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27-417: Edward North may refer to: Edward North, 1st Baron North (1496–1564), English peer and politician Edward W. North (1778–1843), mayor of Charleston, South Carolina Edward North (classicist) (1820–1903), American classical scholar Edward North (Conservative politician) (1900–1942), British Conservative politician [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

54-623: A county had to have a forty-shilling freehold in that county in order to be a voter there. Over the course of time, authorities began to consider a great number of different types of property as forty-shilling freeholds . Subsequently, the residence requirement disappeared. Until the Representation of the People Act 1832 , each county continued to send two knights (apart from Yorkshire , which had its number of knights increased to four in 1826). How these knights were chosen varied from one county to

81-417: A fortune large enough to enable him to purchase the estate of Kirtling, near Newmarket, which remained in the possession of his descendants until 1941. By Alice he had two sons: and two daughters: In 1534 he became a kinsman of Thomas Cromwell 's nephew, Richard , who married Frances, daughter of Thomas Murfyn by his second wife, Elizabeth Donne, and stepdaughter of Sir Thomas Denys . His second wife

108-467: A legacy of £300 was bequeathed to him. On the accession of King Edward VI , North was induced, under pressure, to resign his office as chancellor of augmentations. He continued as a Privy Councillor during the young king's reign, and was one of those who attested his will, but his name does not appear among the signatories of the deed of settlement disinheriting the Princesses Mary and Elizabeth. North

135-455: A mercer in the city of London, and sheriff in 1538–9, by whom she had three daughters. After her husband's death she was silkwoman to Anne Boleyn . She died as a Marian exile in 1556 at Frankfurt . Edward North studied at St Paul's School under William Lyly , and later entered Peterhouse, Cambridge , but seems never to have proceeded to a degree. He then entered one of the Inns of Court ,

162-412: A publication now in the public domain :  Jessopp, Augustus (1895). " North, Edward ". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 41. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 154–155. Knights of the shire The name "knight of the shire" originally implied that the representative had to be a knight , and the writ of election referred to a belted knight until

189-465: A seat in the House of Lords . Born about 1504, North was the only son of Roger North of Nottinghamshire, a merchant and haberdasher, and Christiana, the daughter of Richard Warcup of Sinnington , Yorkshire. After the death of Roger North in 1509, Christiana married, as her second husband, Sir Ralph Warren , Lord Mayor of London . Edward North had a sister, Joan , who married William Wilkinson (d. 1543),

216-505: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Edward North, 1st Baron North Edward North, 1st Baron North ( c. 1504 – 1564) was an English peer and politician. He was the Clerk of the Parliaments 1531–1540 and Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire 1557–1564. A successful lawyer, he was created the first Baron North , giving him

243-470: Is probable that all free inhabitant householders voted and that the parliamentary qualification was, like that which compelled attendance in the county court , merely a 'resiance' or residence qualification." He goes on to explain why Parliament decided to legislate about the county franchise. "The Act of 1430," he said, "after declaring that elections had been crowded by many persons of low estate, and that confusion had thereby resulted, accordingly enacted that

270-483: The court of augmentations , a court created by the king for dealing with the estates which had been confiscated by the dissolution of the monasteries . In 1541 he was knighted, and he served as High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire for 1543. He was one of the knights of the shire for Cambridgeshire in the English parliaments of 1542, 1547, and 1553. On the resignation of the chancellorship by Sir Thomas Audley in 1544, North

297-557: The suffrage should be limited to persons qualified by a freehold of 40s". The Parliament of England legislated the new uniform county franchise, in the Electors of Knights of the Shires Act 1429 ( 8 Hen. 6 . c. 7). It was included as a recital in the Electors of Knights of the Shire Act 1432 ( 10 Hen. 6 . c. 2), which amended and re-enacted the 1430 law to make clear that the resident of

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324-407: The 19th century; but by the 14th century men who were not knights were commonly elected. An act of Henry VI ( 23 Hen. 6 . c. 14) stipulated that those eligible for election were knights and "such notable esquires and gentlemen as have estates sufficient to be knights, and by no means of the degree of yeoman ". From Simon de Montfort's Parliament in 1265, each shire sent two knights, and

351-482: The court. In 1546 he was made a member of the Privy Council of England , received some extensive grants of former abbey lands, and managed by prudence to retain the favour of his sovereign, although on one occasion towards the end of his reign Henry VIII was induced to distrust him, and even to accuse him of peculation, a charge of which he cleared himself. North was named as one of the executors of King Henry's will, and

