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Sheriff Of Berkshire
The High Sheriff of Berkshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Anglo-Saxons, Saxon times. The word Sheriff evolved from 'shire-reeve'. The title of High Sheriff#United Kingdom, High Sheriff is therefore much older than the other crown appointment, the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire, which came about after 1545. Between 1248 and 1566, Berkshire and Oxfordshire formed a joint shrievalty (apart from a brief period in 1258/1259). See High Sheriff of Oxfordshire. Unlike the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire, which is generally held from appointment until the holder's death or incapacity, the title of High Sheriff is appointed / reappointed annually. The High Sheriff is assisted by an Under-Sheriff of Berkshire. List of High Sheriffs of Berkshire 1248–1566 See High Sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire for incumbents during this period. (From 3 November 1258 to Michaelmas 1259, Nicholas de Hendred was sheriff for B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo-Saxons happened within Britain, and the identity was not merely imported. Anglo-Saxon identity arose from interaction between incoming groups from several Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes, both amongst themselves, and with Celtic Britons, indigenous Britons. Many of the natives, over time, adopted Anglo-Saxon culture and language and were assimilated. The Anglo-Saxons established the concept, and the Kingdom of England, Kingdom, of England, and though the modern English language owes somewhat less than 26% of its words to their language, this includes the vast majority of words used in everyday speech. Historically, the Anglo-Saxon period denotes the period in Britain between about 450 and 1066, after Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Le Despenser (sheriff)
Sir Hugh le Despenser (died 1238) was a wealthy landowner in the East Midlands of England, and served as High Sheriff of Berkshire. Among his descendants were the infamous Despensers who became favourites of King Edward II. Origins He was the son of Thomas Despencer and Rohese de Foix, daughter of Roger-Bernard I, Count of Foix. He had siblings including Thomas Despencer (d.pre-October 1218), and Rohaise Despencer, who married Stephen de Segrave. Career He served as Sheriff of Staffordshire and Sheriff of Shropshire in 1222 and as Sheriff of Berkshire in 1226 and 1238. He held eleven manors in England, in the counties of Leicestershire, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Rutland. He is reported to have been instrumental in the repairs made in 1232 to Porchester Castle in Hampshire, including a new forebuilding to the keep and portcullises for the gatehouses, with repairs to the wall and great hall. Marriage and issue He is believed to have married Mary de Quincy, a daughter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Parry (ambassador)
Sir Thomas Parry (1541 – 30 May 1616) was an English politician and diplomat during the Tudor period. He was the son of Sir Thomas Parry Senior of Welford Park in Berkshire, the Controller of the Royal Household, by his wife, Anne, the daughter of Sir William Reade of Boarstall in Buckinghamshire. He was educated at Winchester School (1558). He first entered Parliament in 1571 as member for Bridport. He was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire for 1575–76 and 1587–88 and made a deputy lieutenant for Berkshire in 1593. From 1586 to 1587, during the reign of Elizabeth I of England, he was the Member of Parliament for Berkshire. and for St Albans in 1610. In 1601, he was knighted and appointed English ambassador to France for four years. Upon his return to England, he was made Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. In 1614 he was again reelected to Parliament for Berkshire but, after being censured for interference in the election at Stockbridge, was dismissed from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Neville (Gentleman Of The Privy Chamber)
Sir Henry Neville (c. 1520 – 13 January 1593) of Billingbear House, Berkshire, was a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King Henry VIII. Family background Sir Henry Neville's father was Sir Edward Neville (died 1538), of Addington Park in Kent, who married Eleanor, daughter of Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor, and Elizabeth, sister of Edward Blount, 2nd Baron Mountjoy. His father was the younger brother of George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny and older brother to Sir Thomas Nevill, Speaker of the House of Commons. As Manning said, the Neville surname "stands proudly forth as a pedigree in itself, and is associated with all that is noble in blood, distinguished in chivalry, eminent in counsel, and celebrated in the historic annals of Britain." Career Sir Henry Neville secured a post in the Privy Chamber despite the fact that his father was allegedly involved in the Courtenay conspiracy, and moreover, executed in 1538 by order of King Henry VIII, charged with "devising to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack O'Newbury
"Jack of Newbury" or John Winchcombe, also known as John Smallwood (c. 1489 −1557) was a leading English clothier from Newbury in Berkshire. When Tudor cloth-making was booming, and woollen cloth dominated English exports, John Winchcombe was producing for export on an industrial scale. He was a leading clothier in other ways. Cloth-making was heavily regulated, and in the 1530s and 1540s Winchcombe led dozens of clothiers in a national campaign to persuade King Henry VIII to change the law on the making of woollen cloth – a campaign which proved ultimately successful. He was the son of a clothier, but became a clothier in his own right before his father's death in 1520, and combined the two businesses, taking on property which had been leased to his father. He was already wealthy in the 1520s, and his growing prosperity led to a significant rise in his status. Wealth and Property Winchcombe became a wealthy landowner, spending over £4,000 on the purchase of property ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Winchcombe (died 1574)
