MP Gloucestershire is in Member Parliament.
In November 1554 Arthur Porter [aged 49] was elected MP Gloucestershire.
In 1571 Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton [aged 43] was appointed MP Gloucestershire.
In 1572 Giles Brydges 3rd Baron Chandos [aged 24] was elected MP Gloucestershire.
In or before 1583 John Poyntz [aged 22] was appointed MP Gloucestershire.
In 1593 Henry Poole of Sapperton [aged 52] was elected MP Gloucestershire.
In 1604 Richard Berkeley [aged 73] was elected MP Gloucestershire.
In 1727 John Dutton 2nd Baronet [aged 42] was elected MP Gloucestershire unopposed.
On 23rd November 1763 Edward Southwell 20th Baron Clifford [aged 25] was elected MP Gloucestershire.
In 1780 James Dutton 1st Baron Sherborne [aged 35] was elected MP Gloucestershire.
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 1795 Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard [aged 28] was elected MP Gloucestershire.