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In October 1404 Simon Leeke (age 59) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1417 Henry Pierrepont was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1421 Henry Pierrepont was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1423 Henry Pierrepont was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1425 Henry Pierrepont was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1572 Henry Pierrepont (age 26) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1584 Robert Constable (age 62) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1601 Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 16) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1614 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 26) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
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 1621 George Chaworth 1st Viscount Chaworth (age 67) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1621 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1624 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 36) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1625 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 37) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1626 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 38) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1628 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester (age 21) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1628 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 40) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In September 1654 William Pierrepont of Thoresby (age 46) was elected MP Nottinghamshire during the First Protectorate Parliament.
On 8th May 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) summoned his second Parliament.
John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 44) was elected MP Wallingford.
James Thynne (age 56) was elected MP Wiltshire.
Adam Browne 2nd Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Surrey.
Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 30) was elected MP Northumberland.
William Compton (age 36) was elected MP Cambridge.
Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 32) was elected MP Camelford.
Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 61) was elected MP Bath and Heytesbury.
Edward Hungerford (age 28) was elected MP Chippenham.
Robert Pierrepont (age 24) was elected MP Nottingham.
John Melbury Sampford Strangeways (age 75) was elected MP Weymouth.
Giles Strangeways (age 45) was elected MP Dorset.
John Strangeways (age 24) was elected MP Bridport.
William Wyndham 1st Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Taunton.
James Herbert (age 38) was elected MP Queenborough.
William Alington 1st and 3rd Baron Alington (age 21) was elected MP Cambridge.
William Bowes of Streatlam (age 4) was elected MP Durham.
Robert Brooke (age 24) was elected MP Aldeburgh.
Josiah Child (age 30) was elected MP Dartmouth.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 73) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew (age 37) was elected MP Brackley.
Richard Jennings (age 42) was elected MP St Albans.
Robert Kemp 2nd Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Norfolk.
Edward Phelips (age 48) was elected MP Somerset.
Robert Robartes (age 27) was elected MP Bossiney.
Hender Robartes (age 25) was elected MP Bodmin.
Clement Fisher 2nd Baronet (age 48) was elected MP Coventry.
William Portman 6th Baronet (age 17) was elected MP Taunton.
John Robinson 1st Baronet (age 46) was elected MP Rye.
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In 1698 Thomas Willoughby 1st Baron Middleton (age 25) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1722 Emanuel Howe 2nd Viscount Howe (age 22) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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In 1727 Robert Clifton 5th Baronet (age 37) stood for MP East Retford and MP Nottinghamshire. He was returned for MP East Retford. In 1734 he was returned unopposed.
In 1739 John Mordaunt (age 30) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
On 13th December 1762 Thomas Willoughby 4th Baron Middleton (age 33) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1826 John Lumley-Savile 8th Earl Scarborough (age 37) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.