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SIR ISAAC PENINGTON (c. 1587-1661)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 90 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:ISAAC See also:PENINGTON (c. 1587-1661)  , See also:lord See also:mayor of See also:London, eldest son of See also:Robert See also:Penington, a London fishmonger, was See also:born probably in 1587 . His See also:father besides his London business had landed estates in See also:Norfolk and See also:Suffolk, which See also:Isaac inherited in addition to a See also:property in See also:Buckinghamshire which he himself See also:purchased . In 1638 Isaac became an See also:alderman and high See also:sheriff of London . In 1640 he was elected to the See also:House of See also:Commons as member for the See also:city of London, and immediately took a prominent See also:place among the Puritan party . In 1642 he was elected lord mayor of London, but retained his seat in See also:parliament by See also:special leave of the Commons; and he was elected lord mayor for a second See also:term in the following See also:year, continuing while in See also:office to raise large sums of See also:money for the opposition to the See also:Court party . From 1642 to 1645 he was See also:lieutenant of the See also:Tower, in which capacity he was See also:present at the See also:execution of See also:Laud; but, though one of the commissioners for the trial of See also:Charles I., he did not sign the See also:death See also:warrant . After the See also:king's death Penington served on See also:Cromwell's See also:council of See also:state, and on several committees of See also:government . His services were rewarded by considerable grants of See also:land; and a See also:knighthood conferred in 1649 . He was tried and convicted of See also:treason at the Restoration, and died while a prisoner in the Tower on the 17th of See also:December 1661 . He was twice married, and had six See also:children by his first wife, several of whom became See also:Quakers .

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