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Francis Lascelles (British Army Officer)
Francis Lascelles (1612–1667), also spelt Lassels, was an English politician, soldier and businessman who fought for Parliament of England, Parliament in the 1639–1652 Wars of the Three Kingdoms and was a Member of Parliament between 1645 and 1660. One of the MPs who retained their seat after Pride's Purge in December 1648, he was named as a member of the Commission appointed for the trial of Charles I of England, Charles I in 1649. However, he did not sign the death warrant and largely escaped punishment after the 1660 Restoration (England), Restoration, although he was fined and barred from holding public office. In December 1662, he was accused of involvement in the so-called 'Lascelles Plot,' a conspiracy centred on Northallerton, which proved to be a fabrication by government informers. He died at home in November 1667. Biography The Lascelles were a well established Yorkshire family, and part of a network of mercantile interests in London, Ireland, New England and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northallerton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Northallerton was a parliamentary borough in the North Riding of Yorkshire, represented by two Members of Parliament in the British House of Commons, House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1640 to Great Reform Act, 1832, and by one member from 1832 until 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885. The constituency consisted of the market town of Northallerton, the county town of the North Riding. In 1831 it encompassed only 622 houses and a population of 3,004. The right to vote was vested in the holders of the burgage tenements, of which there were roughly 200 – most of which were ruined or consisted only of stables or cowhouses, and had no value except for the vote which was attached to them. As in most other burgage boroughs, the ownership of the burgages had early become concentrated in the hands of a single family, who in effect had a free hand to nominate both MPs. At the time of the Great Reform Act in 1832, the patrons were the Henry Lascelles, 2nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durham, England
Durham ( , locally ) is a cathedral city and civil parish in the county of County Durham, Durham, England. It is the county town and contains the headquarters of Durham County Council, the unitary authority which governs the district of County Durham (district), County Durham. The built-up area had a population of 50,510 at the 2021 Census. The city was built on a meander of the River Wear, which surrounds the centre on three sides and creates a narrow neck on the fourth. The surrounding land is hilly, except along the Wear's floodplain to the north and southeast. Durham was founded in 995 by Anglo-Saxon monks seeking a place safe from Viking Age, Viking raids to house the relics of St Cuthbert. The church the monks built lasted only a century, as it was replaced by the present Durham Cathedral after the Norman Conquest; together with Durham Castle it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. From the 1070s until 1836 the city was part of the County Palatine of Durham, a semi-independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavalier
The term ''Cavalier'' () was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier royalist supporters of Charles I of England and his son Charles II of England, Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum (England), Interregnum, and the Restoration (England), Restoration (1642 – ). It was later adopted by the Royalists themselves. Although it referred originally to political and social attitudes and behaviour, of which clothing was a very small part, it has subsequently become strongly identified with the fashionable clothing of the court at the time. Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Prince Rupert, commander of much of Charles I's cavalry, is often considered to be an archetypal Cavalier. Etymology ''Cavalier'' derives from the same Latin root as the Italian word , the French word , and the Spanish word , the Vulgar Latin word ''wikt:caballarius, caballarius'', meaning 'horseman'. Shakespeare used the word ''cavaleros'' to describe an overbearing swashbuckl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roundhead
Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651). Also known as Parliamentarians, they fought against King Charles I of England and his supporters, known as the Cavaliers or Royalists, who claimed rule by absolute monarchy and the principle of the divine right of kings. The goal of the Roundheads was to give to Parliament the supreme control over executive branch, executive administration of England. Beliefs Most Roundheads sought constitutional monarchy in place of the absolute monarchy sought by Charles; however, at the end of the English Civil War in 1649, public antipathy towards the king was high enough to allow republican leaders such as Oliver Cromwell to abolish the monarchy completely and establish the Commonwealth of England. The Roundhead commander-in-chief of the first Civil War, Thomas Fairfax, remained a supporter of constitutional monarchy, as did many other Roundhead leaders such as Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Fairfax
Sir Thomas Fairfax (17 January 1612 – 12 November 1671) was an English army officer and politician who commanded the New Model Army from 1645 to 1650 during the English Civil War. Because of his dark hair, he was known as "Black Tom" to his loyal troops. He was the eldest son and heir of Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, (Lord Fairfax) and succeeded to that title as 3rd Lord Fairfax in 1648 on the death of his father, although he was generally known as "Sir Thomas Fairfax" to distinguish them. He adopted the profession of arms as a young man, when he served under Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury, Horace Vere in the Netherlands. In 1637, he married Vere's daughter Anne. Fairfax was recalled to English service in 1639, for the first of King Charles' disastrous Bishops' Wars against Scotland. When these defeats led to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642, Lord Fairfax declared for Parliament and was named general of Parliament's forces in the north, with Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First English Civil War
