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, and in 1550 became General Surveyor of Victuals for the navy. He was the Member of Parliament for Rochester during the reign of Queen Mary and Elizabeth (elected Nov 1554, 1559 and 1563), and for Preston in 1571. He was

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for 1571 and 1584. In 1565 the queen's goldsmith Affabel Partridge sued Edward Baeshe, then of

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, for the value of a garter set with rubies and pearls. Baeshe had paid for a gold flower set with diamonds and pearls.

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, ''Annals of West Coker'' (Cambridge, 1957), p. 208. He married twice: firstly Thomasin Baker (no children) and secondly Jane, the daughter of Sir

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of Hackney, with whom he had two sons.

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. 1500s births 1587 deaths High sheriffs of Hertfordshire English MPs 1554–1555 English MPs 1559 English MPs 1563–1567 English MPs 1571 16th-century Royal Navy personnel {{1563-England-MP-stub