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Herbert Morley
Herbert Morley (2 April 1616 – 29 September 1667) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1667. He fought for the Roundheads, Parliamentary army in the English Civil War. Later he was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London. Morley was the son of Robert Morley (died 1632), Robert Morley of Glynde Place, Sussex and his wife Susanna Hodgson, daughter and heiress of Thomas Hodgson, of Framfield. He was at school at Lewes and was admitted at Emmanuel College, Cambridge on 9 May 1632. He was admitted at the Inner Temple in November 1634. He served as a Justice of the Peace for Sussex from 1641 to 1660. Morley was elected Member of Parliament for Lewes (UK Parliament constituency), Lewes just before the dissolution of the Short Parliament. In November 1640, he was re- elected MP for Lewes in the Long Parliament. In the civil war he became a colonel in the Parliamentary Army and was chief agent for ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rye (UK Parliament Constituency)
Rye was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Rye, East Sussex, Rye in East Sussex. It returned two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament to the Parliament of England before 1707, Parliament of Great Britain until 1801 and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was halved under the Reform Act 1832. From the 1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 general election, Rye returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament until its abolition for the 1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 general election, when the town of Rye itself was transferred to the redrawn Hastings (UK Parliament constituency), Hastings constituency. The constituency was re-created for the 1955 United Kingdom general election, 1955 general election, and abolished again for the 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet
Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet (1623–1703) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament who sat in the Commons between 1645 and 1698. Personal details John Pelham was born in 1623, eldest son of Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Mary Wilbraham, daughter of Sir Roger Wilbraham, the Solicitor General for Ireland. In January 1647, he married Lady Lucy Sydney, daughter of Robert Sydney, 2nd Earl of Leicester and his wife Lady Dorothy Percy. They had three sons and three daughters: *Dorothy Pelham, died at two days old (15 December 1648 - 17 December 1648)Kent Archives U1475/F24 p.28 *Elizabeth Pelham, married Edward Montagu *Lucy Pelham, married Gervase Pierrepont, 1st Baron Pierrepont *Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham (1653–1712) *John Pelham, died unmarried *Henry Pelham (c.1661–1721) He was succeeded by his son Thomas who was created Baron Pelham in 1706. Career In 1645, Pelham was elected Member of Parliament for Hastings to replace disabled Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stapley
Sir John Stapley, 1st Baronet of Patcham (1628–1701) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1679. He was a Royalist who plotted with members of the Sealed Knot to overthrow the Protector Oliver Cromwell and restore Charles II of England to the throne, but when questioned by Cromwellians he disclosed the plot and betrayed the other members. After the Restoration, he was created a baronet on 28 July 1660.Porter, DNB, LIV, p. 105 Biography Stapley was the second but eldest surviving son, of Anthony Stapley of Patcham and his wife Ann Goring, daughter of George Goring of Danny, and sister of George, Lord Goring. He was baptised at Patcham on 29 June 1628. His father was one of the Regicides of Charles I of England and member of the Council of State under the Commonwealth In 1654, Stapley was elected Member of Parliament for Sussex in the First Protectorate Parliament. In January 1656 he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Fagg, 1st Baronet
Sir John Fagg, 1st Baronet (4 October 1627 – 18 January 1701) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England at various times between 1645 and 1701. During the Civil War, he fought on the Parliamentarian side as a colonel in the New Model Army. Life Fagg was the son of John Fagg of Rye, in Sussex, and his wife Elizabeth Hudson (or Hodgson). He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and then entered Gray's Inn. Fagg sat as a Member of Parliament for Rye in the Long Parliament from 1645 to 1653.Fagg, John HistoryofParliamentOnline.org. Accessed 9 January 2023. He was appointed one of the commissioners for the Sussex Militia in 1648. In 1649, he purchased the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hay (died 1664)
William Hay (December 1594 – 26 December 1664) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1641 and 1660. In 1641, Hay was elected Member of Parliament for Rye in the Long Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Rye in the Second Protectorate Parliament in 1656 and in the Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons. It was a bicameral Parliament, with an Upper House having a po ... in 1659. In 1660 he was re-elected MP for Rye in the Convention Parliament. Hay died at the age of 70. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hay, William 1594 births 1664 deaths People from Rye, East Sussex Place of birth missing English MPs 1640–1648 English MPs 1648–1653 English MPs 1656–1658 English MPs 1659 English MPs 1660 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Shelley
