Abraham Burrell
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Abraham Burrell was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
from 1645 to 1653. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War
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Burrell was born in London, the son of Richard Burrell, and was baptised at St Benet Gracechurch on 18 January 1589. His father owned tenements in London and Burrell and his brothers also managed these properties. In 1622 he acquired the manor of Shapwick, Somerset
. He showed early antipathy towards the King when in 1639 he refused to contribute towards the cost of the Bishops War against the Scots. In 1640 he sold Shapwick Manor to Sir Samuel Rolle
, Hugh Fortescue, and Henry Rolle
, and in 1641 acquired the manor, grange,watermill, etc. of Medloe Highfield, Huntingdonshire.
In September 1645, Burrell was elected Member of Parliament
for Huntingdon
in the Long Parliament
after the previous member inherited a peerage. Burrell was unusual in writing an agreement with his electorate in which he undertook to demand no payment from the burgesses. He was a member of the committee for Huntingdonshire, and a commissioner of the High Court of Justice in 1649, but refused to take part in the trial of the King.
Burrell died in1657, and a memorial was erected to him in the church of St James, Little Paxton
.
Burrell married Elizabeth Butts, daughter of Richard Butts of Ham Court, Chertsey in 1617. They had four daughters, one of whom, Elizabeth, married Sir Drayner Massingberd, aparliamentary colonel.
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
from 1645 to 1653. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
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Burrell was born in London, the son of Richard Burrell, and was baptised at St Benet Gracechurch on 18 January 1589. His father owned tenements in London and Burrell and his brothers also managed these properties. In 1622 he acquired the manor of Shapwick, Somerset
Shapwick, Somerset
Shapwick is a village on the Somerset Levels, in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. It is situated to the west of Glastonbury.-History:Shapwick is the site of one end of the Sweet Track, an ancient causeway dating from the 39th century BC....
. He showed early antipathy towards the King when in 1639 he refused to contribute towards the cost of the Bishops War against the Scots. In 1640 he sold Shapwick Manor to Sir Samuel Rolle
Samuel Rolle
Sir Samuel Rolle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1640 and 1647. He supported the parliamentary side in the English Civil War....
, Hugh Fortescue, and Henry Rolle
Henry Rolle
Henry Rolle was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.-Early life and career:Henry Rolle, the second son of Robert Rolle of Heanton Sachville, Devon , by Joan, daughter of Thomas Hele of Fleet in the same county, was born about 1589. John Rolle was his brother...
, and in 1641 acquired the manor, grange,watermill, etc. of Medloe Highfield, Huntingdonshire.
In September 1645, Burrell was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Huntingdon
Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)
Huntingdon is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
in the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...
after the previous member inherited a peerage. Burrell was unusual in writing an agreement with his electorate in which he undertook to demand no payment from the burgesses. He was a member of the committee for Huntingdonshire, and a commissioner of the High Court of Justice in 1649, but refused to take part in the trial of the King.
Burrell died in1657, and a memorial was erected to him in the church of St James, Little Paxton
Little Paxton
Shittle Paxton in Cambridgeshire, England is a village near Great Paxton north of St Neots. It is in the district and historic county of Huntingdonshire. Until the 1970s it was a minor village and the church was under threat of closure...
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Burrell married Elizabeth Butts, daughter of Richard Butts of Ham Court, Chertsey in 1617. They had four daughters, one of whom, Elizabeth, married Sir Drayner Massingberd, aparliamentary colonel.