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MP Lancashire is in Member Parliament.
In 1427 Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley (age 22) was elected MP Lancashire. He was re-elected in 1433, 1439, 1442, 1447, 1449, 1450, 1453 and 1455.
In October 1553 Richard Shireburn (age 31) was elected MP Lancashire.
In 1601 Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet (age 30) was elected MP Lancashire. He was re-elected in 1604.
In 1614 Cuthbert Halsall (age 41) was elected MP Lancashire.
In 1621 Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet (age 30) was elected MP Lancashire which seat he held until 1622.
In 1626 Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Lancashire.
In April 1640 Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet (age 49) was elected MP Lancashire.
In 1645 Richard Hoghton 3rd Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Lancashire.
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 1656 Richard Hoghton 3rd Baronet (age 40) was elected MP Lancashire.
In 1705 Richard Shuttleworth (age 21) was elected MP Lancashire. He was returned in 1708, 1710, 1715, 1722, 1727, 1734 and 1741.
In 1761 James Shuttleworth (age 47) was elected MP Lancashire whchi seat he held until 1768.
In 1768 Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon (age 27) was elected MP Lancashire.
On 4th September 1772 Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton (age 23) was elected MP Lancashire.
In 1774 Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton (age 24) was elected MP Lancashire.
In 1780 Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton (age 30) was elected MP Lancashire.