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Drury family, is now a farmhouse. Sir William Drury was sheriff and knight of the shire for Suffolk. Lady Drury's Closet (also known as the Hawstead Panels)

representing Lincolnshire or Rutland eleven times from 1383 to 1398 as a Knight of the Shire. He was also Speaker of the House of Commons at the three Parliaments

Sheriff of Leicestershire for the year 1591, and later was briefly a Knight of the Shire, a Member of Parliament representing the county of Leicestershire

1768. From 1751 until 1768, he was a Member of Parliament (MP), or Knight of the Shire, for County Cavan in the Irish House of Commons, and was High Sheriff

(1374) and then High Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset (1377) and also Knight of the Shire for the same two counties, Wiltshire in 1376 and Somerset in 1373

married Sir William d'Isney, High Sheriff of Lincolnshire (1340), Knight of the Shire in Parliament (1343).  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates

Bayntun was elected member of parliament for Devizes in 1614 and as a knight of the shire for Wiltshire in 1621. In 1624 and 1625, he was again elected as

February to November 1522, 1525/26, and 1533/34. He was elected Knight of the Shire for Devon in 1529. He was the eldest son and heir of Sir William

profile during the short reign of James II, but was returned as knight of the shire for Wiltshire from 1695 to November 1701. He married Frances (d.

Boroughs until 1705. In 1705 he contested and lost the election for knight of the shire (MP) for Monmouthshire. He died in 1715 and was buried at Machen

Lincolnshire and for Northumberland from 1441 and in 1445 became Knight of the Shire for Lincolnshire. However his unruly character led to his temporary

Nottinghamshire three times, for 1532–33, 1543–44 and 1548–49. He was elected knight of the shire (MP) for Nottinghamshire in 1539 and again in October 1553. He was

gentry from Peckleton in Leicestershire, who served one term as a "knight of the shire" (i.e., MP) for Leicestershire in 1558. Vincent was born by 1493

Sheriff of Warwickshire. The second and fourth Baronets both sat as Knight of the Shire for Warwickshire. The baronetcy descended in direct male line until

1760 to the English and Irish thrones, Lysaght was elected as a 'knight of the shire' MP for County Cork for three years in 1765. In 1778, Lysaght married

Sir Peter Courtenay, KG, (1346–1405) was a soldier, knight of the shire, Chamberlain to King Richard II and a famous jouster. His principal seat was Hardington

1381–1382, 1388 and from 1399 to his death in 1400. He was elected knight of the shire (MP) for Rutland 6 times between 1372 and 1395. He married twice:

South Newton in February of 1546. On 1 October 1555, he became a knight of the shire with the help of the Earl of Pembroke. "BODENHAM, Henry (1511/12-73)

and Hasket (Hesket, Cumbria), then all in Westmorland. He was also Knight of the Shire for Westmorland. William de Engleys was born c. 1320 at High Head

Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge. The fourth Baronet sat as a Knight of the Shire for Yorkshire. The title became extinct on the death of the eighth

commissioners who concluded a year's truce with Scotland. He was returned as knight of the shire for Yorkshire for the parliament of 1542. In that year he was also

By 1543, Price had settled at Pilleth, and in 1555 he was elected knight of the shire. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Radnorshire in 1555. He died

ardent Protestant who served as Sheriff of Devon in 1550-1551, and as Knight of the Shire for Devon in 1547, April 1554, and 1563, and as Member of Parliament

Hussey and Isabel Hussey. "Sir Henry Huse, knight", was returned as Knight of the Shire for Dorset at the age of 30 in 1331/2. He was married circa 1314

1378. He was keeper of the royal park at Chiltern Langley and was a knight of the shire in the Parliament of 1387. On 15 May 1388 he was appointed captain

seat for Caernarfon burroughs, and in 1555 attended Parliament as knight of the shire for Caernarfonshire, and he served as Sheriff of Caernarfonshire

seat for Caernarfon burroughs, and in 1555 attended Parliament as knight of the shire for Caernarfonshire, and he served as Sheriff of Caernarfonshire

Essex, Market Overton, Rutland, etc., Burgess (M.P.) for Plympton, Knight of the Shire for Hertfordshire, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, 1478–9, Sheriff

his father were elected to the Parliament of 1547, his father as Knight of the Shire and William as the Member for Reigate. In c.1545 he made his first

