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In 1376 Thomas Cobham (age 33) was elected MP Kent. He was re-elected in May 1382, November 1384, and November 1390.
In January 1390 John Cobham was elected MP Kent. he was re-elected in 1394 and September 1397.
In 1467 John Scott (age 44) was elected MP Kent.
In October 1553 Robert Southwell (age 47) was elected MP Kent.
In October 1555 Robert Southwell (age 49) was elected MP Kent.
In 1584 Philip Sidney (age 29) was elected MP Kent.
In 1593 Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 43) was appointed MP Kent.
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 1621 George Fane of Burston (age 40) was elected MP Kent.
In 1624 Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet (age 45) was elected MP Kent.
In 1640 Norton Knatchbull 1st Baronet (age 61) was elected MP Kent.
In April 1640 Roger Twysden 2nd Baronet (age 42) was elected MP Kent in the Short Parliament.
In 1653 Philip Sidney 3rd Earl of Leicester (age 33) was elected MP Kent during the Barebones Parliament.
In 1653 Colonel Thomas Blount (age 49) was elected MP Kent in the Barebones Parliament.
In 1654 Henry Oxenden 1st Baronet (age 40) was elected MP Kent and 1656.
In 1656 Richard Meredith 2nd Baronet was elected MP Kent.
In April 1660 Edward Dering 2nd Baronet (age 34) was elected MP Kent.
In 1661 Thomas Peyton 2nd Baronet (age 47) was elected MP Kent which seat he held until 1679.
In 1685 John Knatchbull 2nd Baronet (age 49) was elected MP Kent which seat he held until 1695.
In 1698 James Oxenden 2nd Baronet (age 56) was elected MP Kent which seat he held until 1701.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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In 1705 Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet (age 25) was elected MP Kent which seat he held until 1708.
In 1708 Thomas Palmer 4th Baronet (age 25) was elected MP Kent.
In 1710 Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet (age 30) was elected for both MP Kent and MP Saltash. He chose to sit for Kent.
In 1713 Edward Knatchbull 4th Baronet (age 39) was elected MP Kent which seat he held until 1715.
On 9th May 1720 George Oxenden 5th Baronet (age 25) was elected MP Sandwich at a by-election probably caused by the death of his brother Henry Oxenden 4th Baronet (deceased). He was re-elected in 1722, 1727 and 1734 (when he also contested MP Kent), 1741 and 1747. He stood down in 1754.
In 1722 Edward Knatchbull 4th Baronet (age 48) was elected MP Kent which seat he held until 1727.
In 1727 Edward Dering 5th Baronet (age 22) stood for MP Kent but was unsuccessful.
In 1727 Robert Furnese 2nd Baronet (age 39) was elected MP Kent.
In 1727 Roger Meredith 5th Baronet (age 50) was elected MP Kent which seat he held until 1734.
In 1733 Edward Dering 5th Baronet (age 28) was elected MP Kent unopposed at a by-election. He held the seat until 1754.
In 1760 Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham 6th Baronet (age 22) was elected MP Kent which seat he held until 1763.
In 1763 Brook Bridges 3rd Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Kent.
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 1774 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 29) was elected MP Kent.