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Custos Rotulorum Of Denbighshire
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Denbighshire. * Sir John Salusbury — before 1544 – * Sir John Salusbury — before 1558 – after 1564 * Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester — before 1573 – 1588 * Sir Thomas Egerton — before 1594 – 1596 * Roger Puleston — 1596–1618 * Evan Lloyd — 1618 – after 1621 * Sir Thomas Myddelton — 1626 – after 1636 * Sir Thomas Salusbury, 2nd Baronet — 1642–1643 * William Wynne — 1643 * William Price — 1643–1646 * ''Interregnum'' * Sir Thomas Myddelton — 1660–1666 * Edward Herbert, 3rd Baron Herbert of Chirbury — 1666–1678 * Sir Thomas Myddelton, 2nd Baronet — 1678–1684 * Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet — 1684–1688 * William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis — 1688–1689 * Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet — 1689 * Sir William Williams, Bt. — 1689–1690 * Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet — 1690–1699 * Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet — 1699–1702 * Sir Ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Herbert, 3rd Baron Herbert Of Chirbury
Edward Herbert, 3rd Baron Herbert of Chirbury (1633-1678) was an English aristocrat and soldier. Life He was the elder son of Richard Herbert, 2nd Baron Herbert of Chirbury. He joined the royalist uprising under Sir George Booth, when he declared for Charles II of England, Charles II in Cheshire in 1659, and suffered a short imprisonment. After the English Restoration, Restoration he was made custos rotulorum of Montgomeryshire (24 August 1660), and custos rotulorum of Denbighshire, Denbighshire (1666). Richard Davies (Quaker), Richard Davies a Quaker, of Welshpool in Montgomeryshire, often appealed to Herbert in behalf of coreligionists committed to prison; and Herbert was sympathetic. He was, Davies says, a very big fat man. Herbert corresponded frequently with his great-uncle, Henry Herbert (Master of the Revels), Sir Henry Herbert. He died 9 December 1678, and was buried in St Edmund's Chapel, Westminster Abbey. He built a half timbered mansion in Lymore, Montgomery, Lymore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet
Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet (2 January 1695 – 27 August 1748) was an English politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheshire from 1727 to 1734 and for Lostwithiel from 1741 to 1747.History of Parliament Online: Sir Robert II Cotton, First Baronet, of Combermere, Cheshire (c.1635–1712) accessed October 2017.History of Parliament Online: Sir Robert Salusbury Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Williams (speaker)
Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet (1634 – 11 July 1700) was a Welsh lawyer and politician. He served as a Member of Parliament for Chester and later Beaumaris, and was appointed Speaker for two English Parliaments during the reign of Charles II. He later served as Solicitor General during the reign of James II. Williams had a bitter personal and professional rivalry with Judge Jeffreys (the hanging judge). Early life Williams was born in Anglesey, the eldest son of Hugh Williams and Emma Dolben. He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, followed by Gray's Inn, to which he was admitted in 1650. Parliament After unsuccessfully standing for Chester in the 1673 by-election, Williams was elected Member of Parliament for the constituency in the 1675 by-election. His profile grew, and he was elected to become Speaker of the House of Commons, a post which he held during the 3rd (Exclusion Bill Parliament, 1680–1681) and 4th ( 1681; Oxford Parliament) parliaments of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bruce Cotton
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet (22 January 1570/71 – 6 May 1631) of Conington Hall in the parish of Conington in Huntingdonshire, England,Kyle, Chris & Sgroi was a Member of Parliament and an antiquarian who founded the Cotton library. Origins Sir Robert Cotton was born on 22 January 1571 in Denton, Huntingdonshire, the son and heir of Thomas Cotton (1544–1592) of Conington (son of Thomas Cotton of Conington, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1547) by his first wife, Elizabeth Shirley, a daughter of Francis Shirley of Staunton Harold, Leicestershire. The Cotton family originated at the manor of Cotton, Cheshire, from where they took their surname. They were prominent in Shropshire by the 16th century with centres of power at Alkington and Norton in Hales where a member of the family, Rowland Cotton, gave one of the first architectural commissions to Inigo Jones. The family was close to polymath and antiquarian Sir Rowland Hill, publisher o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Herbert, 1st Marquess Of Powis
William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis, Knight of the Garter, KG, Privy Council of England, PC (16262 June 1696) was an English nobleman, best remembered for his suffering during the Popish Plot. He succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Powis in 1667 and was created Earl of Powis in 1674 by Charles II of England, King Charles II and Viscount Montgomery, of the Town of Montgomery, and Marquess of Powis in 1687 by James II of England, King James II, having been appointed to the Privy Council of England, Privy Council in 1686. Early life He was the only son of Percy Herbert, 2nd Baron Powis and the former Elizabeth Craven. His only sibling was Mary Herbert, who married George Talbot, Lord Talbot, eldest son and heir apparent of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury. His paternal grandparents were William Herbert, 1st Baron Powis and the former Lady Eleanor Percy (third daughter of Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland). His mother was the eldest surviving daughter of William Craven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet
Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet (23 March 1655 – 29 April 1716), of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, was a Welsh landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1685 to 1716. Myddelton was the fourth son of Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1st Baronet of Chirk Castle and his first wife Mary Cholmondley, daughter of Thomas Cholmondley of Vale Royal, Cheshire. He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1670 and then travelled abroad. He succeeded to the baronetcy of Chirke in the County of Denbigh on the death of his brother Sir Thomas Myddelton, 2nd Baronet in 1684. On 19 April 1686, he married Frances Whitmore widow of William Whitmore of Balmes. She was one of the Hampton Court Beauties and was the daughter of Sir Thomas Whitmore of Bridgnorth and his wife Hon. Frances Brooke. In 1684, Myddleton became Recorder and a common councilman for Denbigh and was appointed Custos Rotulorum for Denbighshire. He was Colonel of the Denbighshire Militia in 1684.Bryn Owe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Myddelton, 2nd Baronet
Sir Thomas Myddelton, 2nd Baronet (ca. 1651 – 5 February 1684) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons between 1679 and 1681. Myddelton was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1st Baronet and his first wife Mary Cholmondley, daughter of Thomas Cholmondley of Vale Royal, Cheshire. He succeeded to the Myddelton Baronets, baronetcy of Chirke in the County of Denbigh on the early death of his father in 1664. and inherited Chirk Castle on the death of his grandfather in 1666. In 1679, Myddelton was elected MP for Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency), Denbighshire and sat until 1681. Myddelton's first wife was Elizabeth Wilbraham, daughter of Sir Thomas Wilbraham of Weston Park, Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire. She died in childbirth in 1675 aged 22. Myddelton sent to Weston for her portrait, so that the sculptor Bushell of Chester could make a monument to her, which was erected in Chirk churchyard; the portrait was not return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Salusbury, 2nd Baronet
Sir Thomas Salusbury, 2nd Baronet (March 1612 – 1643) was a Welsh poet, politician and soldier, who supported King Charles I in English Civil War and was a colonel of a Royalist regiment. Life Salusbury was born in March 1612, the eldest son of Sir Henry Salusbury of Lleweni, the first of the Salusbury Baronets. After spending some time at Jesus College, Oxford, without taking a degree, he entered the Inner Temple in November 1631 but left in July 1632 on the death of his father to take control of the family estate at Lleweni Hall, Denbighshire. He was a member of the commission of the peace for Flintshire and Denbighshire, Wales and was elected to the common council of the Denbigh corporation in 1632. He was MP for Denbighshire in the Short Parliament of 1640, but said little; his relative Sir Thomas Myddleton succeeded him in the Long Parliament. During the English Civil War he was on the side of Charles I, becoming colonel of a royalist regiment (Sir Thomas Salusbury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denbighshire
Denbighshire ( ; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, Flintshire to the east, Wrexham to the southeast, Powys to the south, and Gwynedd and Conwy to the west. Rhyl is the largest town, and Ruthin is the administrative centre. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. Denbighshire has an area of and a population of 95,800, making it sparsely populated. The most populous area is the coast, where Rhyl and Prestatyn form a single built-up area with a population of 46,267. The next-largest towns are Denbigh, Ruthin, and Rhuddlan, while St Asaph is its only city. All of these settlements are in the northern half of the county; the south is even less densely populated, and the only towns are Corwen and Llangollen. The geography of Denbighshire is defined by the broad valley of the River Clwyd, which is surrounded by rolling hills on all sides except the north, where it reaches the coast. The Vale of Clwyd, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Myddelton (younger)
Sir Thomas Myddelton (1586–1666) of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, was an English-born Welsh landowner, politician, and military officer. He became a Member of Parliament in 1624; during the First English Civil War he was a prominent Parliamentarian general, despite having no previous military experience. A member of the moderate Parliamentary opposition to the Stuart monarchy, following the execution of Charles I Myddelton gradually drew closer to the Royalists. In 1659 he took part in Booth's Uprising, an unsuccessful attempt to restore Charles II to the throne, but escaped punishment; following the Restoration he remained an active figure in local politics until his death. Origins and family Myddelton was a member of a minor gentry family from Gwaenynog, Denbighshire, who claimed descent from a 12th-century Welsh noble, Rhirid Flaidd. His father, Sir Thomas Myddelton, was a younger son who built up a substantial fortune after being apprenticed to a London grocer, and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Lloyd (Custos Rotulorum)
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Evan Lloyd may refer to: *Evan Lloyd (poet) (c. 1734–1776), Welsh poet *Evan Lloyd (MP) (died 1587), MP for Denbighshire *Evan Lloyd (rugby union, born 1871) (1871–1951), Welsh international rugby union wing *Evan Lloyd (rugby union, born 2000), Welsh rugby union fly-half *Evan Lloyd (rugby union, born 2001), Welsh rugby union hooker *Evan Lloyd Vaughan (c. 1709–1791), Welsh politician *Sir Evan Lloyd, 1st Baronet (c. 1622–1663) of the Lloyd baronets *Sir Evan Lloyd, 2nd Baronet (c. 1654–1700) of the Lloyd baronets There have been nine baronetcies created for persons with the surname Lloyd, three in the Baronetage of England, three in the Baronetage of Great Britain and three in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations are extant as of . * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
