Francis Rivett (c 1596 – 6 April 1669) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...

at various times between 1654 and 1660. Rivett was probably admitted at

Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mon ...

on 29 May 1612 and awarded BA in 1616. In about 1649 Rivett purchased the estate of

King's Somborne King's Somborne is a village in Hampshire, England. The village lies on the edge of the valley of the River Test. Location King's Somborne is a large parish covers , of which are covered by water. Most of the ground is low-lying, with a high poi ...

from Richard Gifford. 'Parishes: King's Sombourne', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 469-480. Date accessed: 12 July 2011
/ref> In 1654, Rivett 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

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

in the

First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the Hou ...

. He was elected MP for Stockbridge in the

Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons. It was a bicameral Parliament, with an Upper House having a powe ...

in 1659.History of Parliament Online - Rivett, Francis
/ref> In 1660, Rivett was elected MP for Stockbridge in the Convention Parliament. Rivett's daughter Margery married

Oliver St John Sir Oliver St John (; c. 1598 – 31 December 1673) was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640-53. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. Early life St John was the son of Oliver St ...

of Farley Chamberlayne th whom the manor of King's Somborne passed.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rivett, Francis 1596 births 1669 deaths Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge English landowners People from South Derbyshire District People from Test Valley Year of birth uncertain English MPs 1654–1655 English MPs 1659 English MPs 1660