IHS Nazar and the arms of Sir Andrew Peverel (d. 1376), who was a Knight of the Shire in 1351. Parham Park originated as a grange of Westminster Abbey

and 1423. He was elected to Parliament in 1410, 1416 and 1429 as Knight of the Shire for Cambridgeshire and elected Speaker of the House in 1429. He was

Battle of Bannockburn. He attended Parliament at Westminster as a Knight of the Shire for Lincolnshire on 25 January 1315. In 1320 William was accused

the king's chamber, Sheriff of Devon in 1409–10 and 1420–22, and Knight of the Shire for Devon in 1420. They had two sons, including Henry, and two daughters

who was also named Peter Atte Wode (Bef 1363-aft 1384) who was a Knight of the Shire and married Petronilla. On 15 March 1351 Peter Atte Wode and John

and they had the following issue; Sir John Folville (1286–1327), Knight of the Shire of Leicester 1324. Ancestor of the Woodford and Smith families who

and knighted by Henry VII after the battle. Sheffield was chosen Knight of the Shire for Lincolnshire in 1512 and 1513. During these years, he served

by the privy council in 1562 for seeking to have Rich elected as knight of the shire in preference to William Petre. This may have been due to suspicions

he was named a privy councillor, and the same year he was chosen knight of the shire for County Armagh in the Irish Parliament. On 19 February 1615 he

and annual fair. He fought at the Battle of Crécy in 1346, and was knight of the shire in 1360. In the late 15th century the Heskeths built Rufford Hall

Strangeways was returned for Yorkshire with his brother-in-law, the other 'knight of the shire', Sir Thomas Montford. Reappointed as a JP of the North Riding, he

wife). John Gainsford, who died in 1450, had a younger son William, Knight of the Shire (equivalent to Member of Parliament) for Surrey in the year of his

Smallbridge in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk. Sir Richard Waldegrave served as a Knight of the Shire in 1339 in Lincolnshire. He married Agnes Daubeny and they had one

The Widow 1848: Dacia 1849: Raby 1850: Landgrave 1851: Truth 1852: Knight of the Shire 1853: Little David 1854: Scherz 1855: Sultan 1856: Malacca 1857:

Gloucestershire and in 1547 represented Gloucestershire in Parliament as a Knight of the Shire. Between 1544 and 1556 Poyntz built as a hunting lodge Newark Park

in the Book of Fees during the reign of Henry III. Miles Picard, knight of the shire, was High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1300–06. A Roger Picard, probably

married Henry Pierrepont Henry Cavendish (1550–1616), eldest son, Knight of the Shire and MP for Derbyshire for over 20 years, eventually disinherited

1624 and 1626. He was knighted (KB) in 1626 and was then elected as knight of the shire (MP) for Nottinghamshire in 1628. He also served as High Sheriff

of Bannockburn in 1314. On 20 October 1318 Maltravers was chosen knight of the shire for Dorset. He seems to have sided with Thomas, Earl of Lancaster

and was succeeded by his only son, Sir John Parnell, 2nd Baronet, knight of the shire for the Queen's County, commissioner of the revenue in Ireland, Chancellor

Raphoe in Ireland, and nearly related to Sir Roger Twisden, Bart. Knight of the Shire for the County of Kent." London Evening Post, 2 November 1752 – 4

before 1557. Henry Stafford failed twice in 1553 to be returned as knight of the shire for Staffordshire for Parliament. According to his father, he should

Poyntz was born the eldest son of Sir Nicholas Poyntz, courtier and Knight of the Shire for Gloucestershire, and his wife Joan Berkeley, daughter of Thomas

that: ... no Person shall be admitted to vote at any Election of any Knight of the Shire to serve in the Parliament of the United Kingdom for any County in

Lincolnshire for 1408 and 1418. He was elected to Parliament as knight of the shire (MP) for Nottinghamshire in 1406, followed by a term as MP for Derbyshire

