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Bussy Mansell (1623–1699)
Bussy Mansell (22 November 1623 – 25 May 1699) was a Wales, Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1699. He was a zealous Roundhead, Parliamentarian during the English Civil War. Origins Mansell was the son of Arthur Mansell of Briton Ferry by his wife Janet Price, daughter of William Price of Britton Ferry. He was the grandson of Sir Thomas Mansell, 1st Baronet, MP. He had an income of £1,100 per annum and was patron of three Advowson, livings in 1645. The Mansel family -- the senior line of which was seated at Margam Abbey in Glamorgan (see Mansel Baronets and Baron Mansel) -- played a major role in the early settling of the Gower, Gower Peninsula. Their canting arms were: ''Argent, a chevron between three maunches sable''.Three small sleeves, or maunches, the diminutive form of which in French is ''maunchelle'' Career Mansell was made Commander-in-chief, Commander-in-Chief of the Parliamentary forces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansel Arms
Mansel is a surname and a given name. Notable people Surname *Baron Mansel, a title that existed in Great Britain between 1712 and 1750, holders included: **Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel (c.1668–1723) **Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel (died 1750) *Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (1803–1890), Welsh landowner and industrialist *Conwyn Mansel-Jones (1871–1942), British Army officer, recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Boer War *Sir Courtenay Mansel (1880–1933), Welsh landowner, farmer, barrister, politician *Sir Edward Mansel (1637–1706), Welsh politician *Dean Henry Longueville Mansel (1820–1871), English philosopher *James Mansel (1907–1995), English Anglican priest, chaplain to the Queen *Jean Mansel (c.1400/1401–1473/1474), Medieval French historian *Sir John Mansel (1190–1265), Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor to Henry III of England *John Mansel (1729–1794), British Army cavalry general *Lewis Mansel (died 1638), Welsh landowner *P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriff Of Glamorgan
This page is a list of High Sheriffs of Glamorgan. Sheriffs of Glamorgan served under and were answerable to the independent Lords of Glamorgan until that lordship was merged into the crown. This is in contrast to sheriffs of the English shires who were from the earliest times officers of the crown. Sheriffs in the modern sense, appointed and answerable to the crown, were instituted in the county of Glamorgan in 1541. On 1 April 1974 the shrievalty of Glamorgan was abolished and replaced by the High Sheriff of West Glamorgan, the High Sheriff of Mid Glamorgan and the High Sheriff of South Glamorgan. List of Sheriffs *1122–1149 Sir Robert Norreis *1322 Sir Henry de Wylyngton Barony of Willington of Keir Kenny (Carreg Cennen Castle) *1421 Sir John Stradling Clark, G.T. ''Cartae et Alia Munimenta quae ad Dominium de Glamorgan. Pertinent'', Cardiff, 1891, vol.4, Charter no.1116, pp.1486–1488. Witnessed inspeximus of Lord of Glamorgan dated 20 April 1421, described as ''vicec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Williams (Wales MP)
John Williams was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1653. Williams was appointed Captain of the Horse, Regiment of Militia in South Wales on 12 September 1650. He was added to the High Court of Justice on 25 June 1651. He was appointed by order of Parliament a member of the Council of State as "Capt. John Williams of Wales", in May 1653, and attended 19 out of the 242 meetings of the Sixth Council from May to October 1653. In July 1653, Williams was nominated one of the representatives for Wales in the Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the inst .... He was placed on various committees and was assigned official lodgings in the house previously occupied by Dennis Bond on 8 July 1653. He may have been the same John Williams as one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Philips (MP)
James Philipps (c. 1594–2 May 1674) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1653 and 1662. He was a supporter of the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War. Life Philipps was the eldest son of George Philipps of Tregibby who was a member of a leading Cardiganshire family and had been High Sheriff in 1606. He matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford in 1610. During the Civil War, he was acting as a Commissioner of Sequestration in west Wales. He was also a colonel in the Parliamentary army and was appointed a member of the High Court of Justice. He became High Sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1649. In 1653, Philipps was nominated one of the representatives for Wales in the Barebones Parliament. He was elected Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire in 1654 for the First Protectorate Parliament. In 1656 he was elected MP for Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire and chose to sit for Pembrokeshire in the Second Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Mansell
Baron Mansel, of Margam in the County of Glamorgan, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created on 1 January 1712 for Sir Thomas Mansel, 5th Baronet, previously Member of Parliament for Cardiff and Glamorganshire. His ancestor had been created a Baronet, of Margam in the County of Glamorgan, in the Baronetage of England on 22 May 1611. The fourth Baronet represented Glamorgan in the House of Commons. The fourth Baron sat as Member of Parliament for Cardiff. On his death 29 November 1750 the barony and baronetcy became extinct. On the death of the 4th baron, the Margam estates passed to his daughter Louisa, who married George Venables-Vernon, subsequently 2nd Baron Vernon. Following her death without issue in 1786, it passed to her aunt Mary Mansell, who had married John Ivory Talbot of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire. However, other parts of the estates (subsequently known as the Briton Ferry estate) passed to her uncle Thomas Earl of Clarendon then to William Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Difference (heraldry)