John Winchcombe (by 1519 – 1574), of Bucklebury and Thatcham, Berkshire, was an English Member of Parliament in March 1553 for Reading, April 1554 and 1555 for Ludgershall and for Wootton Bassett in 1571.https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/winchcombe-john-1519-74. He was the son of John Winchcombe (died 1557) "Jack of Newbury" or John Winchcombe, also known as John Smallwood (c. 1489 −1557) was a leading English clothier from Newbury in Berkshire. When Tudor cloth-making was booming, and woollen cloth dominated English exports, John Winchcombe wa ... and his great great grandson became the first Winchcombe baronet. References English MPs 1553 (Edward VI) English MPs 1554 People from Bucklebury People from Thatcham English MPs 1555 English MPs 1571 1519 births 1574 deaths {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dunch (1508–1597)
William Dunch (1508–1597) was an English politician, a local official in the counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire and Auditor of the Royal Mint for Kings Henry VIII and Edward IV. Political career William represented Wallingford in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) as an MP (1563–1571). He was High Sheriff of Berkshire (1570–1571) and also Justice of the Peace for Berkshire (1559–1577). Personal life William bought the manor of Little Wittenham in 1552 from Edmund Peckham, and it became the family seat. He married Mary Barnes in 1547. He was briefly imprisoned for unknown reasons in 1549. His eldest son, Edmund, was also an MP, for Wallingford and then Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire. His second son, Walter, a lawyer, lived at Avebury Manor in Wiltshire, which William purchased for him in 1551. Walter sat for Dunwich Dunwich is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. It is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB around north-east of London, south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Forster (English Politician)
William Forster (died 10 Jan 1574/5) was an English politician and sheriff of Berkshire. William was the son of Sir Humphrey Forster (sheriff), Humphrey Forster of Aldermaston Court, Aldermaston House in Berkshire and father of Sir Humphrey Forster (politician), Humphrey Forster. He was educated at Oxford University and Lincoln's Inn. In 1572, during the reign of Elizabeth I of England, he was elected the Member of Parliament for Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency), Berkshire but died in office two years later. He was also appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1569. He died in 1575. He had married Jane, the daughter of Sir Anthony Hungerford of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire;they had five sons, including his heir Sir Humphrey, and three daughters. References History of Parliament Online - FORSTER, William (d.1574), of Aldermaston, Berks. Year of birth missing 1575 deaths Members of the Parliament of England for Berkshire English MPs 1572–1583 People from Aldermas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fettiplace (politician Died 1580)
John Fettiplace (1527 – 28 December 1580) of Besils-LeighHistory of Parliament biography (modern: Besselsleigh) in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), was a member of the landed gentry and of the prominent Fettiplace family who served as a Member of Parliament for Berkshire in 1558 and twice served as Sheriff of Berkshire, in 1568 and 1577. Origins He was the eldest son and heir of Edmund Fettiplace (c. 1505–1540) of Besils-Leigh by his wife Margaret Mordaunt, a daughter of John Mordaunt, 1st Baron Mordaunt. A monumental brass with effigies of Edmund and his wife Margaret survive in Marcham Church, Berkshire. His younger brother was George Fettiplace (1531/2–1577), MP. Early origins Richard Fettiplace (c. 1456–1511) married Elizabeth Besil, only daughter and heiress of William Besil of Besils-Leigh in Berkshire, which he made his chief seat.Guillim Richard was buried in the chancel of Poughley Priory Church, near Great Shefford in Berkshire, and bequeathed proper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Unton (high Sheriff)
Sir Edward Unton KB (1534 – 16 September 1582) was an English politician, high sheriff and Knight of the Bath. Edward was the eldest son of Sir Alexander Unton of Wadley House at Faringdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and his wife, Cecily, daughter of Edward Bulstrode of Hedgerley in Buckinghamshire. He inherited his father's estates in 1547. Eight years later, he married Anne, the daughter of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and widow of John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick; together they had seven children. His eldest son Edward became MP for Berkshire (1584, 1586). His younger son Sir Henry Unton was the English ambassador to France. He was knighted in 1559; he was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1567. Four years later (1572), he was also elected the Member of Parliament for Berkshire. He had previously been MP for Malmesbury (1554) and for Oxfordshire Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas De Hendred
Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its derivatives are especially popular in maritime regions, as St. Nicholas is considered the protector saint of seafarers. Origins The name is derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος (''Nikolaos''), understood to mean 'victory of the people', being a compound of νίκη ''nikē'' 'victory' and λαός ''laos'' 'people'.. An ancient paretymology of the latter is that originates from λᾶς ''las'' ( contracted form of λᾶας ''laas'') meaning 'stone' or 'rock', as in Greek mythology, Deucalion and Pyrrha recreated the people after they had vanished in a catastrophic deluge, by throwing stones behind their shoulders while they kept marching on. The name became popular through Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia, the inspir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriff Of Berkshire And Oxfordshire
This is a list of Sheriffs of Berkshire and Oxfordshire. One sheriff was appointed for both counties from 1248 until the end of 1566 (except for 1258–1259), after which separate sheriffs were appointed. See High Sheriff of Berkshire and High Sheriff of Oxfordshire for dates before 1248 or after 1566. 1248–1299 1300–1399 1400–1499 1500–1566 See also * High Sheriff of Berkshire * High Sheriff of Oxfordshire The High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times. The word Sheriff evolved from 'shire-reeve'. The title of High Sheriff is therefore much olde ... References Bibliography * {{High Shrievalties Berkshire and Oxfordshire Lists of office-holders in the United Kingdom History of Berkshire History of Oxfordshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