The London Gazette. 1 February 1843. pp. 371–372. "Election of a Knight of the Shire". Pembrokeshire Herald. 21 July 1865. Retrieved 13 December 2013

seventy men-at-arms and sixty lances from his estates. He was a Knight of the Shire for Cambridgeshire in 1384 and also served in four other Parliaments

seventy men-at-arms and sixty lances from his estates. He was a Knight of the Shire for Cambridgeshire in 1384 and also served in four other Parliaments

London until her health was restored. Her husband was a long-serving Knight of the Shire for Westmorland in the House of Commons and he became Lord High Treasurer

this Sir Edward Denny or his nephew and namesake who was elected Knight of the Shire for Westmorland in 1593, however it is certain that in 1597 he was

of Felton, Jesmond, Ponteland, and Tarcet (in Thormeburre), was Knight of the Shire for Northumberland (as Adomar de Atholl) in 1381. Sir Aymer married

election of George Moffatt, esq. (1870). Poll Book at the Election of a Knight of the Shire for the County of the Isle of Wight. Southampton: Hampshire Independent

ardent Protestant who served as Sheriff of Devon in 1550–1551, and as Knight of the Shire for Devon in 1547, April 1554, and 1563, and as Member of Parliament

William Burdet of Lowesby: Azure, two bars or Member of Parliament Knight of the Shire for Leicestershire In office 6 Oct 1297 – 14 Oct 1297 Monarch Edward

with the Brydges that helped secure him election to Parliament as a knight of the shire for Gloucestershire to Queen May's first Parliament (1553). He was

Burdet: Azure, two bars or each charged with three martlets gules Knight of the Shire for Warwickshire Member of Parliament In office 1320, 1325, 1327

Raphoe in Ireland, and nearly related to Sir Roger Twisden, Bart. Knight of the Shire for the County of Kent. London Evening Post, 2 November 1752 – 4

Marlborough, 522, lists the borough's members as Sir William Carnaby and Sir Francis Seymour, but Seymour was returned as knight of the shire in April]

acres (over 1600 ha). He was Receiver at the Court of Augmentations, Knight of the Shire for Worcestershire, and Sheriff of the same county. Around 1534,

and Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1557–58 among other offices. He was Knight of the Shire in the 1563–67 and 1571 parliaments. He owned various properties

Esq. of Maesclough, but after an heated battle was returned as Knight of the Shire. The parliamentary politics of Mr. Johnes were at this time decidedly

offences and appeal to the queen's mercy. In 1571 he was elected knight of the shire for Northumberland and, on his brother's execution at York in 1572

full colonel in 1679. That year he entered politics, being elected knight of the shire for Lancashire in both March and October, and again in 1681. Like

binding. Thynne was the son and heir of Sir John Thynne of Longleat, a knight of the shire. The two were married on the day they first met and for some time

1634–1635. Roche had never been knighted and therefore became a knight of the shire who was only an esquire. This was already well accepted in the 17th

the session but confirmed by Parliament. In 1584 he was elected knight of the shire (MP) for Suffolk, sitting until 1586. Drury was a Justice of the

Privy Council, only a month before he was elected to Commons as a knight of the shire for Essex. Smith, a prime mover behind the Conformity Bills, sought

amongst others, a Sir John Brydges). His election in 1529 as junior knight of the shire for Gloucestershire was a tribute to his standing both locally and

attended the Queen at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. He was a Knight of the Shire (MP) for Yorkshire, and a member of the Council of the North from

Britain Long title An Act for holding the ensuing Election of a Knight of the Shire for the County of Southampton, at the Town of New Alresford, in the

of the former Jane Robinson and Sir Robert Peyton of East Barnet, Knight of the Shire of Middlesex. His father, a leading Exclusionist, fled to Holland

He later represented Kent in 1593 (the same year he was elected knight of the shire for Kent) and for Winchelsea in 1601. He served as High Sheriff of

Sir Robert de Hellewell Knight of the Shire for Rutland MP for Rutland In office 1340 Monarch Edward III Personal details Born 1285 Children Robert de

results are a fragment of the 1541 returns, in which the name of the Knight of the Shire for Anglesey (as Members of Parliament from county constituencies

