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In 1542 Richard Manners [aged 33] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1601 William Skipwith [aged 37] was elected MP Leicestershire.
The Huntingdon Peerage Chapter IX Ferdinando Sixth Earl of Huntingdon. FERDINANDO, sixth Earl of Huntingdon, heir and successor of Henry the fifth Earl [aged 21], was born at Ashby [Map], January 11th, 1608. In March, 1627, he was returned to serve in Parliament for the county of Leicester, and two years after was joined with his father in the Lieutenancy of the counties of Leicester and Rutland. By indenture, dated May, 1638, he and his brother Henry, in consideration of the sum of 4,50l. granted, to John Earl of Bridgewater [aged 29] and Thomas Davies, a moiety of the rectory of Mould, otherwise Mouldesdale, in Flintshire. On the 13th of November, 1641, his father being then still living, he had summons to Parliament amongst the barons of the realm; and in 1643 he succeeded to the family honours. He married Lucy, daughter and sole heir to Sir John Davys [aged 38], of Englefield, Berks, Knt. (Premier Serjeant at Law to James the First, and Charles the First, as also Solicitor, and afterwards Attorney General in Ireland, and finally Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench,) by his wife Lady Eleanor [aged 18], youngest daughter of George Lord Audley, Earl of Castlehaven [aged 57], and, settling at Donnington Park, had by her four sons; Henry, John, Ferdinando, and Theophilus, born after the decease of his three brothers; and likewise six daughters, Alice, Eleanor, both of whom died young; Elizabeth, married to Sir James Laughan, of Cottesbroke, in Nottinghamshire, Bart, being his second wife, and dying without issue; Lucy, who died unmarried; Mary, espoused to Sir William Joliffe, of Caverswell Castle in Staffordshire, Knt.; and lastly Christiana.
In 1614 George Hastings [aged 24] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1614 Thomas Haselrigge 1st Baronet [aged 50] was elected MP Leicestershire.
On 9th February 1621 George Hastings [aged 31] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1624 Thomas Haselrigge 1st Baronet [aged 60] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1653 Edward Smith 1st Baronet [aged 23] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1654 Thomas Beaumont 1st Baronet was elected MP Leicestershire which seat he held until 1659.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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In 1679 Henry Beaumont 2nd Baronet [aged 40] was elected MP Leicestershire which seat he held until his death in 1689.
In 1690 Thomas Haselrigge 4th Baronet [aged 26] was elected MP Leicestershire which seat he held until 1695.
In 1701 Bennet Sherard 1st Earl Harborough [aged 26] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1702 George Beaumont 4th Baronet [aged 38] was elected MP Leicestershire which seat he held until his death in 1737.
In 1710 Geoffrey Palmer 3rd Baronet [aged 54] was elected MP Leicestershire.
On 5th August 1714 Geoffrey Palmer 3rd Baronet [aged 59] was elected MP Leicestershire at a by-election.
On 7th December 1719 William Manners [aged 22] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1722 William Manners [aged 24] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1747 Wrightson Mundy [aged 32] was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1754 Thomas Palmer 4th Baronet [aged 52] was elected MP Leicestershire which seat he held until 1765.
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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On 26th December 1765 John Palmer 5th Baronet [aged 30] was elected MP Leicestershire at a by-election. He was returned again in 1768 and 1774.
In September 1774 Thomas Noel 2nd Viscount Wentworth [aged 28] was elected MP Leicestershire. Within in a month he resigned his seat since he had become 2nd Viscount Wentworth following the death of his father.