Richard Longe (died 1650) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He supported the

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cause in the

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. Longe was an alderman of

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and served as Sheriff of Bristol in 1621 and as Mayor in 1636.W R Williams ''Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester''
/ref> In November 1640, Longe was elected

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for

in the

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. He was expelled as a monopolist on 12 May 1642. In 1646 he entered his name as a petitioner to compound for delinquency, and paid a fine of £800 in May 1650. Longe died by 29 June 1650 and left land to fund clothing for poor men in the Merchat's Almshouses and for bread for the poor.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Longe, Richard Year of birth missing 1650 deaths English MPs 1640–1648 High Sheriffs of Bristol Mayors of Bristol 17th-century English people