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MP Shropshire is in Member Parliament.
In September 1397 Fulk de Pembridge of Tong Castle was elected MP Shropshire.
In 1545 George Blount (age 32) was elected MP Shropshire.
In 1547 George Blount (age 34) was elected MP Shropshire.
In 1571 George Blount (age 58) was elected MP Shropshire.
In 1593 Francis Newport (age 38) was elected MP Shropshire.
In 1614 Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport (age 26) was elected MP Shropshire.
In 1624 Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport (age 36) was elected MP Shropshire.
In 1625 Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport (age 37) was elected MP Shropshire.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1626 Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport (age 38) was elected MP Shropshire.
In 1628 Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport (age 40) was elected MP Shropshire.
In April 1640 William Pierrepont of Thoresby (age 32) was elected MP Shropshire during the Short Parliament.
In 1660 William Whitmore 2nd Baronet (age 22) was elected MP Shropshire.
In 1661 Francis Lawley 2nd Baronet (age 31) was elected MP Shropshire.
In 1670 Richard Newport 2nd Earl Bradford (age 25) was elected MP Shropshire.
In 1689 Richard Newport 2nd Earl Bradford (age 44) was elected MP Shropshire.
In 1698 Richard Newport 2nd Earl Bradford (age 53) was elected MP Shropshire.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In February 1701 Humphrey Briggs 4th Baronet (age 31) was elected MP Shropshire. He was defeated for the seat in Nov 1701.
In 1705 Robert Corbet 4th Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Shropshire which seat he held until 1710.
In 1708 Henry Newport 3rd Earl Bradford (age 25) was elected MP Shropshire.
In 1713 Henry Newport 3rd Earl Bradford (age 30) was elected MP Shropshire.
In 1715 Robert Corbet 4th Baronet (age 45) was elected MP Shropshire which seat he held until 1722.
In 1715 Henry Newport 3rd Earl Bradford (age 32) was elected MP Shropshire.
In 1734 John Astley 2nd Baronet (age 46) was elected MP Shropshire which seat he held until his death in 1772.
In 1774 Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick (age 28) was elected MP Shropshire which seat he held until 1784.