Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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MP Sandwich is in Member Parliament.
In 1604 George Fane of Burston [aged 23] was elected MP Sandwich.
In 1614 Thomas Smythe [aged 56] was elected MP Sandwich.
In November 1640 Thomas Peyton 2nd Baronet [aged 27] was elected MP Sandwich.
In 1659 Richard Meredith 2nd Baronet was elected MP Sandwich.
In 1660 Henry Oxenden 1st Baronet [aged 46] was elected MP Sandwich.
On 27th October 1665 Colonel John Strode [aged 37] was elected MP Sandwich.
In 1679 James Oxenden 2nd Baronet [aged 37] was elected MP Sandwich which seat he held until 1685.
In 1685 Philip Parker 1st Baronet [aged 67] was elected MP Sandwich.
In 1685 Colonel John Strode [aged 57] was elected MP Sandwich.
In 1689 James Oxenden 2nd Baronet [aged 47] was elected MP Sandwich which seat he held until 1690.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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In 1701 James Oxenden 2nd Baronet [aged 59] was elected MP Sandwich which seat he held until 1702.
In 1713 Henry Oxenden 4th Baronet [aged 22] was elected MP Sandwich. He was re-elected in 1715.
On 9th May 1720 George Oxenden 5th Baronet [aged 25] was elected MP Sandwich at a by-election probably caused by the death of his brother Henry Oxenden 4th Baronet [deceased]. He was re-elected in 1722, 1727 and 1734 (when he also contested MP Kent), 1741 and 1747. He stood down in 1754.
In 1807 Admiral Peter Rainier [aged 65] was elected MP Sandwich.