Roger Twysden
Sir Roger Twysden, 2nd Baronet (21 August 1597 – 27 June 1672), of Roydon Hall near East Peckham in Kent, was an English historian and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1640.
Life
Twysden was the son of
In 1625, Twysden was elected
Twysden showed his determination to stand for his rights by refusing to pay ship money. In April 1640 he was elected MP for Kent in the Short Parliament. However, he became disillusioned and was not a member of the Long Parliament elected later the same year. He applauded the early measures of the parliament to restrict the king's prerogative but became alarmed when it went on to assail the Church. The attainder of Lord Strafford frightened him as a tyrannical use of power, and he became a typical example of the men who formed the strength of the king's party in the English Civil War. He considered himself too old to serve in the field and therefore he did not join the king at Oxford.
In 1642, he was arrested after signing a petition from Kent and, once he was released on bail, he published the seditious Instructions. He was caught while trying to flee the country and was imprisoned again. In 1643 his estates were sequestrated. After the execution of the King, he returned to Kent, but his respect for legality would not let him rest, and he was soon in trouble again for another demonstration known as "The Instruction to Mr
Twysden died on 27 June 1672 and was buried at Peckham. Memorials to the Twysden family are to be found in St Michael's church, East Peckham.
Works
Twysden's claim to notice rests on three works:
- The Commoners Liberty (1648);
- Historiae Anglicanae Scriptores X (1652), a pioneering work of English medieval history; and
- An Historical Vindication of the Church of England (1657).
The Scriptores Decem were ten chroniclers, namely: Simeon Monachus Dunelmensis, Johannes Prior Hagustaldensis, Ricardus Prior Hagustaldensis, Ailredus Abbas Rievallensis, Radulphus de Diceto Londoniensis, Johannes Brompton Jornallensis, Gervasius Monachus Dorobornensis, Thomas Stubbs Dominicanus, Gulielmus Thorn Cantuariensis, Henricus Knighton Leicestrensis.[4]
Family
Twysden married
References
- ^ a b c Marie-Louise Coolahan, 'Twysden , Anne, Lady Twysden (1574–1638)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 14 Jan 2017
- ^ "Twisden, Roger (TWSN614R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- ^ Given in the DNB article on Twysden. I.e. Symeon of Durham (the libellus de exordio), John of Hexham, Richard of Hexham, Aelred of Rievaulx, Ralph de Diceto, John Brompton, Gervase of Canterbury, Thomas Stubbs, William Thorne, and Henry Knighton.
Sources
public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Twysden, Sir Roger". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in theExternal links
- Hutchinson, John (1892). . Men of Kent and Kentishmen (Subscription ed.). Canterbury: Cross & Jackman. p. 135.