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MP Barnstaple is in Member Parliament. See Barnstaple, Devon.
In October 1553 Robert Carey (age 38) was elected MP Barnstaple.
In 1559 John Chichester was elected MP Barnstaple.
In 1563 Arthur Bassett (age 22) was elected MP Barnstaple.
In 1571 Peter Wentworth (age 42) was elected MP Barnstaple.
In 1584 John Peryan of Exeter (age 43) was elected MP Barnstaple.
In 1661 John Chichester 1st Baronet (age 37) was elected MP Barnstaple which seat he held until 1667.
In 1689 Arthur Chichester 3rd Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Barnstaple which seat he held until 1690.
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 1713 Arthur Chichester 3rd Baronet (age 53) was elected MP Barnstaple which seat he held until 1718.
In 1734 John Chichester 4th Baronet (age 45) was elected MP Barnstaple which seat he held until 1740.
In 1740 John Francis Bassett (age 26) was elected MP Barnstaple.