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In 1539 Richard Southwell [aged 36] was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1542 Richard Southwell [aged 39] was elected MP Norfolk; there is some uncertainty about whether he did sit in 1542.
In October 1553 Richard Southwell [aged 50] was elected MP Norfolk.
In April 1554 Richard Southwell [aged 51] was elected MP Norfolk.
In November 1554 Richard Southwell [aged 51] was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1563 Edward Warner [aged 52] was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1572 Henry Woodhouse [aged 27] was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1589 Henry Woodhouse [aged 44] was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1614 Hamon Strange [aged 31] was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1621 Hamon Strange [aged 38] was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1626 John Hobart 2nd Baronet [aged 32] was elected MP Norfolk in the Long Parliament which seat he held until his death.
In April 1640 John Holland 1st Baronet [aged 36] was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1654 John Hobart 3rd Baronet [aged 25] was elected MP Norfolk in the First Protectorate Parliament.
In 1654 William D'Oyly 1st Baronet [aged 40] was elected MP Norfolk. He was re-elected in 1656 and 1659.
In 1656 John Hobart 3rd Baronet [aged 27] was elected MP Norfolk in the Second Protectorate Parliament.
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.
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 1673 John Hobart 3rd Baronet [aged 44] was elected MP Norfolk in the Cavalier Parliament which seat he held until February 1679.
In May 1679 John Hobart 3rd Baronet [aged 51] was elected MP Norfolk which seat he held until his death.
After February 1689 Henry Hobart 4th Baronet [aged 32] was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1695 Henry Hobart 4th Baronet [aged 38] was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1701 John Holland 2nd Baronet [aged 32] was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1710 John Wodehouse 4th Baronet [aged 40] was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1713 Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet [aged 32] was elected MP Norfolk which seat he held until 1715.
In 1728 Harbord Cropley aka Harbord [aged 53] was elected MP Norfolk.
On 26th June 1728 Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet [aged 47] was elected MP Norfolk which seat he held until 1741.
In 1764 Thomas de Grey [aged 47] was elected MP Norfolk unopposed. He was returned again for Norfolk in 1768 after a very costly campaign. He stood down in 1773.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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In 1774 Wenman Roberts aka Coke [aged 57] was elected MP Norfolk.