The First English Civil War took place in England and Wales from 1642 to 1646, and forms part of the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. An estimated 15% to 20% of adult males in England and Wales served in the military at some point between 1639 and 1653, while around 4% of the total population died from war-related causes. These figures illustrate the widespread impact of the conflict on society, and the bitterness it engendered as a result. Conflict over the role of Parliament and religious practice dated from the accession of James VI and I in 1603. These tensions culminated in the imposition of Personal Rule in 1629 by his son, Charles I, who recalled Parliament in April and November 1640. He hoped by doing so to obtain funding that would enable him to reverse his defeat by Scots Covenanters in the Bishops' Wars, but in return Parliament demanded a greater share in government than he was willing to concede. In its early stages, the vast majority on both sides s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solemn League And Covenant
The Solemn League and Covenant was an agreement between the Scottish Covenanters and the leaders of the English Parliamentarians in 1643 during the First English Civil War, a theatre of conflict in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. On 17 August 1643, the Church of Scotland (the Kirk) accepted it and on 25 September 1643 so did the English Parliament and the Westminster Assembly. English Parliament (First Civil War) At the time, the Protestant leaders of the English Parliament were in conflict with King Charles I. Fearing Irish Catholic troops could join the Royalist army, Parliament requested the aid of the Scots. The Presbyterian Covenanters promised their aid, on condition that the Scottish system of church government was adopted in England. This was acceptable to the majority of the English Long Parliament, as many MPs were Presbyterians, while others preferred allying with the Scots rather than losing the Civil War. After some haggling a document called "'' The Solemn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarborough Castle 3
Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to: People * Scarborough (surname) * Earl of Scarbrough Places Australia * Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth * Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong * Scarborough, Queensland, suburb in the Moreton Bay Region Canada * Scarborough, Ontario, an administrative district and former city in Ontario, Canada ** Scarborough GO Station, a train station of GO Transit in Toronto ** Scarborough City Centre, a neighbourhood in Toronto ** Scarborough Town Centre, a shopping mall in Toronto ** Scarborough Village, a neighbourhood in Toronto * Scarborough Bluffs, a geological escarpment in Toronto * Scarborough Formation (Ontario), a geologic formation in Ontario, Canada * Scarboro Beach Amusement Park (1907–1925), a defunct amusement park in the Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto * Scarboro, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta United Kingdom * Scarborough, North Yorkshire ** Scarborough railway station, in Scarborou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St Lawrence, Kirby Sigston
The Church of St Lawrence is an Anglican place of worship in the village of Kirby Sigston in North Yorkshire, England. The oldest part of the church dates back to the 12th century, although the presence of the name Kirby Sigston suggests that a church may have been in the village at the time of the Domesday survey. The village lies to the north of the church, and to the east is the site of a deserted medieval village for which the church is purported to have served. The church building is now a grade I listed structure. History The Church of St Lawrence lies on a ridge of land just to the south of the village of Kirby Sigston, near to the remains of Sigston Castle. It is by a lake and close to the 19th century rectory. The main body of the church dates back to , and this oldest section of the church consisted of just a chancel and a nave, but in 1200, the north aisle was added and the chancel was extended out eastwards. The tower is of Norman origin, but was largely rebuilt du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Lascelles (1655–1734)
Daniel Lascelles (6 November 1655 – 5 September 1734), English landowner and politician of Winton, Stank and Hallikeld, Stank and Northallerton, North Riding, Yorkshire, was elected to the House of Commons of England, House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Northallerton (UK Parliament constituency), Northallerton at a by-election on 3 February 1702. He did not stand for election again. He also served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1718–19. Lascelles was the son of Francis Lascelles (1612–1667) of Stank Hall, Kirby Sigston, Yorkshire and his wife Frances, daughter of St Quintin Baronets, Sir William St Quintin (1579–1649), Baronet of Harpham Yorkshire. Francis Lascelles, regicide (for which he was granted indemnity) and a dissenter had been a colonel in the Parliament's army and was MP for the North Riding in 1653. Francis's trade connections extended to Ireland and Barbados. Daniel Lascelles married twice. :By his first wife Margaret Metcalfe (died 1690) daughter a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lascelles (died 1697)
Thomas Lascelles (1624 to 1697), also spelt Lassells, was an English radical politician and businessman of the second half of the 17th century. He is now best known for the construction of Mount Grace Manor House, one of the few extant examples of architecture from the 1649 to 1660 Commonwealth of England, Commonwealth or Protectorate. Life The Lascelles were part of a network of mercantile interests in London, Yorkshire, Ireland, New England and Barbados. While unconnected to the aristocratic family of the same name, various branches were spread across Yorkshire, including Northallerton, Durham, England, Durham, Whitby, York, Harewood House and Terrington. The family tended to use the same names (Thomas, Francis, Robert, Henry etc.), which often causes confusion. Thomas Lascelles was born in August 1624, fourth and youngest son of William Lascelles (died November 1624) and Elizabeth Wade; he had three brothers, Francis Lascelles, Francis (1612–1667), Robert (1617–?) and Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrington
Terrington is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Howardian Hills, west of Malton. History The village is mentioned four times in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Teurintone''. The lands were divided between the manors of ''Bulmer'' and ''Foston''. At the time of the time of Norman Conquest of England, lands in the manor were held by ''Ligulf'', ''Northmann'', '' Earl Morcar'', ''Earl Waltheof'' and ''Gamal, son of Karli''. Afterwards the lands were granted to '' Robert, Count of Mortain'', '' Count Alan of Brittany'' and ''Berengar of Tosny''. The manor was held soon after by ''Niel Fossard'' and then followed the descent of the manor of nearby Sheriff Hutton. Other lands were tenanted in the 13th century by the ''Latimer'' family and followed the descent of his manor at Danby until the 16th century. The manor was not held in demesne like other manors. In 1427 the manor was held by the lord of Sessay manor, Edmund Darell, and remaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
