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English politician (1586?1661)
Sir John Glanville
the younger (1586 ? 2 October 1661), was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
at various times between 1614 and 1644. He was
Speaker of the English House of Commons
during the
Short Parliament
. He supported the
Royalist
cause in the
English Civil War
.
Life
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Glanville was the son of
Sir John Glanville the elder
, of
Broad Hinton
in Wiltshire. His father was a judge and Member of Parliament. Glanville was brought up as an attorney, but entered
Lincoln's Inn
and was
called to the bar
on 6 February 1610. He was
Recorder
of
Plymouth
from 1614.
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He was elected
Member of Parliament
for
Liskeard
in 1614. In 1621 he was elected MP for
Plymouth
and was re-elected in 1624. He was secretary to the Lord Admiral of the Fleet during the
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
's
assault on Cadiz
in 1625, and managed several of the articles of his impeachment over the next three years. He was re-elected MP for Plymouth in 1625 and opposed the Crown in the 1620s, preparing a protest against the dissolution of Parliament in 1625. He was re-elected MP for Plymouth in 1626 and 1628, and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. At some time he was proctor for the dean and chapter of Windsor.
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In January 1630, Glanville became a
reader
of his Inn. He became
serjeant-at-law
on 20 May 1637 and bencher of his Inn on 14 June 1637. He was Recorder of
Bristol
from 1638. In April 1640 he was elected MP for
Bristol
in the
Short Parliament
when he served Speaker. He spoke so strongly against
ship money
during his term as Speaker that the court party contrived to prevent him coming down to the House on the day the Short Parliament was dissolved. Nevertheless, he became
King's Serjeant
on 6 July 1640 and from then onwards he supported the
King
. In November 1640, he was re-elected MP for Bristol for the
Long Parliament
. He was
knighted
on 7 August 1641.
[1]
He sat in the King's Parliament at Oxford and was awarded
DCL
from the
University of Oxford
on 31 January 1644.
[2]
In January or September 1644, he was disabled from sitting in parliament. He was also replaced as recorder of Bristol by
Edmund Prideaux
. In 1645, he was imprisoned by Parliament in the
Tower of London
until he was released on 7 July 1648. He was fined £2,320 for his support for the King. In 1659, he was elected MP for
St Germans
in the
Third Protectorate Parliament
but was disqualified.
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Following the Restoration, Glanville was reappointed
King's Serjeant
on 6 June 1660.
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Marriage and issue
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Glanville married Winifred Bourchier, daughter of William Bourchier of
Barnsley
, Gloucestershire in about 1613. He had sons:
- Francis Glanville, a
Royalist
soldier in the
English Civil War
.
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Colonel Francis Glanville was killed in 1645 when a
Parliamentarian
force besieged the Royalist-held town of
Bridgwater
in Somerset.
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His monument in the church at
Broad Hinton
is a standing alabaster statue, wearing armour and holding the metal staff of a standard; his real armour is displayed above the monument.
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- William Glanville, heir to his father, who was MP for
Camelford
(died 1680)
[3]
- Julius Glanville
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