthur Porter. He was educated under Alexander Nowell, dean of St. Paul's and matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford under date 7 July 1575, aged 17. He was at Thavies Inn and was a student of Lincoln's Inn in 1580. In 1593 he was elected Member of Parliament for Tregoney. He was keeper of the Hanaper in Chancery, and Receiver of the Fines in the King's Bench. In 1604, he was elected MP for Cirencester. He was chosen an Associate to the Bench of Lincoln's Inn on 16 June 1612. He was of Bradley, Gloucestershire and lived in St. Martin's Lane, London. He and his wife had a grant of lands in Brenchley and elsewhere in Kent on 29 March 1616. He was an antiquarian. Oldsworth married Lucy Barty daughter of Francis Barty, a native of Antwerp. His son Michael ...
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Joseph Oldsworth
Joseph Oldsworth (born after 1561 - ?), of London and Poulton, Gloucestershire, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Lichfield in 1597. References 16th-century English people People from Gloucestershire People from London People of the Tudor period Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) English MPs 1597–1598 Year of birth uncertain Year of death unknown {{England-pre1707-MP-stub ...
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