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Thomas Cornwallis (died 1604)
Sir Thomas Cornwallis (1518/1519–1604) was an English politician. Family Thomas Cornwallis was the eldest son of Sir John Cornwallis (c. 1491–1544) of Brome, Suffolk, Steward of the household of the future King Edward VI during the years 1538–1544, by his wife, Mary Sulyard, daughter of Edward Sulyard of Otes, Essex.. Career Cornwallis was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk for 1552–53 and made a Privy Councillor in Aug. 1553. He was the last Treasurer of Calais from April 1554 to December 1557 and Comptroller of the Household from December 1557 to November 1558. He was elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Suffolk in 1547 and 1558, for Gatton in October 1553 and Grampound in April 1554.C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Cornwallis
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men who are knights and belong to certain orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the ''suo jure'' female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms, or Miss. Etym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Drury (speaker)
Sir Robert Drury (c. 1456–1536) was an English knight, Lord of the Manor of Hawstead, Suffolk, and Knight of the Body to Kings Henry VII and Henry VIII. As a politician he was Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, Speaker of the House of Commons (elected 4 October 1495), and Privy Councillor. He was also a barrister-at-law. His London townhouse was on the site of today's Drury Lane. Family Robert Drury, born before 1456 at Hawstead, Suffolk, was the eldest of four sons of Roger Drury (d. 1496) of Hawstead, Suffolk, by his second wife Felice Denston, daughter and heiress of William Denston of Besthorpe, Norfolk. Career With Sir Robert Drury began for this family a long connection with the courts of the Tudor sovereigns, and a succession of capable and eminent men whose careers are part of English history throughout the 16th century. In 1473 he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn, where he became a prominent figure. However, according to Hyde 'there is no evidence, as was once thou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English MPs 1554
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Members Of The Pre-1707 English Parliament For Constituencies In Cornwall
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1604 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – The earliest recorded performance of William Shakespeare's play ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' takes place at Hampton Court prior to the main presentation, '' The Masque of Indian and China Knights'', which is performed by courtiers of King James. * January 14 – The Hampton Court Conference is held between James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of the Puritans. Work begins on the Authorized King James Version of the Bible and revision of the Book of Common Prayer. * February 14 – King James of England denounces the Roman Catholic Church after learning from one of his spies, Sir Anthony Standen, that Queen Anne has been sent a rosary from the Pope. * February 17 – King James issues an order for all Jesuits and all Roman Catholic priests to leave his kingdom by March 19. * February 24 – At Linköping in Sweden, the Riksdag declares that Sigismund, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1510s Births
Year 151 (CLI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Condianus and Valerius (or, less frequently, year 904 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 151 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Asia * Mytilene and Smyrna are destroyed by an earthquake. * First year of Yuanjia of the Chinese Han dynasty. By topic Art * Detail from a rubbing of a stone relief in Wu family shrine (Wuliangci), Jiaxiang, Shandong, is made (Han dynasty). Births * Annia Galeria Aurelia Faustina, daughter of Marcus Aurelius * Zhong Yao, Chinese official and calligrapher (d. 230) Deaths * Kanishka, Indian ruler of the Kushan Empire * Novatus Saint Novatus (died c. 151) is an early Christian saint. His feast day is 20 June. Novatus and his brother, the martyr Timotheus, we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Kitson
Sir Thomas Kitson (1485 – 11 September 1540) was a wealthy English merchant, Sheriff of London, and builder of Hengrave Hall in Suffolk. Family Thomas Kitson was the son of Robert Kitson (or Kytson) of Warton, Lancaster, Warton, Lancashire and Margaret Smythe. His sister, Margaret Kitson, married John Washington, ancestor of George Washington. Career Kitson came to London as a youth, and was apprenticed to the London Worshipful Company of Mercers, mercer and Company of Merchant Adventurers of London, Merchant Adventurer, Richard Glasyer. He was admitted a freeman of the Mercers' Company in 1507, and served as Warden in 1525-26 and 1533–34 and as Master in 1534–35. He served as List of Sheriffs of London, Sheriff of London in 1533–34, and was knighted on 30 May 1533 at the coronation of Anne Boleyn, (an honour not conferred on his co-sheriff, William Forman). In May 1534, he was associated with Rowland Lee (bishop), Rowland Lee, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, in taki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Kitson (died 1603)
Sir Thomas Kitson or Kytson (1540-1603) was an English landowner. He was the sole and posthumous son of Thomas Kitson of Hengrave Hall and his second wife Margaret Donnington (d. 1561). Career He was born shortly after the death of his father. His mother died in 1561 and left him £200 worth of silver plate, his father's best gold chain and turquoise ring, and fifteen pieces of tapestry that had belonged to her third husband, the Earl of Bath. She also left him household goods and arms and armour at Hengrave and Chevington, and the farmstock. In 1603, the Great Chamber at Hengrave was hung with 15 pieces of tapestry, of "park work" featuring "great beasts and fowls", probably representing his mother's bequest, with two further pieces hanging over the chimney pieces, one woven with the Kitson and Cornwallis arms in the border. His sister Dorothy's first husband Thomas Pakington died in 1571, and he wrote to her, offering to help with legal issues concerning her jointure pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Kitson
Elizabeth, Lady K(i, y)tson born Lady Elizabeth Cornwallis (1546/7 – 2 August 1628) was an English music patron. She came from East Anglia and married the owner of Hengrave Hall in Suffolk. The Kitsons also had a London house. They gave permanent employment to musicians. Life Elizabeth Cornwallis was born in 1546 or 1547. Her parents were Thomas Cornwallis (died 1604), Thomas Cornwallis and Anne Jerningham. Her brothers were the diplomat Charles Cornwallis (diplomat), Sir Charles Cornwallis and the politician William Cornwallis (died 1611), Sir William Cornwallis and she had three sisters.Cornwallis, Sir Thomas (1518/19-1604), of Brome, Suffolk, History of Parliament Retrieved 27 May 2013. Elizabeth received the traini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cornwallis (died 1611)
Sir William Cornwallis of Brome (c. 1549– 13 November 1611) was an English courtier and politician. Life He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Cornwallis, Comptroller of the Household to Queen Mary, and his wife Anne Jerningham. He became a courtier at around age 21, spent heavily to secure position there, and married by 1578, Lucy Neville. Despite a family connection to Thomas Cecil, Cornwallis made little enough progress at court, and twice withdrew without regard for the loss of royal favour. In 1597 he was elected Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel, with the support of Cecil. When James VI and I came to the throne he fared no better, and he retired from public life in 1605. Cornwallis spent freely and entertained the Queen at his house in Highgate. He was knighted, by 1594. At the Union of the Crowns, in June 1603 he rode to Northamptonshire to meet Anne of Denmark and her children. He laid on a performance by his friend Ben Jonson at Highgate in 1604, for James I. He e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
