Arthur Spry
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Arthur Spry was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
from 1660 to 1679.
Spry was the son of Thomas Spry and his wife Catherine Ashford, daughter of Arthur Ashford. He was the first member of the family to settle at Place, a property granted to the Spry family by Henry VIII, in the parish of St Anthony in Roseland
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In 1660, Spry was elected Member of Parliament
for St Mawes
in the Convention Parliament being seated after a double return in May 1660. In 1661 he was re-elected MP for St Mawes in another double return to the Cavalier Parliament
and was seated in May. He sat until 1679.
Spry died at the age of 73 and was buried at St Anthony's
where a monument was erected featuring a bust between two weeping females.
Spry married firstly Mary Gayer daughter of Richard Gayer. She died on 4 May 1656 and was buried at Anthony Church, He married secondly Miss Hele. He had a son George and was grandfather of the adminral Richard Spry
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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 1660 to 1679.
Spry was the son of Thomas Spry and his wife Catherine Ashford, daughter of Arthur Ashford. He was the first member of the family to settle at Place, a property granted to the Spry family by Henry VIII, in the parish of St Anthony in Roseland
St Anthony in Roseland
St Anthony in Roseland is a village and formerly a parish in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is one of four settlements in the Roseland Peninsula.At Trewince is a house of five bays and two storeys built in 1750...
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In 1660, Spry 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 St Mawes
St Mawes (UK Parliament constituency)
St Mawes was a rotten borough in Cornwall. It returned two Members of Parliament ) to the House of Commons of England from 1562 to 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom until it was abolished by the Great Reform Act in...
in the Convention Parliament being seated after a double return in May 1660. In 1661 he was re-elected MP for St Mawes in another double return to the Cavalier Parliament
Cavalier Parliament
The Cavalier Parliament of England lasted from 8 May 1661 until 24 January 1679. It was the longest English Parliament, enduring for nearly 18 years of the quarter century reign of Charles II of England...
and was seated in May. He sat until 1679.
Spry died at the age of 73 and was buried at St Anthony's
St Anthony's Church, St Anthony in Roseland
St Anthony's Church in St Anthony in Roseland, Cornwall, England was built in the 12th century. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust...
where a monument was erected featuring a bust between two weeping females.
Spry married firstly Mary Gayer daughter of Richard Gayer. She died on 4 May 1656 and was buried at Anthony Church, He married secondly Miss Hele. He had a son George and was grandfather of the adminral Richard Spry
Richard Spry
Admiral Sir Richard Spry was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, North American Station.-Naval career:Spry joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer in 1733. Following the sinking of his ship by the Spanish Navy he was taken prisoner in 1745 but released two months later...
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