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The shield above of 6 quarters shows 1: Puckering; 2: Ashton</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Sir John Puckering</b> (1544 – 30 April 1596) was a lawyer and politician who served as <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker of the House of Commons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lord_Keeper_of_the_Great_Seal" title="Lord Keeper of the Great Seal">Lord Keeper of the Great Seal</a> from 1592 until his death.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Puckering&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was born in 1544 in <a href="/wiki/Flamborough" title="Flamborough">Flamborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="East Riding of Yorkshire">East Riding of Yorkshire</a>, the eldest son of William Puckering of Flamborough, by his wife Anne Ashton, daughter and heiress of John Ashton of Great Lever, Lancashire.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Puckering&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He entered <a href="/wiki/Lincoln%27s_Inn" title="Lincoln's Inn">Lincoln's Inn</a> on 10 April 1559<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was <a href="/wiki/Called_to_the_bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Called to the bar">called to the bar</a> on 15 January 1567. After some years' practice, he became a governor in 1575, and in 1577 became an elected reader in <a href="/wiki/Lent" title="Lent">Lent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Judges_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Judges-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a <a href="/wiki/Sergeant_at_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergeant at law">sergeant at law</a> in 1580.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Work_in_Parliament">Work in Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Puckering&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Work in Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Puckering became a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a> in 1581.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 November 1585, Parliament met and elected Puckering, who was returned for <a href="/wiki/Bedford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bedford (UK Parliament constituency)">Bedford</a>, as Speaker of the House of Commons.<sup id="cite_ref-Judges_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Judges-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this Parliament, a bill against Jesuits was brought up for discussion.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dr William Parry, who was later executed for <a href="/wiki/High_treason" class="mw-redirect" title="High treason">high treason</a>, said the bill was "cruel, bloody and desperate". Puckering ordered him into the custody of the sergeant-at-arms for his use of language, and after some discussion, Parry apologised and retook his seat.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Puckering's skill with dispute solving and speeches was recognised, and he was elected as the Speaker in the next parliament, which opened on 15 October 1586 when he represented <a href="/wiki/Gatton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Gatton (UK Parliament constituency)">Gatton, Surrey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Foss532_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Foss532-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the parliament that decided the fate of <a href="/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots" title="Mary, Queen of Scots">Mary, Queen of Scots</a>, and Puckering was heavily involved with the decision.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 March 1587, shortly following Mary's execution, MP <a href="/wiki/Peter_Wentworth" title="Peter Wentworth">Peter Wentworth</a> asked Puckering to answer some questions regarding the liberties of the House. Puckering refused, but showed one of the questions to <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Heneage" title="Thomas Heneage">Sir Thomas Heneage</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council">Privy Council</a>. Wentworth, and four other members of parliament who seconded his motion were imprisoned in the <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_London" title="Tower of London">Tower of London</a> for an unknown length of time. The following year, Puckering was <a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">knighted</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and according to some sources was made Queen's Sergeant, though other sources claim he had been made sergeant two years before.<sup id="cite_ref-Judges_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Judges-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Queen's_Sergeant"><span id="Queen.27s_Sergeant"></span>Queen's Sergeant</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Puckering&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Queen's Sergeant"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Puckering took part in several trials as Queen's Sergeant. He was successfully leader for the crown in the trial of <a href="/wiki/Philip,_Earl_of_Arundel" class="mw-redirect" title="Philip, Earl of Arundel">Philip, Earl of Arundel</a>, who was accused of high treason. He joined in the commission with Judge Clarke, in July 1590 in the trial of <a href="/wiki/John_Udall_(Puritan)" title="John Udall (Puritan)">John Udall</a> who had published libel about the queen.<sup id="cite_ref-Foss532_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Foss532-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His final trial was that of <a href="/wiki/John_Perrot" title="John Perrot">Sir John Perrot</a>, the lord deputy of Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 28 May 1592, Puckering was made the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Keeper" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Keeper">Lord Keeper</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lord_Keeper">Lord Keeper</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Puckering&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Lord Keeper"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Puckering was Lord Keeper for four years, but only presided over one Parliament. During this period, he lived at Russell House near Ivy Bridge, and then <a href="/wiki/York_House,_Strand" title="York House, Strand">York House</a>, both on the <a href="/wiki/Strand,_London" title="Strand, London">Strand</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also owned a country house in <a href="/wiki/Kew" title="Kew">Kew</a>, where he entertained the queen on 13 December 1595.