Henry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Henry (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters * Henry (surname) * Henry, a stage name of François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone Arts and entertainment * ''Henry'' (2011 film), a Canadian short film * ''Henry'' (2015 film), a virtual reality film * '' Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer'', a 1986 American crime film * ''Henry'' (comics), an American comic strip created in 1932 by Carl Anderson * "Henry", a song by New Riders of the Purple Sage Places Antarctica * Henry Bay, Wilkes Land Australia *Henry River (New South Wales) *Henry River (Western Australia) Canada * Henry Lake (Vancouver Island), British Columbia * Henry Lake (Halifax County), Nova Scotia * Henry Lake (District of Chester), Nova Scotia New Zealand * Lake Henry (New Zealand) * Henry River (New Zealand) United States * Henry, Illinois * Henry, Indiana * Henry, Nebraska * Henry, South Dakota * Henry County (disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Rivers (politician)
James Rivers (16038 June 1641) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640. Rivers was the son of Sir John Rivers, 1st Baronet of Chafford, Westerham, Kent and his wife Dorothy Potter, daughter of Thomas Potter of Wellstreet, Westerham, Kent. He matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford under entry dated 16 December 1616, aged 13 and was awarded BA on 3 July 1620. He was a leading puritan. In April 1640, he was elected member of parliament for Lewes for the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Lewes for the Long Parliament The Long Parliament was an Parliament of England, English Parliament which lasted from 1640 until 1660, making it the longest-lasting Parliament in English and British history. It followed the fiasco of the Short Parliament, which had convened f ... in November 1640. Rivers died in 1641 at the age of 38. References , - 1603 births 1641 deaths English MPs 1640 (April) English MPs 1640–1648 {{1640 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Stapley
Anthony Stapley (baptised 30 August 1590 – buried 31 January 1655) was a landowner and Member of Parliament from Sussex. A Puritan and supporter of Parliament during the War of the Three Kingdoms, he approved the Execution of Charles I in 1649. His death in January 1655 meant he escaped prosecution as a regicide following the 1660 Stuart Restoration. Personal details Anthony Stapley was baptised at Framfield in East Sussex on 30 August 1590, son of Anthony Stapley ( 1537-1606) and his third wife, Ann Thatcher (1555-?). He married Ann Goring in 1614, and they had four children, two of whom survived into adulthood, Sir John Stapley (1628–1701), and Anthony (1630-1671). Sometime after she died in 1637, he married again, this time to Anne Harding. They had no children before her death in 1654. Career Although his family had lived in Sussex since the 15th century, Anthony Stapley was the first to play a significant role in national politics. A minor when his father died in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavalier Parliament
The Cavalier Parliament of England lasted from 8 May 1661 until 24 January 1679. With the exception of the Long Parliament, it was the longest-lasting English Parliament, and longer than any Great British or UK Parliament to date, enduring for nearly 18 years of the quarter-century reign of Charles II of England. Like its predecessor, the Convention Parliament, it was overwhelmingly Royalist and is also known as the Pensioner Parliament for the many pensions it granted to adherents of the King. History Clarendon ministry The first session of the Cavalier Parliament opened on May 8, 1661. Among the first orders of business was the confirmation of the acts of the previous year's irregular Convention of 1660 as legitimate (notably, the Indemnity and Oblivion Act). Parliament immediately ordered the public burning of the Solemn League and Covenant by a common hangman. It also repealed the 1642 Bishops Exclusion Act, thereby allowing Church of England bishops to res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convention Parliament (1660)
The Convention Parliament of England (25 April 1660 – 29 December 1660) followed the Long Parliament that had finally voted for its own dissolution on 16 March that year. Elected as a "free parliament", i.e. with no oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth or to the monarchy, it was predominantly Royalist in its membership. It assembled for the first time on 25 April 1660. After the Declaration of Breda had been received, Parliament proclaimed on 8 May that King Charles II had been the lawful monarch since the death of Charles I in January 1649. The Convention Parliament then proceeded to conduct the necessary preparation for the Restoration Settlement. These preparations included the necessary provisions to deal with land and funding such that the new régime could operate. Reprisals against the establishment which had developed under Oliver Cromwell were constrained under the terms of the Indemnity and Oblivion Act which became law on 29 August 1660. Nonetheless there we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