In heraldry, cadency is any systematic way to distinguish arms displayed by descendants of the holder of a coat of arms when those family members have not been granted arms in their own right. Cadency is necessary in heraldic systems in which a given design may be owned by only one person at any time, generally the head of the senior line of a particular family. As an armiger's arms may be used 'by courtesy', either by children or spouses, while they are still living, some form of differencing may be required so as not to confuse them with the original undifferenced or "plain coat" arms. Historically, arms were only heritable by males, and therefore cadency marks had no relevance to daughters; in the modern era, Canadian and Irish heraldry include daughters in cadency. These differences are formed by adding to the arms small and inconspicuous marks called brisures, similar to charges but smaller. They are typically placed on the fess point (the centre of the field), or in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England. Since 1066, it has been the location of the coronations of 40 English and British monarchs and a burial site for 18 English, Scottish, and British monarchs. At least 16 royal weddings have taken place at the abbey since 1100. Although the origins of the church are obscure, an abbey housing Benedictine monks was on the site by the mid-10th century. The church got its first large building from the 1040s, commissioned by King Edward the Confessor, who is buried inside. Construction of the present church began in 1245 on the orders of Henry III. The monastery was dissolved in 1559, and the church was made a royal peculiar – a Church of England church, accountable directly to the sovereign – by Elizabeth I. The abbey, the Palace of Westminster and St Margaret's Church became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987 becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Donat's Castle
St Donat's Castle (), St Donats, Wales, is a medieval castle in the Vale of Glamorgan, about to the west of Cardiff, and about to the west of Llantwit Major. Positioned on cliffs overlooking the Bristol Channel, the site has been occupied since the Iron Age, and was by tradition the home of the Celtic chieftain Caradog. The present castle's origins date from the 12th century when the de Haweys and later Peter de Stradling began its development. The Stradlings held the castle for four hundred years, until the death of Sir Thomas Stradling in a duel in 1738. During the 18th century, the castle's status and condition declined and by the early 19th century it was only partly habitable. The later 19th and early 20th centuries saw several restorations. In 1852, it was purchased by John Whitlock Nicholl Carne, who claimed descent from the Stradlings but whose efforts at reconstruction were not well regarded. More enlightened improvements were made by its subsequent owner, the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of London
The City of London, also known as ''the City'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county and Districts of England, local government district with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in England. It is the Old town, historic centre of London, though it forms only a small part of the larger Greater London metropolis. The City of London had a population of 8,583 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, however over 500,000 people were employed in the area as of 2019. It has an area of , the source of the nickname ''the Square Mile''. The City is a unique local authority area governed by the City of London Corporation, which is led by the Lord Mayor of London, Lord Mayor of the City of London. Together with Canary Wharf and the West End of London, West End, the City of London forms the primary central business district of London, which is one of the leading financial centres of the world. The Bank of England and the London Stock Exchange are both ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glamorgan (UK Parliament Constituency)
Glamorganshire was a parliamentary constituency in Wales, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the English and later British House of Commons. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 divided it into five new constituencies: East Glamorganshire, South Glamorganshire, Mid Glamorganshire, Gower and Rhondda. Boundaries This constituency comprised the whole of Glamorganshire. History For most of its history, the county constituency was represented by landowners from a small number of aristocratic families and this pattern continued until the nineteenth century. Following the Great Reform Act 1832 The Representation of the People Act 1832 (also known as the Reform Act 1832, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45), enacted by the Whig government of Pri ... a second county seat was created. By the 1850s it had become virtually impossible for a Tory candidate to be elected as a count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convention Parliament (1660)
The Convention Parliament of England (25 April 1660 – 29 December 1660) followed the Long Parliament that had finally voted for its own dissolution on 16 March that year. Elected as a "free parliament", i.e. with no oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth or to the monarchy, it was predominantly Royalist in its membership. It assembled for the first time on 25 April 1660. After the Declaration of Breda had been received, Parliament proclaimed on 8 May that King Charles II had been the lawful monarch since the death of Charles I in January 1649. The Convention Parliament then proceeded to conduct the necessary preparation for the Restoration Settlement. These preparations included the necessary provisions to deal with land and funding such that the new régime could operate. Reprisals against the establishment which had developed under Oliver Cromwell were constrained under the terms of the Indemnity and Oblivion Act which became law on 29 August 1660. Nonetheless there we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiff (UK Parliament Constituency)
Cardiff was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Cardiff in South Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons, House of Commons from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election. Boundaries Under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542, most Welsh shire towns returned one MP, including Cardiff as the shire town of Glamorgan; however, other ancient boroughs in the shire contributed to the expense of the borough MP and in return gained a share in the vote. In the case of Cardiff, the relevant "contributory boroughs" were Llantrisant and Cowbridge, and until 1832 also Swansea, Loughor, Neath, Aberavon, and Kenfig. Elections were often held at Bridgend, which was not a contributory borough but was conveniently central in Glamorgan. The Reform Act 1832 separated the contributory boroughs other than Llantrisant and Cowbridge into Swansea District (UK Parliame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
