See also:HESILRIGE (or HESELkIG), See also:SIR See also:ARTHUR
, 2nd See also:Bart
.
(d
.
1661), See also:English parliamentarian, was the eldest son of See also:Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Hesilrige, 1st See also:baronet (c
.
1622), of Noseley, See also:Leicestershire, a
member of a' very See also:ancient See also:family settled in See also:Northumberland and Leicestershire, and of Frances, daughter of Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Gorges, of Alderton, See also:Northamptonshire
.
He See also:early imbibed strong puritanical principles, and showed a See also:special antagonism to See also:Laud
.
He sat for Leicestershire in the See also:Short and See also:Long Parliaments in 1640, and took a See also:principal See also:part in See also:Strafford's See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder, the See also:Root and See also:Branch See also:Bill and the See also:Militia Bill of the 7th of See also:December 1641, and was one of the five members impeached on the 3rd of See also:January 1642
.
He showed much activity in the See also:Great See also:Rebellion, raised a See also:troop of See also:horse for See also:Essex, fought at Edgehill, commanded in the See also:West under See also:Waller, being nick-named his fidus See also:Achates, and distinguished himself at the See also:head of his See also:cuirassiers, " The Lobsters," at Lansdown on the 5th of See also:July 1643, at Roundway Down on the 13th of July, at both of which battles he was wounded, and at Cheriton, See also:March 29th 1644
.
On the occasion of the See also:breach between the See also:army and the See also:parliament, Hesilrige supported the former, took See also:Cromwell's part in his dispute with See also:Manchester and Essex, and on the passing of the Self-denying See also:Ordinance gave up his See also:commission and became one of the leaders of the See also:Independent party in parliament
.
On the 3oth of December 1647 he was appointed See also:governor of See also:Newcastle, which he successfully defended, besides defeating the Royalists on the 2nd of July 1648 and regaining See also:Tynemouth
.
In See also:October he accompanied Cromwell to See also:Scotland, and gave him valuable support in the Scottish expedition in 165o
.
Hesilrige, though he approved of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:execution, had declined to See also:act as See also:judge on his trial
.
He was one of the leading men in the See also:Commonwealth, but Cromwell's See also:expulsion of the Long Parliament threw him into antagonism, and he opposed the See also:Protectorate and refused to pay taxes
.
He was returned for See also:Leicester to the parliaments of 1654, 1656 and 1659, but was excluded from the two former
.
He refused a seat in the Lords, whither Cromwell sought to relegate him, and succeeded in again obtaining See also:admission to the See also:Commons in January 1658
.
On Cromwell's See also:death Hesilrige refused support to See also:Richard, and was instrumental in effecting his downfall
.
He was now one of the most influential men in the See also:council and in parliament
.
He attempted to maintain a republican See also:parliamentary See also:administration, " to keep the See also:sword subservient to the See also:civil See also:magistrate," and opposed See also:Lambert's schemes
.
On the latter succeeding in expelling the parliament, Hesilrige turned to See also:- MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
- MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
- MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
- MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)
Monk for support, and assisted his movements by securing See also:Portsmouth on the 3rd of December 1659
.
He marched to See also:London, and was appointed one of the council of See also:state on the 2nd of January 166o, and on the 11th of See also:February a See also:commissioner for the army
.
He was completely deceived by Monk, and trusting to his assurance of fidelity to " the See also:good old cause " consented to the retirement of his See also:regiment from London
.
At the Restoration his See also:life was saved by Monk's intervention, but he was imprisoned in the See also:Tower, where he died on the 7th of January 1661
.
See also:Clarendon describes Hesilrige as " an absurd, bold See also:man." He was rash, " See also:hare-brained," devoid of tact and had little claim to the See also:title of a statesman, but his See also:energy in the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field and in parliament was often of great value to the parliamentary cause
.
He exposed himself to considerable obloquy by his exactions and appropriations of confiscated landed See also:property, though the See also:accusation brought against him by See also:John See also:Lilburne was examined by' a parliamentary See also:committee and adjudged to be false
.
Hesilrige married (1) Frances, daughter of Thomas See also:Elmes of Lilford, Northamptonshire, by whom he had two sons and two daughters, and (2) Dorothy, See also:sister of See also:Robert Greville,
2nd See also:Lord See also:Brooke, by whom he had three sons and five daughters
.
The family was represented in 1907 by his descendant Sir See also:Arthur
See also:Grey Hazlerigg of Noseley, 13th Baronet
.
of Nat
.
See also:Biography, and authorities there quoted; Early See also:History
of the Family of Hesilrige, by W
.
G
.
D
.
See also:Fletcher; Cal. of State Papers,
Domestic, 1631—1664, where there are a large number of important
references. as also in Hist
.
See also:MSS., See also:Comm
.
See also:Series, MSS. of See also:Earl
See also:Cowper, See also:Duke of See also:Leeds and Duke of See also:Portland ; See also:Egerton MSS
.
2618,
Harleian 7001 f
.
198, and in the See also:Sloane, See also:Stowe and Additional collec-
tions in the See also:British Museum; also S
.
R
.
See also:Gardiner, Hist. of See also:England,
Hist. of the Great Civil See also:War and Commonwealth; Clarendon's History,
State Papers and Cal. of State Papers, J
.
L
.
Sanford's Studies of the
Great Rebellion
.
His life is written by See also:Noble in the See also:House of Cromwell, i
.
403
.
For his public letters and speeches in parliament see the See also:catalogue of the British Museum
.
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