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List Of Masters Of Requests
The Master of Requests was a Great Officer of State in the kingdoms of England and Scotland. Masters of Requests (England) In England the office was created in the 15th century and abolished in 1685. For main article, see Master of Requests (England). Masters of Requests Ordinary Masters of Requests Extraordinary - partial list * 1591–1596: Julius Caesar * 1630–1640: Robert Mason * 1660: Sir Edmund Pierce Masters of Requests (Scotland) In Scotland the office first appeared in the reign of King James V. Its functions in Scotland differed from those of the offices in England and France and included the receiving of petitions from subjects and presenting them for consideration by the Scottish Privy Council. After 1603, the Scottish Master of Requests acted as an intermediary between the Council in Scotland and the King in England. Although not named as an Officer of State in 1579, he was ''"to have acces in the counsalehouse and be present in tyme of counsale".'' In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Officer Of State
Government in medieval monarchies generally comprised the king's companions, later becoming the royal household, from which the officers of state arose. These officers initially had household and governmental duties. Later some of these officers became two: one serving state and one serving household. They were superseded by new officers, or were absorbed by existing officers. Many of the officers became hereditary and thus removed from practical operation of either the state or the household. Especially in the Norman kingdoms these offices will have common characteristics. In the United Kingdom, the Great Officers of State are traditional ministers of The Crown who either inherit their positions or are appointed to exercise certain largely ceremonial functions or to operate as members of the government. This cites: * Stubbs, ''Constitutional History'', ch. xi. * Freeman, ''Norman Conquest'', ch. xxiv. * Gneist, ''Constitution of England'', ch. xvi., xxv. and liv. Separate Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lewis (lawyer)
David Lewis ( – 27 April 1584) was a Welsh lawyer, judge, and the first Principal of Jesus College, Oxford. Early life Lewis was born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. In 1540 he graduated from All Souls College, Oxford, as a Bachelor of Civil Law, and became a Fellow of All Souls in 1541. Career In 1546 Lewis was appointed Principal of New Inn Hall, but he became an advocate in the Court of Arches in 1548 (after obtaining his DCL and resigned his position in the same year. In 1549, he was admitted as an advocate to Doctors' Commons. He was a Master in Chancery from 1553, and was also one of the members of parliament for Steyning (26 October – December 1553) and Monmouthshire (8 November 1554 – January 1555). Lewis was appointed a Judge of the High Court of Admiralty in 1558, and was involved in matters such as inquiries in 1564 into complaints of piracy against Spanish subjects, and an examination of Martin Frobisher in 1566 when Frobisher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Suckling (politician)
Sir John Suckling (1569 – 27 March 1627) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1627. Suckling was the son of Robert Suckling, List of Lord Mayors of Norwich, mayor of Norwich and MP for the Norwich (UK Parliament constituency), city's constituency between 1571-1572 and 1586-1588, and his wife Elizabeth Barwick, daughter of William Barwick. He entered Gray's Inn on 22 May 1590.s:Suckling, John (DNB00), Dictionary of National Biography He was elected Member of Parliament for Dunwich (UK Parliament constituency), Dunwich in 1601. In 1602, he was acting as secretary to the Lord High Treasurer, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Sir Robert Cecil, and in December 1604 he became Alienation Office, receiver of fines on alienations, in succession to Sir Arthur Aty. In 1614 he was elected MP for Reigate (UK Parliament constituency), Reigate. He was knighted by James VI and I, James I at Theobalds on 22 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Freeman (lawyer)
Sir Ralph Freeman (6 July 1589 – 12 June 1667) was a wealthy English civil judge born in St Mary-at-Hill, Billingsgate, London and lived at Military St Westminster, he was educated at Eton College then at King's College, Cambridge and was called to the Middle Temple bar in 1606 he later received a knighthood in 1617. He was also known as a dramatist and translator. He should not be confused with another contemporary Sir Ralph Freeman who was lord mayor of London, and died on 16 March 1634. Life He succeeded Robert Naunton in his office of as one of six Masters of Requests in 1618. He had married a relation of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, through whose influence he had also obtained a grant of he rights ofpre-emption and transportation of tin for seven years in August 1613. In 1622 he had a grant in reversion of the auditorship of imprests and of the auditorship of the Mint. Freeman hoped that through Lord Buckingham, he would succeed Thomas Murray as provost of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl Of Middlesex
Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex (1575 – 6 August 1645) was an English merchant and politician. He sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1622 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Cranfield. Life He was the second son of Thomas Cranfield, a mercer at London, and his wife Martha Randill, the daughter and heiress of Vincent Randill of Sutton-at-Hone, Kent. He was apprenticed to Richard Sheppard, a mercer in London and went into partnership with him in around 1599. He was introduced to King James I and VI of England and Scotland by Lord Northampton, and entered the Royal service in 1605. Cranfield was appointed Receiver-General of rents and revenues from royal lands in Dorset and Somerset by letters patent in 1605. This included the manors in the jointure lands given to Anne of Denmark. Much of the work was done by Randolph Baron, Sheriff of Bath, who served as deputy collector, and by clerks employed in London. A part of the income was used to pay th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Naunton
