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In January 1377 Thomas Hungerford was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1399 William Dorward of Dorward Hall in Bocking in Essex was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1404 William Sturmey [aged 48] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1406 John Tiptoft 1st Baron Tiptoft was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1407 Thomas Chaucer [aged 40] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1413 William Dorward of Dorward Hall in Bocking in Essex was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In May 1414 the Fire and Faggot Parliament at Greyfriars Priory, Leicester [Map]. Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford [aged 35] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons. It was named for the Suppression of Heresy Act which called for burning the Lollards with bundles of sticks known as faggots.
In 1415 Richard Redman [aged 65] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
Around April 1416 Walter Beauchamp [aged 52] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1421 John Tyrrell [aged 39] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
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 1426 Richard Vernon aka Pembridge [aged 37] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1429 John Tyrrell [aged 47] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1437 John Hody was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1437 John Tyrrell [aged 55] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 26th September 1439 William Tresham was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 3rd December 1441 William Tresham was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 14th December 1446 William Tresham was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1455 John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock [aged 55] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 9th October 1459 Thomas Tresham [aged 39] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons at Coventry, Warwickshire [Map]. The primary purpose of the Parliament was to attaint the Yorkist leaders:
Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York [aged 48], his sons Edward Earl of March [aged 17], Edmund Earl of Rutland [aged 16] were attainted, as were Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 59] and his sons Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 30] and John Neville 1431-1471 [aged 28].
On 24th January 1484 William Catesby [aged 34] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 7th November 1485 Thomas Lovell was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 10th November 1487 John Mordaunt [aged 31] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 18th October 1491 Richard Empson [aged 41] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 15th October 1495 Robert Drury [aged 41] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons during the 5th Parliament of Henry VII.
In 1497 Thomas Englefield was elected Knight of the Shire Bedfordshire. Thomas Englefield was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1504 Edmund Dudley [aged 42] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1510 Thomas Englefield was elected Knight of the Shire Bedfordshire. Thomas Englefield was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1512 Robert Sheffield [aged 51] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1514 Thomas Neville [aged 39] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1523 Thomas More [aged 44] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons on the recommendation of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey [aged 49].
In 1533 Humphrey Wingfield was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1539 Nicholas Hare [aged 55] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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In 1553 John Pollard was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1553 James Dyer [aged 43] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1554 Robert Broke was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1555 John Pollard was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1571 Christopher Wray [aged 47] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1572 Robert Bell [aged 33] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1580 John Popham [aged 49] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons which post he held for three years.
On 23rd November 1585 John Puckering [aged 41] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 24th November 1597 Christopher Yelverton [aged 61] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In October 1601 John Croke [aged 48] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 19th March 1604 Edward Phelips [aged 47] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons which office he held until 1611.
In 1626 Heneage Finch [aged 46] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1640 William Lenthall [aged 48] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 20th February 1640 Henry Berkeley of Bruton [aged 61] was elected MP Ilchester
John Glanville [aged 54] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In September 1651 John Temple [aged 19] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1661 Edward Turnour [aged 44] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1673 Edward Seymour 4th Baronet [aged 40] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1678 Robert Sawyer [aged 45] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons but resigned a month later due to health.
In 1680 and 1681 William Williams 1st Baronet [aged 46] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1698 Thomas Littleton 3rd Baronet [aged 50] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In February 1701 Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 39] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 25th November 1710 William Bromley [aged 47] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons which office he held until 1732
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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In 1714 Thomas Hanmer 4th Baronet [aged 36] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1715 Spencer Compton 1st Earl Wilmington [aged 42] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 23rd January 1728 Arthur Onslow [aged 36] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons unanimously.
In 1735 Arthur Onslow [aged 43] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons unanimously.
In 1741 Arthur Onslow [aged 49] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons unanimously.
In 1747 Arthur Onslow [aged 55] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons unanimously.
In 1754 Arthur Onslow [aged 62] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons unanimously.
In 1761 John Cust 3rd Baronet [aged 42] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1789 Charles Wolfram Cornwall [aged 53] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons which position he held until his death in 1789.
In 1802 Charles Abbot 1st Baron Colchester [aged 44] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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In 1839 Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley [aged 44] was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 20th June 1928 Edward Fitzroy [aged 58] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
James Strangeways was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
William Bromley was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.