Knight of the shire (Latin: milites comitatus) was the formal title for a member of parliament (MP) representing a county constituency in the British... 11 KB (1,324 words) - 21:20, 19 April 2024 |
 | George Villiers (died 1606) (redirect from George Villiers (of Brokesby)) English knight and country gentleman. He was a High Sheriff of Leicestershire for the year 1591, and later was briefly a Knight of the Shire, a Member of Parliament... 10 KB (970 words) - 00:03, 6 January 2024 |
 | and Hasket (Hesket, Cumbria), then all in Westmorland. He was also Knight of the Shire for Westmorland. William de Engleys was born c. 1320 at High Head... 6 KB (850 words) - 18:40, 6 May 2024 |
 | a Speaker of the House of Commons, a Knight of the Shire and an hereditary Warden of the royal forest of Savernake Forest. He was the son of Geoffrey Sturmy... 28 KB (3,794 words) - 18:07, 25 April 2024 |
This is a list of prominent people executed by the state during the reign of the Tudors. The list is not exhaustive.... 18 KB (22 words) - 17:48, 10 October 2023 |
Hastings. He succeeded Henry as the 4th Earl. He was High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1571 and knight of the shire (MP) for Derbyshire in 1562 and Leicestershire... 5 KB (366 words) - 18:53, 11 April 2022 |
 | the Wormleighton estate in Warwickshire and the Althorp estate in Northamptonshire. His grandson Sir John Spencer (d. 1586) was a Knight of the Shire... 6 KB (642 words) - 16:19, 27 July 2023 |
Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1265) returned two Members of Parliament (sometimes referred to by the medieval term of knights of the shire). The place of election for the county was until 1700... 99 KB (2,673 words) - 00:42, 13 January 2024 |
 | Thomas Wyatt (poet) (redirect from Thomas Wyatt the Elder) Cromwell, at least during the latter's lifetime. Wyatt was elected knight of the shire (MP) for Kent in December 1541. In 1520, Wyatt married Elizabeth... 26 KB (3,103 words) - 01:40, 29 January 2024 |
Roger Fiennes (category Knights Bachelor) (1384–1449) was an English knight of the shire, High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex, and builder of Herstmonceux Castle. He was also Treasurer of King Henry VI's household... 4 KB (455 words) - 04:49, 16 March 2023 |