Samuel Gardner was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 1648.

Gardner was the son or a kinsman of Philip Gardner who was mayor of Evesham

Evesham

Evesham is a market town and a civil parish in the Local Authority District of Wychavon in the county of Worcestershire, England with a population of 22,000. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon...

 in 1618. He was mayor of Evesham himself in 1625, 1633 and 1642. He was a wealthy man and on 16 January 1643 lent £1,000 without interest to Lord Brooke, the parliamentary commander. However he had considerable difficulty having the money repaid according to a series of parliamentary entries between April 1643 and May 1648. In 1645, he was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Evesham

Evesham (UK Parliament constituency)

Evesham was a parliamentary constituency in Worcestershire which was represented in the British House of Commons. Originally a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Evesham, it was first represented in 1295...

 until he was secluded under Pride's Purge

Pride's Purge

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in 1648. He was mayor of Evesham again in 1653. He was Lord of the Manor of Bewdley where courts were held in his name between 1670 and 1673, but he sold his title in the manor in 1674. .