Richard Waldegrave (d. 1402)
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Sir Richard Waldegrave was a Member of Parliament for Suffolk and Speaker of the House of Commons during the reign of King Richard II
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Richard the son resided at Smallbridge
in Suffolk
, and was returned to Parliament twelve times as a knight of the shire for Suffolk
between 1376 and 1390. He was first elected in 1376, and then again in Oct 1377, 1378 and 1381, when he was elected speaker of the House of Commons. He however prayed the king to discharge him from the office, the first instance, according to James Alexander Manning, of a speaker desiring to be excused. The king, however, insisted on him fulfilling his duties. During his speakership parliament was chiefly occupied with the revocation of the charters granted to the villeins by Richard during Wat Tyler's rebellion. It was dissolved in February 1382.
Waldegrave later represented Suffolk in the two parliaments of 1382, in those of 1383, in that of 1386, in those of 1388, and in that of January 1389–90.
He held a number of public appointments but was finally excused from office in 1404.
He died at Smallbridge on 2 May 1410, and was buried on the north side of the parish church of St. Mary at Bures
in Suffolk. He had married Joan, widow of Sir Robert Bures, of Bures St. Mary, and heiress of Silvester, by whom he had a son, Sir Richard Waldegrave
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Richard II of England
Richard II was King of England, a member of the House of Plantagenet and the last of its main-line kings. He ruled from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. Richard was a son of Edward, the Black Prince, and was born during the reign of his grandfather, Edward III...
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Life
His father Sir Richard Waldegrave of Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire had been returned to Parliament in 1335 as knight of the shire for Lincolnshire.Richard the son resided at Smallbridge
Smallbridge, Suffolk
Smallbridge is a manor in the English county of Suffolk that has for many years been associated with the Waldegrave family.Smallbridge is located near, and in the parish of, Bures St. Mary on the north bank of the River Stour that, thereabouts, forms the boundary with the county of Essex.- External...
in Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, and was returned to Parliament twelve times as a knight of the shire for Suffolk
Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)
Suffolk was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1290 until 1832, when it was split into two divisions.-Boundaries and franchise:...
between 1376 and 1390. He was first elected in 1376, and then again in Oct 1377, 1378 and 1381, when he was elected speaker of the House of Commons. He however prayed the king to discharge him from the office, the first instance, according to James Alexander Manning, of a speaker desiring to be excused. The king, however, insisted on him fulfilling his duties. During his speakership parliament was chiefly occupied with the revocation of the charters granted to the villeins by Richard during Wat Tyler's rebellion. It was dissolved in February 1382.
Waldegrave later represented Suffolk in the two parliaments of 1382, in those of 1383, in that of 1386, in those of 1388, and in that of January 1389–90.
He held a number of public appointments but was finally excused from office in 1404.
He died at Smallbridge on 2 May 1410, and was buried on the north side of the parish church of St. Mary at Bures
Bures, England
Bures is a village in eastern England. Because of its location straddling the Essex/Suffolk border, it is divided into two civil parishes: Bures Hamlet in Essex and Bures St. Mary in Suffolk. The village is thus served by two county councils, three district councils , two Members of Parliament and...
in Suffolk. He had married Joan, widow of Sir Robert Bures, of Bures St. Mary, and heiress of Silvester, by whom he had a son, Sir Richard Waldegrave
Richard Waldegrave (d. 1436)
Sir Richard Waldegrave was the son of Sir Richard Waldegrave. He had served in the Hundred Years' War and in 1402, was appointed to keep the seas , in which time he landed 10,000 men in Brittany and captured Conquet and the Île de Ré.He married Jane...
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