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Sir John Mallorie (1610 – 23 January 1655) was an English politician who sat in the
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Sir John Mallorie (1610 – 23 January 1655) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. T ...
from 1640 to 1642. He fought on the Royalist
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side in the English Civil War
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.
Mallory was the son of William Mallory
William Mallory (died 1646) of Studley Royal, Yorkshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1642. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War. His father, John Mallory (died 1619), w ...
and his wife Dorothy Bellingham, daughter of Sir James Bellingham of Levens, in Westmorland
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.The Tourist's guide: being a concise history and description of Ripon/ref> John resided at Studley Royal, home to the family since 1452, which was added to their Hutton Conyers estate. In November 1640, Mallory was elected together with his father as
Member of Parliament
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for Ripon
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in the Long Parliament
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. He was knighted by King Charles I Charles I may refer to:
Kings and emperors
* Charlemagne (742–814), numbered Charles I in the lists of Holy Roman Emperors and French kings
* Charles I of Anjou (1226–1285), also king of Albania, Jerusalem, Naples and Sicily
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in December 1641 and was disabled from sitting in Parliament on 16 January 1642. By August 1642 Mallory had command of a regiment of infantry in the King's army. He was governor of Skipton Castle
Skipton Castle is a Grade I Listed medieval castle in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1090 by Robert de Romille, a Norman baron, and has been preserved for over 931 years.
History
The castle was originally a motte and ...
. He later compounded for the delinquency of himself and his father./ref> Mallory died aged 45, possibly of a contagious disease, as he was buried the next day in
Ripon Cathedral
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in the family chapel.
Mallory married Mary Moseley, daughter of John Moseley Lord Mayor of York
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References
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