Edward Bashe

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Sir Edward Bashe (died 12 May 1653) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1628 and 1640.

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Life

Bashe was the son of Ralph Bashe, of Stanstead Abbots, Hertfordshire and his wife Frances Carey, daughter of Sir Edward Carey, Master of the Jewel Office. [1] He matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge in Autumn 1608. [2] He received a knighthood at Theobalds on 6 June 1616. [3]

In 1625 he obtained the post of Chamberlain of the Exchequer for life.

Bashe was elected Member of Parliament for Stamford in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In April 1640, he was elected MP for Grantham in the Short Parliament. [4]

Bashe lived at Stanstead Abbots which had previously belonged to Anne Boleyn and which was granted to Bashe's grandfather Edward Baeshe in 1559. Bashe married Mary Montagu, daughter of Sir Charles Montagu.

Death

Bashe died in 1653 and was buried at Stanstead Cussans, Hertfordshire. By deed of 10 November 1635 and under his will he founded charities to support almshouses and a school at Stanstead. [5] He had no children and his property went to a cousin Ralph Bashe. [1] At the Restoration in 1660, Ralph unsuccessfully petitioned King Charles II to inherit the office of Chamberlain. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Le Neve's Pedigrees
  2. ↑ "Bashe, Edward (BS608E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ↑ Knights of England
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Parishes: Stanstead Abbots, A History of the County of Hertford: volume 3 (1912), pp. 366-373. Date accessed: 17 February 2011
  6. ↑ "Charles II - volume 1: May 29-31, 1660 Pages 1-16 Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1660-1. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1860". British History Online. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Stamford
1628–1629
With: Sir Thomas Hatton, 1st Baronet 		Parliament suspended until 1640
Vacant Member of Parliament for Grantham
1640
With: Henry Pelham 		Succeeded by


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