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Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baronet
Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baronet (September 1597 – 1654) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1621 and 1654. He supported the Roundheads, Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War. Pelham was the son of Sir Thomas Pelham, 1st Baronet of Halland in Laughton and his wife Mary Walsingham. He was baptised at East Hoathly on 22 September 1597. Pelham was elected Member of Parliament for East Grinstead (UK Parliament constituency), East Grinstead in 1621 and held the seat to 1622. In 1624 he was elected M.P. for Sussex (UK Parliament constituency), Sussex in the last parliament of King James I and was re-elected in 1625 in the first parliament of King Charles I. He succeeded to the Pelham Baronets, baronetcy of Laughton, Co. Sussex on the death of his father on 2 December 1624. In April 1640, Pelham was elected Member of Parliament for Sussex (UK Parliament constituency), Sussex in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected in Nove ...
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House Of Commons Of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542, incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain after the 1707 Act of Union was passed in both the English and Scottish parliaments at the time. In 1801, with the union of Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, that house was in turn replaced by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Origins The Parliament of England developed from the Magnum Concilium that advised the English monarch in medieval times. This royal council, meeting for short periods, included ecclesiastics, noblemen, and representatives of the county, counties (known as "knights of the shire"). The chief duty of the council was to approve taxes proposed by the Crown. In many cases, however, the council demanded the redress of the peo ...
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John Monson
John Monson (c.1628 – 14 October 1674) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1660 and 1674. Monson was the son of Sir John Monson, 2nd Baronet of South Carlton and Broxbourne, Hertfordshire and his wife Ursula Oxenbridge, daughter of Sir Robert Oxenbridge of Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire. He was a commissioner for militia for Lincolnshire in March 1660. In April 1660, he was elected Member of Parliament for Lincoln in the Convention Parliament. He was a commissioner for oyer and terminer on the Midland circuit in July 1660 and a J.P. for Lindsey and Kesteven, Lincolnshire from July 1660 until his death. In August 1660 he was commissioner for sewers for Hatfield chase and Lincolnshire and was commissioner for assessment for Lindsey and Lincoln from August 1660 to 1661. He was created Knight of the Bath on 23 April 1661. At the general election of 1661, he lost his seat to Sir Robert Bolles. He was commissioner for assessment for ...
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Personal Rule
The Personal Rule (also known as the Eleven Years' Tyranny) was a period in the history of England from the dissolution of the third Parliament of Charles I in 1629 to the summoning of the Short Parliament in 1640, during which the King refused to call the next parliament and ruled as an autocratic absolute monarch without recourse to Parliament. Charles claimed that he was entitled to do this under the royal prerogative and that he had a divine right. Charles had called three Parliaments by the third year of his reign in 1628. After the murder of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, who was deemed to have a negative influence on Charles' foreign policy, Parliament began to criticize the king more harshly than before. Charles then realised that, as long as he could avoid war, he could rule without the need of Parliament. Names Whig historians such as S. R. Gardiner called this period the "Eleven Years' Tyranny", because they interpret Charles's actions as highly authoritar ...
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Alexander Temple
Sir Alexander Temple (bapt. 9 February 1582 OS (1583 NS) – 1629) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament. He was born at Stowe House in 1583 and knighted in 1603. During his life he held many public offices, including justice of the peace and MP for Sussex. He was buried in Rochester Cathedral where there was a memorial to him which is now lost. Family Temple was born at Stowe House, the fourth son of John Temple and Susan Spencer) and was baptised on 9 February 1582 OS. He was the brother of Sir Thomas Temple and the brother-in-law of Viscount Saye and Sele. In 1602 he married Mary Penistone (née Sommer or Somers, a daughter of John Somers), of Rochester Kent. They had three children: * * John, killed at the Isle of Rhe; * * James Temple, the regicide; * * Susan or Susanna Temple who is often said to have been maid of honour to Anne of Denmark, however, she is not known to be named in any records of the court. She married (1) Sir Gifford Thornhurst of Ag ...
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Walter Covert
Sir Walter Covert (c. 1544 – 27 January 1632) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons several times during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Covert was the eldest surviving son of Richard Covert of Slaugham, Sussex. He was educated at Gray's Inn in 1567. He was knighted in 1591. He was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex for 1583–84 and 1592–93. In 1581, 1586, 1614 and 1626 he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Sussex Sussex (Help:IPA/English, /ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English ''Sūþseaxe''; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom of Sussex, kingdom and, later, a Historic counties of England, ..., in 1584 for Newport, Cornwall and in 1593 for Petersfield. He married twice: firstly Timothea, the daughter of John Lennard of Chevening, Kent and secondly Jane, the daughter and coheiress of Sir John Shurley of Isfield, Sussex. He died childless and ...