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some of Puckering's papers as Sergeant and Lord Keeper were printed by <a href="/wiki/John_Strype" title="John Strype">John Strype</a>. These include interrogations of <a href="/wiki/Recusancy" title="Recusancy">Catholic recusants</a> like John Whitfield in 1593, who was involved with Francis Dacre in a plot for a Spanish invasion of Scotland, and the allowance of bread for the students of <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Oxford" title="Christ Church, Oxford">Christ Church, Oxford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marriage_and_children">Marriage and children</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Puckering&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Marriage and children"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Monument_to_John_%26_Jane_Puckering,_Westminster_Abbey_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Monument_to_John_%26_Jane_Puckering%2C_Westminster_Abbey_02.jpg/220px-Monument_to_John_%26_Jane_Puckering%2C_Westminster_Abbey_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Monument_to_John_%26_Jane_Puckering%2C_Westminster_Abbey_02.jpg/330px-Monument_to_John_%26_Jane_Puckering%2C_Westminster_Abbey_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Monument_to_John_%26_Jane_Puckering%2C_Westminster_Abbey_02.jpg/440px-Monument_to_John_%26_Jane_Puckering%2C_Westminster_Abbey_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3432" data-file-height="4329" /></a><figcaption>Detail of the monument to John & Jane Puckering, Westminster Abbey</figcaption></figure> <p>He married Jane Chowne,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a daughter of Nicholas Chowne<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of Fairlawn, near Wrotham, Kent, and Aldenham, Hertfordshire, by his second marriage to Elizabeth Lloyd, widow of Evan Lloyd, a brewer. By Jane he had several children, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Puckering,_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Thomas Puckering, 1st Baronet">Sir Thomas Puckering, 1st Baronet</a> (died 1636), son and heir, made a <a href="/wiki/Puckering_baronets" title="Puckering baronets">baronet</a> in 1612. He married Elizabeth Morley, a daughter of Sir John Morley, of Halnaker in Sussex, but died childless. His monument survives in <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_Church_of_St_Mary,_Warwick" title="Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick">St. Mary's Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warwick" title="Warwick">Warwick</a>. Thomas's epitaph records his involvement in the education of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Frederick,_Prince_of_Wales" title="Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales">Henry, Prince of Wales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John's daughters included Catherine, who married <a href="/wiki/Adam_Newton_(dean)" class="mw-redirect" title="Adam Newton (dean)">Adam Newton</a>, the tutor of Prince Henry. After Puckering's death, his widow Jane married William Combe,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who with his nephew John Combe, sold land at Stratford to William Shakespeare in 1602. Jane was buried at St. Mary's, Warwick, on 15 July 1611.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_burial">Death and burial</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Puckering&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Death and burial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He died on 30 April 1596 of <a href="/wiki/Apoplexy" title="Apoplexy">apoplexy</a>, at his home, and is buried in <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where survives his magnificent monument,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> displaying the arms of Chowne: <i>Sable, three attires of a stag in pale argent</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Puckering&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/puckering-john-1544-96">"PUCKERING, John (C.1544-96), of Kew, Surr. And Weston, Herts. | History of Parliament Online"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=PUCKERING%2C+John+%28C.1544-96%29%2C+of+Kew%2C+Surr.+And+Weston%2C+Herts.+%26%23124%3B+History+of+Parliament+Online&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.historyofparliamentonline.org%2Fvolume%2F1558-1603%2Fmember%2Fpuckering-john-1544-96&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Puckering" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Paley Baildon, p65.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Judges-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Judges_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Judges_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Judges_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Foss, p531.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chauncey, p134.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Campbell, p184.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Manning, p250.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Manning, p. 251.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Foss532-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Foss532_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Foss532_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Foss, p. 532.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Manning, pp.252–254.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Manning, p. 255.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Campbell, p. 187.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Campbell, p. 188.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Foss, p. 533.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Foss, p. 534.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/annalsofreformat04stry">Strype, John, ed., <i>Annals of the Reformation</i>, vol.4, Oxford (1824)</a> see contents p.vii-xxviii.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">PROB 11/118, 291/257-8, Will of Dame Jane Puckering or Puckeringe, Widow, dated 17 May 1611 and proved on 22 October 1611.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See entry for Nicholas Chowne (Chune) in History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509–1588.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tomb epitaph, St Mary's Warwick, engraved by Wencelas Hollar</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See entry for William Combe in History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1551–1610.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Campbell, p. 192.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/sir-john-puckering">See image</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The British herald, or Cabinet of armorial bearings of the nobility & gentry ...By Thomas Robson <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hmEBAAAAQAAJ&dq=Chowne+Fairlawn+mullet+pierced&pg=PT183">[1]</a></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Pickering">Pickering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Guildesborough" title="John Guildesborough">Guildesborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Waldegrave_(politician)" title="Richard Waldegrave (politician)">Waldegrave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Pickering" title="James Pickering">Pickering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bussy" title="John Bussy">Bussy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cheyne_(speaker)" title="John Cheyne (speaker)">Cheney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Doreward" title="John Doreward">Doreward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Savage" title="Arnold Savage">Savage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Redford" title="Henry Redford">Redford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Savage" title="Arnold Savage">Savage</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">15th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Esturmy" title="William Esturmy">Esturmy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tiptoft,_1st_Baron_Tiptoft" title="John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft">Tiptoft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Chaucer" title="Thomas Chaucer">Chaucer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Stourton_(speaker)" title="William Stourton (speaker)">Stourton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Doreward" title="John Doreward">Doreward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Hungerford,_1st_Baron_Hungerford" title="Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford">Hungerford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Chaucer" title="Thomas Chaucer">Chaucer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Redman_(speaker)" title="Richard Redman (speaker)">Redman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Beauchamp" title="Walter