MP Leicestershire is in Member Parliament.
In 1542 Richard Manners [aged 33] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1601 William Skipwith [aged 37] was elected MP Leicestershire.
The Huntingdon Peerage Chapter IX Ferdinando Sixth Earl of Huntingdon. FERDINANDO, sixth Earl of Huntingdon, heir and successor of Henry the fifth Earl [aged 21], was born at Ashby [Map], January 11th, 1608. In March, 1627, he was returned to serve in Parliament for the county of Leicester, and two years after was joined with his father in the Lieutenancy of the counties of Leicester and Rutland. By indenture, dated May, 1638, he and his brother Henry, in consideration of the sum of 4,50l. granted, to John Earl of Bridgewater [aged 29] and Thomas Davies, a moiety of the rectory of Mould, otherwise Mouldesdale, in Flintshire. On the 13th of November, 1641, his father being then still living, he had summons to Parliament amongst the barons of the realm; and in 1643 he succeeded to the family honours. He married Lucy, daughter and sole heir to Sir John Davys [aged 38], of Englefield, Berks, Knt. (Premier Serjeant at Law to James the First, and Charles the First, as also Solicitor, and afterwards Attorney General in Ireland, and finally Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench,) by his wife Lady Eleanor [aged 18], youngest daughter of George Lord Audley, Earl of Castlehaven [aged 57], and, settling at Donnington Park, had by her four sons; Henry, John, Ferdinando, and Theophilus, born after the decease of his three brothers; and likewise six daughters, Alice, Eleanor, both of whom died young; Elizabeth, married to Sir James Laughan, of Cottesbroke, in Nottinghamshire, Bart, being his second wife, and dying without issue; Lucy, who died unmarried; Mary, espoused to Sir William Joliffe, of Caverswell Castle in Staffordshire, Knt.; and lastly Christiana.
In 1614 George Hastings [aged 24] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1614 Thomas Haselrigge 1st Baronet [aged 50] was elected MP Leicestershire.
On 9th February 1621 George Hastings [aged 31] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1624 Thomas Haselrigge 1st Baronet [aged 60] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1653 Edward Smith 1st Baronet [aged 23] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1654 Thomas Beaumont 1st Baronet was elected MP Leicestershire which seat he held until 1659.
In 1679 Henry Beaumont 2nd Baronet [aged 40] was elected MP Leicestershire which seat he held until his death in 1689.
Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV 1393-1406
The Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV offers a vivid contemporary account of one of the most turbulent periods in late medieval England. Covering the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, the chronicle records royal ceremonies, political conflict, rebellion, war, taxation, religious controversy, executions, popular unrest and remarkable portents. Its pages include a detailed description of Richard II’s coronation, the fall and deposition of the king, Henry IV’s seizure of the throne, the Percy rebellion, the execution of Archbishop Richard Scrope, the campaigns of Owain Glyndŵr, and England’s relations with Scotland, France, Portugal and Scandinavia. Alongside affairs of state, the annalist preserves reports of miracles, eclipses, prophecies, supernatural events and the experiences of ordinary townspeople, clergy, soldiers and travellers. Written from a monastic perspective, the work combines political observation with moral judgement, presenting victories and disasters as evidence of divine favour or punishment. At once a historical record and a reflection of medieval belief, the Annals provides an invaluable window into the challenges, ceremonies and conflicts of England at the turn of the fifteenth century.
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In 1690 Thomas Haselrigge 4th Baronet [aged 26] was elected MP Leicestershire which seat he held until 1695.
In 1701 Bennet Sherard 1st Earl Harborough [aged 26] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1702 George Beaumont 4th Baronet [aged 38] was elected MP Leicestershire which seat he held until his death in 1737.
In 1710 Geoffrey Palmer 3rd Baronet [aged 54] was elected MP Leicestershire.
On 5th August 1714 Geoffrey Palmer 3rd Baronet [aged 59] was elected MP Leicestershire at a by-election.
On 7th December 1719 William Manners [aged 22] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1722 William Manners [aged 24] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1747 Wrightson Mundy [aged 32] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1754 Thomas Palmer 4th Baronet [aged 52] was elected MP Leicestershire which seat he held until 1765.
On 26th December 1765 John Palmer 5th Baronet [aged 30] was elected MP Leicestershire at a by-election. He was returned again in 1768 and 1774.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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In September 1774 Thomas Noel 2nd Viscount Wentworth [aged 28] was elected MP Leicestershire. Within in a month he resigned his seat since he had become 2nd Viscount Wentworth following the death of his father.