Richard King was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the
House of Commons between 1640 and 1643. He supported the
Royalist side in the
English Civil War.
King was elected
recorder of
Melcombe Regis on 4 February 1628.
In April 1640, King was elected
Member of Parliament for
Melcombe Regis in the
Short Parliament
The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that was summoned by King Charles I of England on the 20th of February 1640 and sat from 13th of April to the 5th of May 1640. It was so called because of its short life of only three weeks.
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. He was re-elected MP for Melcombe Regis in the
Long Parliament in November 1640
King is recorded in an incident in 1641 after
George Digby was accelerated to the
House of Lords. Digby's younger brother
John perched himself on a ladder at the door of the chamber which the speaker,
William Lenthall took as an act of disrespect and insubordination and told him to take his place, and not to sit upon the ladder as if he were going to be hanged. King complained that the Speaker had transgressed his duty in using so disgraceful a speech to so noble a gentleman and after some turmoil obtained a conditional apology.
Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History S. Proceedings (Volume 16).
/ref> King supported King Charles and was disabled from sitting in parliament on 27 February 1643.
King died between 1643 and 1645.
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English MPs 1640 (April)
English MPs 1640–1648
Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
Recorder (judge)
1640s deaths
17th-century English judges