Beauchamp">Beauchamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Flower" title="Roger Flower">Flower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Hunt_(speaker)" title="Roger Hunt (speaker)">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Chaucer" title="Thomas Chaucer">Chaucer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Baynard" title="Richard Baynard">Baynard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Flower" title="Roger Flower">Flower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Russell_(speaker)" title="John Russell (speaker)">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Walton" title="Thomas Walton">Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Vernon_(speaker)" title="Richard Vernon (speaker)">Vernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tyrrell_(died_1437)" title="John Tyrrell (died 1437)">Tyrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Alington_(speaker)" title="William Alington (speaker)">Alington I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tyrrell_(died_1437)" title="John Tyrrell (died 1437)">Tyrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Russell_(speaker)" title="John Russell (speaker)">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Hunt_(speaker)" title="Roger Hunt (speaker)">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bowes_(speaker)" title="John Bowes (speaker)">Bowes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tyrrell_(died_1437)" title="John Tyrrell (died 1437)">Tyrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Burley_(politician)" title="William Burley (politician)">Burley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Tresham" title="William Tresham">W. Tresham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Burley_(politician)" title="William Burley (politician)">Burley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Tresham" title="William Tresham">W. Tresham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Say" title="John Say">Say</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Popham_(military_commander)" title="John Popham (military commander)">Popham I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Tresham" title="William Tresham">W. Tresham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Oldhall" title="William Oldhall">Oldhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Thorpe_(speaker)" title="Thomas Thorpe (speaker)">Thorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Charlton_(speaker)" title="Thomas Charlton (speaker)">Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wenlock,_1st_Baron_Wenlock" title="John Wenlock, 1st Baron Wenlock">Wenlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Tresham_(speaker)" title="Thomas Tresham (speaker)">T. Tresham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Green_(speaker)" title="John Green (speaker)">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Strangeways" title="James Strangeways">Strangeways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Say" title="John Say">Say</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Alington_(speaker,_died_1479)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Alington (speaker, died 1479)">Alington II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wood_(speaker)" title="John Wood (speaker)">Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Catesby" title="William Catesby">Catesby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lovell" title="Thomas Lovell">Lovell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mordaunt_(speaker)" title="John Mordaunt (speaker)">Mordaunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Fitzwilliam" title="Thomas Fitzwilliam">Fitzwilliam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Empson" title="Richard Empson">Empson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Drury_(speaker)" title="Robert Drury (speaker)">Drury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Englefield" title="Thomas Englefield">Englefield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">16th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Dudley" title="Edmund Dudley">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Englefield" title="Thomas Englefield">Englefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Sheffield" title="Robert Sheffield">Sheffield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Nevill" title="Thomas Nevill">Nevill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_More" title="Thomas More">More</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Audley,_1st_Baron_Audley_of_Walden" title="Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden">Audley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Wingfield" title="Humphrey Wingfield">Wingfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Rich,_1st_Baron_Rich" title="Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich">Rich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Hare" title="Nicholas Hare">Hare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Moyle" title="Thomas Moyle">Moyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Baker_(died_1558)" title="John Baker (died 1558)">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Dyer" title="James Dyer">Dyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pollard_(speaker)" title="John Pollard (speaker)">Pollard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Broke" title="Robert Broke">Broke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clement_Higham" title="Clement Higham">Higham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cordell" title="William Cordell">Cordell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gargrave" title="Thomas Gargrave">Gargrave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Williams_(speaker)" title="Thomas Williams (speaker)">T. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Onslow_(Solicitor_General)" title="Richard Onslow (Solicitor General)">Onslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Wray_(English_judge)" title="Christopher Wray (English judge)">Wray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bell_(speaker)" title="Robert Bell (speaker)">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Popham_(judge)" title="John Popham (judge)">Popham II</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Puckering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Snagge" title="Thomas Snagge">Snagge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Coke" title="Edward Coke">Coke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Yelverton" title="Christopher Yelverton">Yelverton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">17th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Croke" title="John Croke">Croke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Phelips_(speaker)" title="Edward Phelips (speaker)">Phelips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranulph_Crewe" title="Ranulph Crewe">R. Crewe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Richardson_(judge)" title="Thomas Richardson (judge)">Richardson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Crewe" title="Thomas Crewe">T. Crewe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heneage_Finch_(speaker)" title="Heneage Finch (speaker)">H. Finch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Finch,_1st_Baron_Finch" title="John Finch, 1st Baron Finch">J. Finch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Glanville" title="John Glanville">Glanville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lenthall" title="William Lenthall">Lenthall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Pelham_(speaker)" title="Henry Pelham (speaker)">Pelham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lenthall" title="William Lenthall">Lenthall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Rous" title="Francis Rous">Rous</a> (<a href="/wiki/Barebone%27s_Parliament" title="Barebone's