378-466: The family vault. His monumental inscription may still be seen in the chancel of Kirtling Church. Lord North was twice married. In around 1528 (his thirty-third year) he married Alice (d. 1560), the daughter of Oliver Squier of Southby, Hampshire. Alice was the widow of Edward Murfyn, a wealthy London merchant, the son of Thomas Murfyn (d. 1523), a former Lord Mayor of London and of John Brigandine of Southampton, Hampshire. By this marriage he acquired

405-492: The following century, in 1341, Edward III split Parliament into its current bicameral structure, which includes the House of Commons and the House of Lords . It opted in 1376 to appoint Sir Peter de la Mare to convey to the Lords complaints about heavy taxes, demands for an accounting of the royal expenditures, and criticism of the king's management of the military. Although de la Mare was imprisoned for his actions, many recognised

432-451: The franchise , means that county and borough constituencies now differ only slightly, as to election expenses and their type of returning officer . The term "knight of the shire" has been used more recently in a tongue-in-cheek manner for senior Conservative Party backbenchers representing rural constituencies in England and Wales . The precursor to the English parliamentary system

459-598: The next and evolved over time. The 1832 Act increased the number of knights sent by some populous counties to as many as six. The term became obsolete due to the final destruction of counties mentioned by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and widened structure of electorate in the Reform Act of 1884 (the Third Great Reform Act) , and in the Representation of the People Act 1918 . The term rapidly died out during

486-422: The number was standard until 1826 when Yorkshire gained two additional knights after the disfranchisement of Grampound borough . Under the Representation of the People Act 1832 counties with larger populations sent more knights than smaller ones. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 split each multiple-seat shire into multiple single-seat divisions. This change, together with the concomitant standardisation of

513-593: The reception of Cardinal Pole at St. James's, and he was in the commission for the suppression of heresy in 1557. On the accession of Elizabeth she kept her court for six days (23 to 29 November 1558) at Lord North's mansion in the London Charterhouse , and some time afterwards he was appointed lord-lieutenant of the county of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely. He was not, however, admitted as a privy councillor, though his name appears as still taking part in public affairs. In

540-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_North&oldid=1233523890 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

567-489: The summer of 1560, he lost his first wife, who died at the Charterhouse, but was carried with great pomp to Kirtling to be buried. Lord North entertained the queen a second time at the Charterhouse for four days, from 10 to 13 July 1561. Soon after this he retired from court, and spent most of his time at Kirtling in retirement. He died at the Charterhouse on 31 December 1564, and was buried at Kirtling, beside his first wife, in

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594-604: The value of a single representative voice for the Commons. Accordingly, an office of Speaker of the House of Commons was created. Mare was soon released after the death of Edward III and became the Speaker of the House again in 1377. Before 1430, the franchise (electorate) for elections of knights of the shire was not restricted to forty-shilling freeholders . Discussing the original county franchise, historian Charles Seymour suggested, "It

621-455: Was called to the bar , and became counsel for the City of London, probably through the influence of Alderman Wilkinson, who had married his sister Joan. In 1531 North was appointed clerk of the parliament and was associated in that office with Sir Brian Tuke . In 1536 he appears as one of the king's serjeants. In 1541 he resigned his office as clerk of the parliament, on being appointed treasurer of

648-422: Was Margaret (d. 1575), daughter of Richard Butler of London, and widow of, first, Andrew Francis; secondly, of Robert Chartsey, alderman of London.; and, thirdly, of Sir David Brooke , chief baron of the exchequer. She survived till 2 June 1575. This lady, like his first wife, brought her husband a large fortune, which he left to her absolutely by his will. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates text from

675-483: Was a Magnum Concilium or great council, an advice chamber to the king consisting of peers , ecclesiastics, and knights of the shire (with the king summoning two of these from each county). In 1264, this council evolved to include representatives from the boroughs (burgesses), requiring that all members be elected ( Montfort's Parliament ). The parliament gained legislative powers in 1295 (the Model Parliament ). In

702-424: Was among the supporters of Lady Jane Gray . North was not only pardoned by Mary, but was again sworn of the privy council, and on 5 April 1554, he was summoned to parliament as a baron of the realm by the title of Lord North of Kirtling . He was chosen among other lords to receive Philip II of Spain at Southampton on 19 July 1554 and was present at the marriage of Queen Mary. In the following November, he attended

729-426: Was deputed, together with Sir Thomas Pope , to receive the great seal and to deliver it into the hands of the king. In 1545 he was one of a commission of inquiry as to the distribution of the revenues of certain cathedrals and collegiate churches , and about the same time, he was promoted, with Sir Richard Rich , chancellor of the court of augmentations. On the resignation of his colleague, he became sole chancellor of

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