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High Sheriff Of Huntingdonshire
This is an ''incomplete'' list of sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in England from 1154 until the abolition of the office in 1965. Exceptionally, the two counties shared a single sheriff. Sheriffs had a one-year term of office, being appointed at a meeting of the privy council generally held in February or March and holding office until the similar meeting in the next year.Sheriffs Act 1887 c.55 s.32 In 1648 it became the practice to rotate the office between inhabitants of Cambridgeshire proper, the Isle of Ely and Huntingdonshire. This was done in a three-year cycle, with an inhabitant of each area occupying the office in turn. Note: the years shown are the date of commencement of the sheriff's year of office. For example, the high sheriff appointed in March 1892 "for the year 1892" held office until March 1893. Before 1200 *Before 1154 – See High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire *1154: Richard Basset and Aubrey de Vere *1155–1161: Payn and Robert Grimball *1162 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It shares Anglo-Scottish border, a land border with Scotland to the north and England–Wales border, another land border with Wales to the west, and is otherwise surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west. Continental Europe lies to the south-east, and Ireland to the west. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the population was 56,490,048. London is both List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, the largest city and the Capital city, capital. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic. It takes its name from the Angles (tribe), Angles, a Germanic peoples, Germanic tribe who settled du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Engaine
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Rees (MP)
William Rees of Scoveston, Haverfordwest Haverfordwest ( , ; ) is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales, and the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire with a population of 14,596 in 2011. It is also a Community (Wales), community consisting of 12,042 people, making it the secon ..., was a solicitor who served as High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1863. In 1857, he sought election as MP for Haverfordwest as a Liberal candidate and was defeated by a narrow majority of to votes. Rees became a member of Haverfordwest Town Council in the 1830s and served as mayor on three occasions. He retired as alderman a year before his death. Rees died in 1874. References 1874 deaths Year of birth missing High sheriffs of Pembrokeshire Welsh solicitors People from Haverfordwest Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Mayors of places in Wales {{Wales-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Newport (Warden Of The Mint)
Andrew Newport was a 14th-century English courtier, alderman of London and Warden of the Mint in the reign of Richard II. Newport was a Serjeant-at-arms from 1385 until at least 1394. He was an Esquire of the Body to Richard II and was rewarded for his services by being made Warden of the Mint in 1392. From 1395 he was also Keeper of the King’s gold and silver dies at the Tower and at Canterbury. He became Collector of the wool custom and subsidy in London from 1397. He was a member of the Fishmongers' Company, became the Alderman for Aldersgate in 1397 and in the same year represented the City of London in Parliament as one of the two aldermanic representatives. He also served for 2 years as High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire This is an ''incomplete'' list of sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in England from 1154 until the abolition of the office in 1965. Exceptionally, the two counties shared a single sheriff. Sheriffs had a one-year term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaxley, Cambridgeshire
Yaxley is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England. Yaxley lies approximately south of Peterborough, just off the A15 road (Great Britain), A15 road. The village is located near the Hampton, Peterborough, Hampton township, and is approximately three miles northeast of junction 16 of the A1(M) at Norman Cross, Cambridgeshire, Norman Cross. History Yaxley was listed as ''Lacheslei'' in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the Hundreds of Huntingdonshire, Hundred of Norman Cross, Cambridgeshire#Norman Cross Hundred, Norman Cross in Huntingdonshire. In 1086 there was one manor at Yaxley and 39 households. The Church of England Parish Church of St Peter is a Grade I listed building. Norman Cross Prison, the earliest known prisoner-of-war camp, was constructed between Yaxley and the villages of Folksworth and Stilton from 1796-97 for the purpose of holding captured troops during the French Revolutionary Wars. Gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Herlyngton
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Knyvet (MP For Huntingdonshire)