Posthumous Sydenham (1643–1696), the son of Hoby's principal heir and a knight of the shire for Somerset. There is an even more impressive memorial to him in

other estates. In 1460 and 1461, Paston returned to parliament as a knight of the shire for Norfolk, and, enjoying the favour of Edward IV, had regained

confiscated, but he was allowed to redeem them for 500 marks. He served as knight of the shire for Hereford in 1460, then at the start of 1461 he proceeded to London

other estates. In 1460 and 1461, Paston returned to parliament as a knight of the shire for Norfolk, and, enjoying the favour of Edward IV, had regained

confiscated, but he was allowed to redeem them for 500 marks. He served as knight of the shire for Hereford in 1460, then at the start of 1461 he proceeded to London

appointment accompanied by the grant of an annuity of £300. He was a Knight of the Shire throughout Queen Mary's reign, four times for Suffolk between 1553

and, in 1542, he was knighted, sitting that year in Parliament as knight of the shire for Kent and thereafter sitting on various commissions involving

of Rutland in 1541. He was returned as MP for Rutland (as senior knight of the shire) in successive parliamentary elections in 1545, 1547, 1553 (March)

election of George Moffatt, esq. (1870). Poll Book at the Election of a Knight of the Shire for the County of the Isle of Wight. Southampton: Hampshire Independent

ardent Protestant who served as Sheriff of Devon in 1550–1551, and as Knight of the Shire for Devon in 1547, April 1554, and 1563, and Member of Parliament

Berkshire. John made a life for himself at the royal court. He was a Knight of the Shire (MP) for Berkshire and Sheriff of Oxfordshire and Berkshire in 1442

before 1417 during the campaigns in France of King Henry V. He was Knight of the Shire for Somerset in 1421, and for Devon in 1422, 1425 and 1427. In 1423

High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk for 1511 and 1518 and elected Knight of the Shire for Norfolk in 1529 and 1542. He was knighted in 1518. He had married

gunshot wound in Boulogne. On 29 December 1544, Harper was elected knight of the shire for Kent. The Parliament next met in November 1545. Expecting a French

siege of Tournai in October 1513. He was elected to parliament as knight of the shire for Northamptonshire in 1529 and 1539. He was made a peer of the

Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire and widow of Anselm Guise. Brugge was Knight of the Shire (MP) for Gloucestershire in 1460 and for Herefordshire in 1472. He

26 January 1297 and from 26 July 1313 to 14 March 1322 and as a Knight of the Shire for Lincolnshire to York on 25 May 1298.[non-primary source needed]

into a land-owning family. From 1379 to 1388, Dalyngrigge was a Knight of the Shire for Sussex and one of the most influential people in the county.

Leixlip 1 July 1604;" Harris 1930, p. 1193, left column, line . "k. [knight] of the shire, in England, one of the representatives of a shire or county in Parliament

knighted between 1436 and 1441 and was appointed to Parliament as Knight of the Shire for Lincolnshire on 30 Jan 1447. He served in France in July 1448

the time who also belonged to the Devon nobility. In 1586 he was a knight of the shire for Devon with Walter Raleigh as his partner. In August 1, 1587 his

1537 until his death. In 1529 he was elected to Parliament as a Knight of the Shire (MP) for Yorkshire, together with his first cousin, Sir John Neville

more honourable reasons, as J.P., High Sheriff, Deputy Lieutenant, Knight of the Shire and militia commander, he was a loyal servant of the Crown. He died

York county, west (1849). West riding election. The poll for a knight of the shire for the west riding of Yorkshire ... 1848.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint:

Parliament for Bletchingley (Surrey) while his brother John was Knight of the Shire, in which Nicholas followed him in 1455–56. At about that time Nicholas

deputy warden, and on 3 January 1542 he was returned to parliament as knight of the shire for Cumberland. During 1542 both English and Scots were preparing

videbo deum salvatorem. Sir Ralfe Greene who died in 1417. He was Knight of the Shire for Northamptonshire, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire and Sheriff

Sunning from the Bishop of Salisbury. Robert Bullock of Aborfield was Knight of the Shire for Berkshire (1382) and Sheriff for the Counties of Berkshire and

1472, and was exempted from the Resumption Act of 1473. Parr sat as knight of the shire for Westmorland in 1467 and 1473, was High Sheriff of Cumberland

