Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis is in Member Parliament.
In 1586 Edward Phelips (age 29) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.
In 1593 Thomas Stafford (age 19) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.
In 1597 Francis Leigh (age 18) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.
In 1604 Robert Myddelton (age 41) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.
In 1614 Robert Bateman (age 52) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in the Addled Parliament.
In 1621 John Freke (age 30) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. He was re-elected in 1624.
In 1624 Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle (age 38) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis which seat he held until 1625.
In 1625 John Melbury Sampford Strangeways (age 39) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.
In April 1640 Giles Strangeways (age 24) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis during the Short Parliament.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 14th April 1660. My Lord is chosen at Waymouth this morning; my Lord had his freedom brought him by Captain Tiddiman of the port of Dover, by which he is capable of being elected for them. This day I heard that the Army had in general declared to stand by what the next Parliament shall do. At night supped with my Lord.
In June 1660 Colonel Bullen Reymes (age 46) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.
In 1661 Colonel Bullen Reymes (age 47) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.
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 1747 Welbore Ellis 1st Baron Mendip (age 33) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis which seat he held until 1761.
In 1774 Welbore Ellis 1st Baron Mendip (age 60) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis which seat he held until 1790.
In 1786 George Jackson aka Duckett 1st Baronet (age 60) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis which seat he held until 1788.
In 1790 Thomas Tyrwhitt aka Tyrwhitt-Jones 1st Baronet (age 24) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis which seat he held until Jun 1791.
In 1791 James Johnstone 4th Baronet (age 64) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis which seat he held until his death in 1794. His brother William Johnstone aka Pulteney 5th Baronet (age 61) had requested the sitting MP Thomas Tyrwhitt aka Tyrwhitt-Jones 1st Baronet (age 25) to stand down forcing a by-election which James won.
In 1813 James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury (age 21) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.
In 1818 Thomas Fowell Buxton 1st Baronet (age 31) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.