John Lenthall (Roundhead)

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Sir John Lenthall (c. 1625–1681) was an English Member of Parliament. He was elected MP for Gloucester in 1645, knighted by

Sheriff of Oxfordshire for 1672–73 and knighted a second time by Charles II in 1677.[1]

Sir Peter Lely
Burford Priory

Biography

John Lenthall was the only surviving son of William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Commons, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Ambrose Evans of Loddington in Northamptonshire. At the age of 14 he matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford on 12 September 1640 and entered Lincoln's Inn the same year.[2][3]

Lenthall was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucester in 1645.[4]

He was one of the judges appointed for the

Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell on 9 March 1658.[6][a] On 18 January 1660 he was made colonel of a regiment of foot.[7]

In 1660 Lenthall was returned to the

Sheriff of Oxfordshire.[2]
As his Cromwellian knighthood was not recognised after the Restoration King Charles II knighted him a second time at Whitehall on 13 March 1677.

He died at Besselsleigh on 9 November 1681,[2] and was buried in the parish church at Besselsleigh in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), adjoining his country estate.[5] Wood terms him "the grand braggadocio and liar of the age he lived in".[9]

Family

His first wife was Rebecca, daughter of Thomas Bennet, an alderman of London.[5] After her death, he married Mary Bluett, a daughter of Sir John Bluett (d.1634) of Holcombe Rogus in Devon and widow of Sir James Stonhouse, Bt. They had three children: William, his successor, John and James (died 1686). Lenthall's third wife was Catherine, daughter of Eusebius Andrews, of Edmonton, Middlesex.[10] They had no children.[5]

Notes

  1. George Cokayne concluded that Nobel was mistaken.[3]
  1. ^ Lee 1903, p. 767.
  2. ^ a b c Firth 1893, p. 60.
  3. ^ a b c d Cokayne 1903, p. 8.
  4. ^ Firth 1893, p. 60 cites Foster, Alumni Oxonienses, iii. 902.
  5. ^ a b c d Burke 1833, p. 179.
  6. Mercurius Politicus
    , 4–11 March 1657.
  7. ^ Firth 1893, p. 60 cites Commons' Journals, vii. 814.
  8. ^ Firth 1893, p. 60 cites Commons' Journals, viii. 24.
  9. ^ Firth 1893, p. 60 cites Wood, Athenæ, iii. 902.
  10. ^ Helms & Jaggar 1983.

References

  • Burke, John (1833). A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 179.
  • Helms, M. W.; Jaggar, Geoffrey (1983). "Lenthall, John (c.1625-81), of Burford Priory, Oxon. and Besselsleigh, Berks.". In Henning, B.D. (ed.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690. Boydell and Brewer.
  • Public Domain Lee, Sidney, ed. (1903). "Lenthall, John". Index and Epitome. Dictionary of National Biography. Cambridge University Press. p. 767.
  • Cokayne, George Edward (1903). Complete baronetage: 1649 – 1664. Vol. 3. Exeter: W. Pollard & Company. pp. 8.
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Parliament of England
Preceded by
Member of Parliament for Gloucester
1645
With: Thomas Pury, senior
 Succeeded by
Gloucester was unrepresented in the
Barebones Parliament
Preceded by
Member of Parliament for Gloucester
1659
With: Thomas Pury, senior
 Succeeded by
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