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Sir Guy Palmes was MP for Rutland

Rutland (UK Parliament constituency)

Rutland was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Rutland. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, along with Stamford in Lincolnshire...

, High Sheriff of Yorkshire

High Sheriff of Yorkshire

The High Sheriff of Yorkshire was an ancient High Sheriff title originating in the time of the Angles, not long after the invasion of the Kingdom of England, which was in existence for around a thousand years. A list of the sheriffs from the Norman conquest onwards can be found below...

and Justice of the Peace

Justice of the Peace

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for Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

Early life

Palmes lived at Lindley, now part of Huddersfield

Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....

, and at Ashwell, Rutland

Ashwell, Rutland

Ashwell is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is located about three miles north of Oakham....

and married Anne, the daughter of Sir Edward Stafford.

Political positions

Palmes had earlier been appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Rutland by King James I. Palmes represented Rutland

Rutland (UK Parliament constituency)

seven times in Parliament from 1614 until disabled from sitting in September 1643.

Having previously served as a 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,...

, Palmes opposed the initiatives of King Charles I

Charles I of England

Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...

. The King subsequently named Palmes High Sheriff of Yorkshire

High Sheriff of Yorkshire

for 1622, in order to keep Palmes busy at home and out of the King's way. (Sheriffs were required by statute to remain in their counties.) Palmes apparently later had a change of heart and became ardently Royalist

Cavalier

Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I and son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration...

. He would be fined heavily by Parliament and eventually pardoned, but only after being forced to sell many of his estates to pay his fines.

A will dated October 31, 1519 of his ancestor Bryan Palmes, Sergeant-at-Law still exists, showing he had lands in Naburn, Riccall, Escrick, South Duffield, Elvington, Barthorpe, Sutton, Holtby, Berrythorpe and Gate Fulford.

Personal life

Palmes' daughter was the second wife of Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexinton

Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexinton

Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexinton was a Royalist MP in 1625 and 1640.-Family:He was the son of Sir William Sutton of Averham, Nottinghamshire,Lord Lexinton was thrice married....

of Aram, who was elevated to the peerage in 1645 for his services to the Royalist cause. Another of Palmes's daughters was the wife of Sir Nicholas Fairfax, son of Sir Thomas Fairfax of Denton, Yorkshire.

Palmes was named a beneficiary and supervisor to the 1613 will of his cousin John Lindley of Lindley. The other supervisor of Lindley's will was Thomas Levett

Thomas Levett

Thomas Levett , was an Oxford-educated Lincoln's Inn barrister, judge of the Admiralty for the Northern Counties and High Sheriff of Rutland...

, Esq., married to Lindley's only daughter Margaret.

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