Historical records matching Sir William Heveningham, MP
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About Sir William Heveningham, MP
William and Lady Mary obtained a license to marry on 25th April 1655. He lived at Heveningham, Suffolk & Ketteringham, Norfolk. SOURCE: The Peerage.
After attending Pembroke College, Cambridge, he married Catherine(Died 1648), daughter of Sir Henry Wallop. MP,an extremely wealthy and influential resident of Hampshire and Wiltshire. His second marriage (1650) was to Mary Carey, daughter of the Earl of Dover. William inherited substantial properties on his father's death in 1633.He was elected MP for Stockbridge, Hampshire in the Short Parliament and again in the Long Parliament in 1640 He was active in the administration of East Anglia during the Civil Wars and advanced money for the support of the parliamentarian garrison at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire.Although he was an elder of the Presbyterian Classis in Dunwich, Suffolk (Note: Classis-Group of Presbyterian Churches that are governed by a group of elders), he was associated with the Independant faction in parliament.His support for the army during 1648 was motivated by the desire to avoid the risk of a military coup, and thus keep power in the hands of civilian parliamentarians. In Jan 1648 he was appointed a Commissioner of the High Court of Justice for the trial of King Charles. He attended every session of the trial, but refused to sign the King's death warrant.However, he was one of the first MP.s to certify his approval of the Regicide, as required by parliament in Feb. 1649. He was a member of the Council of State in 1649/50, but his parliamentary activity declined during the Commonwealth and Protectorate. He built a substantial fortune through buying up properties confiscated from the chuch and from Royalists, and he speculated in buying up army debentures. He was probably the first of the Regicides to surrender to the authorities at the Restoration in 1660. He was brought to trial in Oct.1660, found guilty of treason for his part in the King's trial and sentenced to death. He successfully petitioned for mercy,supported by his wife's family connections, claiming he tried to prevent Charles execution, had opposed Cromwell's tyranny, and had contributed 500 pounds to Booth's Uprising in 1659. He was imprisoned in Windsor Castle, where he remained until his death in 1678. SOURCES: Daniel Webster Hollis----William Heveningham, Oxford DNB 2004. Blair Worden, The Rump Parliament----Cambridge, 1974
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Sir William Heveningham, MP's Timeline
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1604
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Ketteringham, Norfolk, England
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1639
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Heveningham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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1646
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Ketteringham, Norfolk, England
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February 20, 1677
Age 73
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Windsor Castle, (Imprisoned), Berkshire, UK
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February 21, 1677
Age 73
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Ketteringham Church, Ketteringham, Norfolk, UK
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