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MP Steyning is in Member Parliament.
In 1559 Robert Keilway (age 62) was elected MP Steyning.
In 1614 Edward Fraunceys (age 48) was elected MP Steyning, and re-elected in 1621, 1624, 1625 and 1626.
In 1681 Philip Gell 3rd Baronet (age 30) was elected MP Steyning.
In 1695 Edward Hungerford (age 62) was elected MP Steyning.
In 1698 Edward Hungerford (age 65) was elected MP Steyning.
In 1700 Edward Hungerford (age 67) was elected MP Steyning.
In 1702 Edward Hungerford (age 69) was elected MP Steyning.
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William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1722 John Gumley (age 52) was elected MP Steyning.
In 1741 Charles Eversfield (age 57) was elected MP Steyning which seat he held until 1747 when he chose not to stand.
In 1784 Richard Howard 4th Earl of Effingham (age 35) was elected MP Steyning.
In 1784 John Honywood 4th Baronet (age 27) was elected MP Steyning which seat he held until Jul 1785.
On 17th April 1788 John Honywood 4th Baronet (age 31) was elected MP Steyning which seat he held until 1790.
In 1790 John Honywood 4th Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Canterbury which seat he held until 1796. He had also contested MP Steyning but was defeated.
In 1792 Samuel Whitbread (age 71) was elected MP Steyning.
In 1795 John Henniker-Major 2nd Baron Henniker (age 42) was elected MP Steyning which seat he held until 1802.
In 1803 Charles Augustus Bennet 5th Earl Tankerville (age 26) was elected MP Steyning.