Gerard Fleetwood

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Sir Gerard Fleetwood was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1626.

The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain. In 1801, with the union of Great Britain and Ireland, that house was in turn replaced by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

Fleetwood was the son of Thomas Fleetwood. He was knighted in July 1603 and was Ranger of Woodstock Park in 1611. In 1625, he was elected Member of Parliament for Woodstock. He was re-elected MP for Woodstock in 1626.^[1]

Woodstock, sometimes called New Woodstock, was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom named after the town of Woodstock in the county of Oxfordshire.

Fleetwood lived in Hampshire which was under Royalist control in the English Civil War. He was a Commissioner of Array and went to Winchester as he later claimed not through choice. His estates were sequestered by Parliament and on 22 February 1646, he requested "a moderate composition" because he "disliked the business, and was never in arms". He was willing to submit to a fine and on 7 April, a fine was set a £500. In addition to this, he was assessed by the Committee of Advance of Money at £400 on 29 January 1647. However his debts were judged to amount to £4476 on 16 November 1648 and his assessment was taken off on 24 November "as his debts are much more than the whole value of his estate."^[1]

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance. The first (1642–1646) and second (1648–1649) wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the third (1649–1651) saw fighting between supporters of King Charles II and supporters of the Rump Parliament. The war ended with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651.

Fleetwood was living in 1651.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 W R Williams The Parliamentary History of the County of Oxford

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Preceded by Sir Philip Cary William Lenthall	Member of Parliament for Woodstock 1625–1626 With: Sir Philip Cary 1625 Edward Tavernor 1626	Succeeded by Edward Tavernor William Fleetwood

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[Williams-1] 1 2 3 W R Williams The Parliamentary History of the County of Oxford