Parliament">Barebones Parliament</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lenthall" title="William Lenthall">Lenthall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Widdrington" title="Thomas Widdrington">Widdrington</a> (<a href="/wiki/Second_Protectorate_Parliament" title="Second Protectorate Parliament">2nd Protectorate Parliament</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaloner_Chute" title="Chaloner Chute">Chute</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lislebone_Long" title="Lislebone Long">Long</a> & <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bampfield" title="Thomas Bampfield">Bampfield</a> (<a href="/wiki/Third_Protectorate_Parliament" title="Third Protectorate Parliament">3rd Protectorate Parliament</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lenthall" title="William Lenthall">Lenthall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Harbottle_Grimston,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet">Grimston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Turnour_(speaker)" title="Edward Turnour (speaker)">Turnour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Job_Charlton,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Job Charlton, 1st Baronet">Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Seymour,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet">Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Sawyer_(Attorney_General)" title="Robert Sawyer (Attorney General)">Sawyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Seymour,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet">Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Gregory_(1625%E2%80%931696)" title="William Gregory (1625–1696)">Gregory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Williams,_1st_Baronet,_of_Gray%27s_Inn" title="Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of Gray's Inn">W. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Trevor_(speaker)" title="John Trevor (speaker)">Trevor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Powle" title="Henry Powle">Powle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Trevor_(speaker)" title="John Trevor (speaker)">Trevor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Foley_(ironmaster)" title="Paul Foley (ironmaster)">Foley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Littleton,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Baronet">Littleton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">18th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Harley,_1st_Earl_of_Oxford_and_Earl_Mortimer" title="Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer">Harley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer)" title="John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer)">Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_lesser_arms).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="His Majesty's Government coat of arms"><img alt="His Majesty's Government coat of arms" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1552" data-file-height="1366" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Great_Britain" title="House of Commons of Great Britain">House of Commons<br />of Great Britain</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="18th_century" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">18th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#f7f7f7"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer)" title="John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Onslow,_1st_Baron_Onslow" title="Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow">R. Onslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Bromley_(Speaker)" title="William Bromley (Speaker)">Bromley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Hanmer,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet">Hanmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Compton,_1st_Earl_of_Wilmington" title="Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington">Compton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Onslow" title="Arthur Onslow">A. Onslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Cust,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet">Cust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fletcher_Norton,_1st_Baron_Grantley" title="Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley">Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Wolfran_Cornwall" title="Charles Wolfran Cornwall">Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Grenville,_1st_Baron_Grenville" title="William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville">Grenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Addington" title="Henry Addington">Addington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons<br />of the United Kingdom</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">19th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Addington" title="Henry Addington">Addington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Freeman-Mitford,_1st_Baron_Redesdale" title="John Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale">Mitford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Abbot,_1st_Baron_Colchester" title="Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester">Abbot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Manners-Sutton,_1st_Viscount_Canterbury" title="Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury">Manners-Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Abercromby,_1st_Baron_Dunfermline" title="James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline">Abercromby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Shaw-Lefevre,_1st_Viscount_Eversley" title="Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley">Shaw-Lefevre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Denison,_1st_Viscount_Ossington" title="Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington">Denison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Brand,_1st_Viscount_Hampden" title="Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden">Brand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Peel,_1st_Viscount_Peel" title="Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel">Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Court_Gully,_1st_Viscount_Selby" title="William Court Gully, 1st Viscount Selby">Gully</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">20th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Lowther,_1st_Viscount_Ullswater" title="James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater">Lowther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Whitley" title="John Henry Whitley">Whitley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_FitzRoy" title="Edward FitzRoy">FitzRoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Clifton_Brown,_1st_Viscount_Ruffside" title="Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Morrison,_1st_Viscount_Dunrossil" title="William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil">Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Hylton-Foster" title="Harry Hylton-Foster">Hylton-Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_King,_Baron_Maybray-King" title="Horace King, Baron Maybray-King">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selwyn_Lloyd" title="Selwyn Lloyd">Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Thomas,_1st_Viscount_Tonypandy" title="George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Weatherill" title="Bernard Weatherill">Weatherill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_Boothroyd" title="Betty Boothroyd">Boothroyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Martin,_Baron_Martin_of_Springburn" title="Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn">Martin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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