MP Shaftesbury is in Member Parliament.
In 1421 John Hody was elected MP Shaftesbury. He was re-elected in 1422, 1423, 1425 and 1427.
In 1547 John Arundell [aged 17] was elected MP Shaftesbury.
In 1597 John Davies [aged 27] was elected MP Shaftesbury.
In 1604 Robert Hopton of Witham [aged 29] was elected MP Shaftesbury.
In 1621 Percy Herbert 2nd Baron Powis [aged 23] was elected MP Shaftesbury.
In 1701 John Cropley 2nd Baronet [aged 37] was elected MP Shaftesbury unopposed. He was re-elected unopposed in 1702, 1705 and 1708. He was defeated in 1710. He didn't stand in 1713.
Between 1718 and 1734 Edward des Bouverie 2nd Baronet [aged 28] was elected MP Shaftesbury in three Parliaments.
In 1726 Stephen Fox-Strangways 1st Earl of Ilchester [aged 21] was elected MP Shaftesbury.
In 1754 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan [aged 28] was elected MP Shaftesbury.
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 1790 Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 25] was elected MP Shaftesbury.
In 1820 Edward Harbord 3rd Baron Suffield [aged 38] was elected MP Shaftesbury.