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John Shurley (died 1631)
Sir John Shurley (20 April 1568 – 25 April 1631) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625. Shurley was the son of Thomas Shurley of Isfield, Sussex, by his first wife Anne Pelham, daughter of Sir Nicholas Pelham of Laughton, East Sussex and Anne Sackville; and great-grandson of John Shurley (died 1527) who held the office of Cofferer to King Henry VIII. Sir George Shurley, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, was his younger brother. Through his mother, he had a useful family connection to Elizabeth I: his grandmother was a first cousin of Anne Boleyn. He matriculated on entry to Hart Hall, Oxford on 22 June 1582, aged 14. He was a student of the Middle Temple in 1591. He succeeded his father in 1579 and was knighted on 11 May 1603. In 1593 he was elected MP for East Grinstead, in 1597 for Steyning and in 1604 for Bramber. He was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex for 1616–17. In 1625, he was elected member of parliament for Sussex. Shurley die ...
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Algernon Percy, 10th Earl Of Northumberland
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Christopher Neville (died 1649)
Christopher Neville may refer to: * Christopher Neville (died 1649), MP for Lewes (UK Parliament constituency) * Christopher Nevile, MP *Christopher Nevill, cricketer * Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny Christopher George Charles Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny, (born 23 April 1955) is a British hereditary peer and current head of the House of Neville. Early life and education Abergavenny was born at Uckfield House, Uckfield, Sussex, the ...
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Edward Sackville, 4th Earl Of Dorset
Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset Order of the Garter, KG (159117 July 1652) was an English courtier, soldier and politician. He sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons from 1621 to 1622 and became Earl of Dorset in 1624. He fought a duel in his early life, and was later involved in colonisation in North America. He supported the Cavaliers, Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Early life Sackville was the younger surviving son of Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset, by his first wife Lady Margaret Sackville (1562–1591), Margaret, a daughter of the Duke of Norfolk. He matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford, with his brother Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset, Richard, on 26 July 1605. He was awarded MA at Cambridge University and was incorporated at Oxford from Cambridge on 9 July 1616. In August 1613 he became notorious for killing in a duel Edward Bruce, 2nd Lord Kinloss. The duel concerned Venetia Stanley, a society beauty and a granddaughter of E ...
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Thomas Caldicot
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Idaho * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts and entertainment * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel), a 1969 novel by Hes ...
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Robert Heath
Sir Robert Heath (20 May 1575 – 30 August 1649) was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1625. Early life Heath was the son of Robert Heath, attorney, and Anne Posyer. He was educated at Tunbridge grammar school ( Tonbridge School), St John's College, Cambridge from age 14 and Clifford's Inn from age 17. He became a barrister of the Inner Temple in 1603. By 1620, he was listed as one of the 40 patent holders for the Council for New England as the "Recorder of our Citie of London." In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for the City of London. He became solicitor-general in 1621, when he was knighted. In 1624 he was elected MP for East Grinstead and was re-elected in 1625.'' Concise Dictionary of National Biography''. Accessed 5 December 2022. Family He married Margaret Miller, daughter of John Miller of Kent, and had six children, including Robert, John and Mary, who married the Royalist politician Sir William Morley of Hal ...
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George Rivers
Sir George Rivers (1553–1630) was an English politician. He was born the son of Sir John Rivers of Chafford and Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir George Barne, and probably educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He entered the Middle Temple in 1574. In 1597 and 1601 he was elected Member of Parliament for East Grinstead. From 1604 to 1611 he was the MP for Southwark, London but in 1614 was again returned as the member for East Grinstead. He then served as MP for Lewes Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. The town is the administrative centre of the wider Lewes (district), district of the same name. It lies on the River Ouse, Sussex, River Ouse at the point where the river cuts through the Sou ... in 1625 and 1626. He was knighted in 1605. He became the Steward of the Borough of Southwark. He married Frances, the daughter of William Bowyer of Sussex; they had at least four sons and a daughter. References 1553 births 1630 deaths English MPs 1597–1 ...
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