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In January 1377 Thomas Hungerford was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1399 William Dorward of Dorward Hall in Bocking in Essex was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1406 John Tiptoft 1st Baron Tiptoft was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1407 Thomas Chaucer (age 40) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1413 William Dorward of Dorward Hall in Bocking in Essex was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In May 1414 the Fire and Faggot Parliament at Greyfriars Priory Leicester, Leicestershire [Map]. Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford (age 35) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons. It was named for the Suppression of Heresy Act which called for burning the Lollards with bundles of sticks known as faggots.
In 1415 Richard Redman (age 65) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
Around April 1416 Walter Beauchamp (age 52) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1421 John Tyrrell (age 39) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1426 Richard Vernon aka Pembridge (age 37) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1429 John Tyrrell (age 47) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1437 John Hody was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1437 John Tyrrell (age 55) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 26th September 1439 William Tresham was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 3rd December 1441 William Tresham was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 14th December 1446 William Tresham was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1455 John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock (age 55) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 9th October 1459 Thomas Tresham (age 39) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons at Coventry, Warwickshire [Map]. The primary purpose of the Parliament was to attaint the Yorkist leaders:
Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York (age 48), his sons Edward Earl of March (age 17), Edmund Earl of Rutland (age 16) were attainted, as were Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 59) and his sons Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 30) and John Neville 1431-1471 (age 28).
On 24th January 1484 William Catesby (age 34) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 7th November 1485 Thomas Lovell was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 10th November 1487 John Mordaunt (age 31) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 18th October 1491 Richard Empson (age 41) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 15th October 1495 Robert Drury (age 41) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons during the 5th Parliament of Henry VII.
In 1497 Thomas Englefield was elected Knight of the Shire Bedfordshire. Thomas Englefield was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1504 Edmund Dudley (age 42) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1510 Thomas Englefield was elected Knight of the Shire Bedfordshire. Thomas Englefield was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1512 Robert Sheffield (age 51) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1514 Thomas Neville (age 39) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1523 Thomas More (age 44) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons on the recommendation of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (age 49).
In 1533 Humphrey Wingfield was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1539 Nicholas Hare (age 55) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1553 John Pollard was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1553 James Dyer (age 43) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1554 Robert Broke was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1555 John Pollard was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1571 Christopher Wray (age 47) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1572 Robert Bell (age 33) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1580 John Popham (age 49) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons which post he held for three years.
On 23rd November 1585 John Puckering (age 41) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 24th November 1597 Christopher Yelverton (age 61) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In October 1601 John Croke (age 48) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 19th March 1604 Edward Phelips (age 47) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons which office he held until 1611.
In 1626 Heneage Finch (age 46) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1640 William Lenthall (age 48) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 20th February 1640 Henry Berkeley of Bruton (age 61) was elected MP Ilchester
John Glanville (age 54) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In September 1651 John Temple (age 19) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1661 Edward Turnour (age 44) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1673 Edward Seymour 4th Baronet (age 40) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1678 Robert Sawyer (age 45) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons but resigned a month later due to health.
In 1680 and 1681 William Williams 1st Baronet (age 46) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1698 Thomas Littleton 3rd Baronet (age 50) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In February 1701 Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 39) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 25th November 1710 William Bromley (age 47) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons which office he held until 1732
In 1714 Thomas Hanmer 4th Baronet (age 36) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1715 Spencer Compton 1st Earl Wilmington (age 42) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 23rd January 1728 Arthur Onslow (age 36) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons unanimously.
In 1735 Arthur Onslow (age 43) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons unanimously.
In 1741 Arthur Onslow (age 49) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons unanimously.
In 1747 Arthur Onslow (age 55) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons unanimously.
In 1754 Arthur Onslow (age 62) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons unanimously.
In 1761 John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 42) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1789 Charles Wolfram Cornwall (age 53) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons which position he held until his death in 1789.
In 1802 Charles Abbot 1st Baron Colchester (age 44) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1839 Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley (age 44) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
James Strangeways was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
William Bromley was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.