John Knyvet (1358/9–1418), of Mendlesham, Suffolk, was an English Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdonshire in September 1397. Knyvet was the son of John Knyvet (d. 1381), who the Lord Chancellor of England in 1372–1377, and his wife Eleanor (d. 1388), the daughter of Ralph Basset (d.1341). By 1377 Knyvet married Joan, daughter and heiress of John Boutetout (d. by 1377) and Katherine. Knyvet's first wife died around 1417. Knyvet's second wife was Joan, who died around 1429. From his first marriage, Knyvet was the father of a younger John Knyvett who was MP for Northamptonshire Northamptonshire ( ; abbreviated Northants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshi ... in 1421. Knyvet died at Mendlesham on 4 December 1418. References 1350s births 1418 deaths 14th-century English people English MPs Septe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund De La Pole (Captain Of Calais)
Sir Edmund de la Pole (died 1419) was an English knight and Captain of Calais. He was the second son of Sir William de la Pole of Hull and younger brother of Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk. He was Captain of Calais castle and controller of the town from 1384 to 1388. He served as High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for 1389 and a JP from 1390. He was knight of the shire (MP) for Buckinghamshire in 1376 and 1383 and Cambridgeshire in 1395. By his first wife Elizabeth de Haudlo, daughter of Richard de Haudlo and sister of Edmund de Haudlo of Boarstall, Buckinghamshire, and of Hadlow, Kent, he had Elizabeth de la Pole (14 July 1362 – 14 December 1403), who married Sir Ingram Bruyn of South Ockendon, Essex (Titchfield, Hampshire, 6 December 1353 – 12 August 1400, buried South Ockendon, Essex), grandson of Maurice le Brun, 1st Baron Brun Maurice le Brun, 1st Baron Brun (bef. 1279 – 17 March 1354/1355) was an English peer, born in Essex. Sir Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildersham
Hildersham is a small village 8 miles to the south-east of Cambridge, England. It is situated just off the A1307 between Linton, Cambridgeshire, Linton and Great Abington on a tributary of the River Cam known locally as the River Granta. The parish boundary extends from the Roman Road, known in medieval times as Wool Street, north of the village, to the border with Essex to the south. The village sign was designed by Mrs D.E. Arkright, who along with her husband, Mr R.B. Arkright MBE, lived in the village for over 40 years. Population In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 202, in 81 households, increasing to a population of 211 in 90 households at the 2011 Census. History The place-name 'Hildersham' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ''Hildricesham''. The name means 'Hildric's village or settlement'. At the time of Domesday there were 20 residents in the parish. One of England's greatest chroniclers, Matthew Paris, is believed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Parys
Robert Parys (died 1408), of Hildersham, Cambridgeshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Cambridgeshire in September 1388 and was picked High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for 1386–87 and 1390–91. He was Chamberlain of Chester and North Wales 6 May 1394-16 August 1399 (losing the post when Richard II was deposed), but he was reappointed late in 1399 under Henry IV and served until 1405. Parys Mountain Parys Mountain () is located south of the town of Amlwch in north east Anglesey, Wales. Originally known as Trysclwyn, the high ground is reputed to have gained its current name when it was given to Robert Parys, Chamberlain of North Wales by ... is reputed to be named after him, after it was given to him by Henry IV. References 14th-century births 1408 deaths English MPs September 1388 People from South Cambridgeshire District High sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire {{14thC-Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston, Lincolnshire
Boston is a market town and inland port in the borough of the same name in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It lies to the south-east of Lincoln, east of Nottingham and north-east of Peterborough. The town had a population of 45,339 at the 2021 census, while the borough had an estimated population of 66,900 at the ONS mid-2015 estimates. The Haven in Boston flows about 5 miles away to the Lincolnshire coast at The Wash, a bay between Lincolnshire and Norfolk. Boston's most notable landmark is St Botolph's Church, colloquially referred to as 'The Stump', the largest parish church in England, which is visible from miles away across the flat lands of Lincolnshire. Residents of Boston are known as Bostonians. Emigrants from Boston named several other settlements around the world after the town—most notably Boston, Massachusetts, then a British colony and now part of the United States. Etymology The name ''Boston'' is said to be a contraction of " Saint Botolph's to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
