William Portman 6th Baronet 1643-1690

On 8th May 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 30] summoned his second Parliament.

John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston [aged 44] was elected MP Wallingford.

James Thynne [aged 56] was elected MP Wiltshire.

Adam Browne 2nd Baronet [aged 35] was elected MP Surrey.

Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 30] was elected MP Northumberland.

William Compton [aged 36] was elected MP Cambridge.

Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry [aged 32] was elected MP Camelford.

Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge [aged 61] was elected MP Bath and Heytesbury.

Edward Hungerford [aged 28] was elected MP Chippenham.

Robert Pierrepont [aged 24] was elected MP Nottingham.

John Melbury Sampford Strangeways [aged 75] was elected MP Weymouth.

Giles Strangeways [aged 45] was elected MP Dorset.

John Strangeways [aged 24] was elected MP Bridport.

William Wyndham 1st Baronet [aged 29] was elected MP Taunton.

James Herbert [aged 38] was elected MP Queenborough.

William Alington 1st and 3rd Baron Alington [aged 21] was elected MP Cambridge.

William Bowes of Streatlam [aged 4] was elected MP Durham.

Robert Brooke [aged 24] was elected MP Aldeburgh.

Josiah Child [aged 30] was elected MP Dartmouth.

Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet [aged 73] was elected MP Nottinghamshire.

Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew [aged 37] was elected MP Brackley.

Richard Jennings [aged 42] was elected MP St Albans.

Robert Kemp 2nd Baronet [aged 33] was elected MP Norfolk.

Edward Phelips [aged 48] was elected MP Somerset.

Robert Robartes [aged 27] was elected MP Bossiney.

Hender Robartes [aged 25] was elected MP Bodmin.

Clement Fisher 2nd Baronet [aged 48] was elected MP Coventry.

William Portman 6th Baronet [aged 17] was elected MP Taunton.

John Robinson 1st Baronet [aged 46] was elected MP Rye.

John Evelyn's Diary. 8th July 1685. Came news of Monmouth's [aged 36] utter defeate, and the next day of his being taken by Sr Wm Portman [aged 41] and Lord Lumley [aged 35] with the militia of their counties. It seemes the horse, commanded by Lord Grey [aged 29], being newly rais'd and undisciplin'd, were not to be brought in so short a time to endure the fire, which expos'd the foote to the King's, so as when Monmouth had led the foote in greate silence and order, thinking to surprize Lieut Gen Lord Feversham [aged 44] newly encamp'd, and given him a smart charge, interchanging both greate and small shot, the horse, breaking their owne ranks, Monmouth gave it over, and fled with Grey, leaving their party to be cut in pieces to the number of 2000. The whole number reported to be above 8,000, the King's but 2,700. The slaine were most of them Mendip-miners, who did greate execution with their tooles, and sold their lives very dearely, whilst their leaders flying were pursu'd and taken the next morning, not far from one another. Monmouth had gone 16 miles on foote, changing; his habite for a poore coate, and was found by Lord Lumley in a dry ditch cover'd with fern-brakes, but without sword, pistol, or any weapon, and so might have pass'd for some countryman, his beard being grown so long and so grey as hardly to be known, had not his George [Note. This is possible a reference to the Small St George Pendant] discover'd him, which was found in his pocket. 'Tis said he trembl'd exceedingly all over, not able to speake. Grey was taken not far from him. Most of his party were anabaptists and poore cloth workers of yu country, no gentlemen of account being come in to him. The arch-boutefeu Ferguson, Matthews, *&c. were not yet found. The £5,000 to be given to whoever should bring Monmouth in, was to be distributed among the militia by agreement between Sr Wm Portman and Lord Lumley. The battail ended, some words, first In jest, then in passion, pass'd between Sharington Talbot [deceased] (a worthy gent. son to Sr John Talbot [aged 55], and who had behav'd himselfe very handsomely) and one Capt. Love, both commanders of the militia, as to whose souldiers fought best, both drawing their swords and passing at one another. Sharington was wounded to death on the spot, to the greate regret of those who knew him. He was Sir John's only son.