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See also: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
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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
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In 1638 Isaac became an See also:alderman and high See also:sheriff of London
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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
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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
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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: |
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