Arundell was born in the town in 1421 – his father John Arundell, knight of the shire for Devon and Cornwall, lived in the town for some time. Sir Richard

Fethard in 1611;" Ball 1926, p. 227, last line: "[Everard] became a knight of the shire for Tipperary 1613;" Wedgwood 1961, p. 149: "... 132 Protestant MPs

Stoke. Amicia of Stoke, heiress to the manor, married Robert Pogeys, Knight of the Shire 200 years later, and the village eventually became known as Stoke

a separate entry is made for each Parliament, even if the same Knight of the Shire served in successive Parliaments. List of known Knights of the Shire

administration in Norfolk, although he was elected to Parliament in 1566 as Knight of the Shire, allegedly after the Duke had put pressure on the sheriff, William

figure, partly because he shares his name with a contemporary who was knight of the shire for Leicestershire in 1419. Their son is a still more curious figure

Benjamin Ellison (died 1676) of Newcastle, merchant adventurer. Knight of the shire, Durham, 1654. Elizabeth Robinson Matthew Robinson (1694–1778), landscape

VIII's sixth wife, Katherine Parr. He was elected to Parliament as a Knight of the Shire for Surrey in 1545. Walsingham married twice: Firstly he married

Elstead) More's roles in Surrey during the 16th century included Knight of the Shire, Justice of the peace, Sheriff, Deputy Lieutenant and Member of parliament

in a Letter to a Friend (1695); A Letter to a Gentleman elected a Knight of the Shire to serve in the present Parliament, London, 1694; An Account of the

paramount position over the whole Rape of Pevensey. Pelham served as Knight of the Shire for Sussex in the first, second, fourth, fifth, and sixth parliaments

1 7 December 1779 An Act for holding the ensuing Election of a Knight of the Shire for the County of Southampton, at the Town of New Alresford, in the

lord-lieutenancy of Middlesex, and in February 1552/3 he was again knight of the shire for Middlesex in Edward's last parliament. He was not a member of

important and symbolic act of Coke's political career" occurred. As a Knight of the Shire, Coke had the right to appear in court dressed "in his boots" as

for swans in the Midland counties in 1627. Littleton was elected knight of the shire for Staffordshire in 1624. He was a close ally of Robert Devereux

(i. 209) An Enquiry or Discourse between a Yeoman of Kent and a Knight of the Shire, upon the Prorogation of Parliament, &c. (ii. 330). Published accounts

Retrieved 2 January 2024. West Riding Election: The Poll for a Knight of the Shire for the West Riding of Yorkshire (PDF). Leeds: George Crosby. 1849

[Cork County]" Harris 1930, p. 1193, left column, line 60. "k. [knight] of the shire, in England, one of the representatives of a shire or county in Parliament

Sheriff of Devon, 1379–80, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, 1383–4, Knight of the Shire for Devon, 1385, 1386, 1388, by his 1st wife, Maud, daughter and

grandson sold it to an ancestor of Henry Cheyne, who was elected knight of the shire for Kent in 1563, and was created "Lord Cheyney" in 1572. He had

or in New England. In April 1640 Sir Nathaniel was re-elected as Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, for the Short Parliament, and again in November 1640

15 November, Francis Trentham was elected to replace Litteton as knight of the shire for Staffordshire. Sir Edward Littleton died on 17 December 1610

Hamo, the senior heir, inherited the lordship of Litcham and was Knight of the Shire (M.P.) for Norfolk in 1372 and 1377. He married and had a daughter

1378): see Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, pp. 166–7. Devereux was knight of the shire for Herefordshire in the parliament of October 1378, Calendar of

Essex, Market Overton, Rutland, etc., Burgess (M.P.) for Plympton, Knight of the Shire for Hertfordshire, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, 1478–9, Sheriff

Dent published their first book, The Poll for the Election of a Knight of the Shire for the County of Lincoln, taken November 26 to December 6, 1823

Elizabeth's second daughter Jane. Sir Henry Spring (died before 1311), Knight of the Shire for Northumberland John Spring (died 1435), MP for Northampton (1414

to be a bandit John Folville ~1255–1310 Leicestershire He was a knight of the shire for Rutland Maurice de Gaunt ~1180–1230 Gloucestershire? Nobleman