Robert Shute (c. 1576 - 10 February 1621) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the

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between 1620 and 1621. Shute was the son of

Robert Shute Robert Shute (died April 1590) was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1571 to 1581. Shute was born at Gargrave, West Riding of Yorkshire, and was the son of Christopher Shute, of Oakington, Cambridgeshire. He w ...

, Justice of the Queen's Bench and his wife Thomasine Burgoyne, daughter of Christopher Burgoyne, of

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, Cambridgeshire. He matriculated from

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in 1599 and was admitted at

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on 21 November 1600. He was awarded BA at Cambridge in 1602 and MA in 1605. He was clerk of the

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in 1616 and became

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in 1621. In 1620, he was elected

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for

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. He sat for St Albans until his death in February 1621.

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1570s births 1621 deaths Lawyers from London People from St Albans Members of Gray's Inn Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Alumni of the University of Cambridge Recorders of London English MPs 1621–1622 Year of birth unknown Politicians from London {{17thC-England-MP-stub