| Charles Henry Cooper, Thompson Cooper - 1861 - 592 pages
...received his education at Peterhouse, but we have not succeeded in finding direct evidence of the fact. He was elected one of the knights of the shire for the county of Cambridge to the parliament which met at Westminster 21 Oct. 1555. At the coronation of queen Elizabeth... | |
| Matthew Forster Conolly - Celebrities - 1866 - 518 pages
...ancient family was seated for many ages in the counties of Devon and Somerset. In 1361 Sir William Gary was elected one of the knights of the shire for the county of Devon, and in 1387, by licence of the king and apostolical authority, converted the parish church of... | |
| Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1867 - 484 pages
...that I have in the world, but my books, which I give to my brother time of his death, in 1669, was one of the Knights of the Shire for the county of Huntingdon. The inscription upon his monument in Brampton Church is given in the Topographer and Genealogist, vol.... | |
| William Molyneux (F.G.S.) - 1869 - 286 pages
...Giles-in-the-Fields, London. His lordship was succeeded by his second son HENEY, •who, in his father's lifetime, was elected one of the Knights of the shire for the county of Stafford, and served in the Parliaments both of King William and Queen Anne. In 1702 he was appointed... | |
| Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1879 - 648 pages
...His son and successor, Sir John Bernard, the second baronet, at the time of his death, in 1669, was one of the Knights of the Shire for the county of Huntingdon. The inscription upon his monument in Brampton Church is given in the "Topographer and Genealogist,"... | |
| Somerset Richard Lowry-Corry Earl of Belmore - Genealogy - 1881 - 412 pages
...the manors of Castlecoole, Clabby, Inishleague, and the other Fermanagh lands. In 1692 Captain Corry was elected one of the Knights of the Shire for the county (Fermanagh), and continued to sit in successive Parliaments until his death, upwards of a quarter of... | |
| Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1884 - 394 pages
...His son and successor, Sir Jobn Bernard, the second baronet, at the time of his death, in 1669, was one of the Knights of the Shire for the county of Huntingdon. The inscription upon his monument in Brampton Church is given in the "Topographer and Genealogist,"... | |
| Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright - Great Britain - 1892 - 250 pages
...His son and successor, Sir John Bernard, the second baronet, at the time of his death, in 1669, was one of the knights of the shire for the county of Huntingdon. The inscription upon his monument in Brampton Church is given in the "Topographer and Genealogist,"... | |
| Joseph Asbury Groves - History - 1901 - 646 pages
...dying unmarried, 1714, was succeeded by his next brother. Sir Rowland Alston, Bart., vrho was thrice elected one of the knights of the shire for the county of Bedford, and by Elizabeth, only daughter of Captain Reynes, had issue. 1. Sir Thomas, his successor... | |
| Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1904 - 458 pages
...Lord's and successor, Sir John Bernard, the second baronet, at the time of his death, in 1669, was one of the knights of the shire for the county of Huntingdon. The inscription upon his monument in Brampton Church is given in the " Topographer and Genealogist,"... | |
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