Sir Robert Naunton (1563 – 27 March 1635) was an England, English writer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 1606 and 1626. Family Robert Naunton was the son of Henry Naunton of Alderton, Suffolk, and Elizabeth Asheby of Hornsby, Leicestershire. According to Schreiber, the Nauntons were "established members of the county gentry and had been so for well over two centuries". Robert Naunton's grandfather, William Naunton, was trained as a lawyer and married Elizabeth Wingfield, the daughter Anthony Wingfield, Sir Anthony Wingfield, a trusted servant of Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII. William Naunton was a Member of Parliament, and one of the principal officers of the King's brother-in-law, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and later of his widow, Catherine Willoughby, 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk. Robert Naunton's father, Henry, served as Master of Horse to the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Montagu (MP, Died 1644)
Sir Sidney Montagu (died 25 February 1644) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1642. He supported the Royalist cause in the First English Civil War. Montagu was one of the younger of the eight sons of the judge Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton and Elizabeth Harington. He was the grandson of another judge Sir Edward Montagu and his third wife Helen or Eleanor Roper. He matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge in December 1588 and was admitted at Middle Temple on 11 May 1593. In 1593, Montagu was elected Member of Parliament for Brackley. He was elected MP for Malmesbury in 1601 and for Wells in 1614. He became Master of Requests to King Charles I and was knighted on 28 July 1616. In November 1640, Montagu was elected MP for Huntingdonshire in the Long Parliament. Since he was reputed to be a man of great wealth, the Commons at the outset of the Civil War were infuriated by his refusal of their request to contribut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Winwood
Sir Ralph Winwood (c. 1563 – 27 October 1617) was an English diplomat and statesman to the Jacobean court. Early life Ralph Winwood was born the son of Richard Winwood at Aynhoe in Northamptonshire. A 'hot puritan', according to a Jesuit reporter, he was educated at St John's College, Oxford (1577), Magdalen College, Oxford (1582). To conclude his education, he travelled to Italy, where he enrolled at the University of Padua (1594). Career Pursuing a career as a diplomat, Winwood became secretary to Sir Henry Neville (c. 1562-1615), the English ambassador in France, in 1599 and he succeeded Neville in this position two years later, retaining it until 1603. He was Clerk of Privy Council (extraordinary) from 1603 to 1608, and (ordinary) from 1608 to 1609. In 1603 Winwood was sent to The Hague as agent to the States-General of the United Provinces, and was appointed a member of the Dutch council of state on the basis of the Treaty of Nonsuch. Winwood's hearty dislike of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Smith (English Judge)
Thomas Smith may refer to: Politics *Thomas Smith (MP for Midhurst), MP for Midhurst (UK Parliament constituency), Midhurst *Thomas Smith (MP for Great Bedwyn) (1382–1399), English politician *Thomas Smith (MP for New Romney) (1419–1432), MP for New Romney (UK Parliament constituency), New Romney *Thomas Smith (MP for Dover), 1470–1471 *Thomas Smith (MP for Bristol), 1512, MP for Bristol (UK Parliament constituency), Bristol *Thomas Smith (MP for Chippenham), 1554 *Sir Thomas Smith (diplomat) (1513–1577), English scholar and diplomat *Thomas Smith (MP for multiple constituencies) (1522–1591), Member of Parliament for Tavistock, Aylesbury, Rye, Winchelsea and Portsmouth *Thomas Smith (MP for Wigan), MP for Wigan (UK Parliament constituency), Wigan, 1558 *Thomas Smith (English judge) (c. 1556–1609), member of parliament for Cricklade, and for Tamworth *Thomas Smith (MP for Sudbury), MP for Sudbury (UK Parliament constituency), Sudbury, 1626 *Thomas Smith (governor of Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Perkins (priest)
Sir Christopher Perkins (or Parkins) (1547? – 1622) was an English Jesuit turned diplomat and MP. Life He was educated at Oxford, and graduated B.A. on 7 April 1565; but on 21 October next year he entered the Society of Jesus at Rome, aged 19. According to Charles Dodd, he was among the Jesuits for many years; but gradually he became estranged from them, and while at Venice, perhaps about 1585, he wrote a book on the society; it does not appear to have been published. It took generally favourable view, but seems to have been subsequently thought by the English government likely to prove damaging. About the same time William Cecil visited Rome; Perkins intervened when his religious opinions created a difficult situation. Perkins is said then to have returned with young Cecil, who recommended him to his grandfather Lord Burghley's favour. Return to England In 1587 he was resident at Prague, being described in the government's list of recusants abroad as a Jesuit. There h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Wilbraham
Sir Roger Wilbraham (4 November 1553 – 31 July 1616) was a prominent English lawyer who served as Solicitor-General for Ireland under Elizabeth I and was judged one of her few really competent Law Officers. He held a number of positions at court under James I, including Master of Requests and surveyor of the Court of Wards and Liveries. He bought an estate at Dorfold in the parish of Acton, near his birthplace of Nantwich in Cheshire, and he was active in charitable works locally, including founding two sets of almshouses for impoverished men. He also founded almshouses in Monken Hadley, Middlesex, where he is buried. Biography Roger Wilbraham was born in Nantwich, Cheshire in 1553, the second of four sons of Richard Wilbraham (1525–1611/12) and his first wife, Elizabeth (d. 1589/90), daughter of Thomas Maisterson.Hall, p. 437 The Wilbraham family was a junior branch of the Wilbrahams of Woodhey, who were prominent in Cheshire affairs from the 13th century onwards; Rog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Caesar (judge)
Sir Julius Caesar (1557/155818 April 1636) was an English lawyer, judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1622. He was also known as Julius Adelmare. Early life and education Caesar was born near Tottenham in Middlesex, the son of Cesare Adelmare who was originally from Treviso, Italy, and his wife, Margery Perient or Pirry (died c. 1583).Caesar, Julius (1558–1636), of Tottenham, Middlesex and Mitcham, Surrey, History of Parliament Retrieved 12 November 2013. Cesare Adelmare, like many of his ancestors, studied at the |
