Israel Amice

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Israel Amice (or Amyce, [1] c.1548 - 1607) was an MP in Cornwall, representing St Mawes constituency. [2] He was elected in the 1571 United Kingdom general election but did not return to Parliament after the next election. [3]

Amice produced a survey map of Castle Hedingham in 1592 at the request of Lord Burghley, who employed him at the time. [4]

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References

  1. "Title: Receipts towards purchase money under the sale for sums totalling £945". Essex Record Office. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. Browne Willis (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Or, An History of the Counties, Cities, and Boroughs in England and Wales: ... The Whole Extracted from Mss. and Printed Evidences ... (2nd ed.). R. Gosling. p. 80. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. "AMYCE, Israel (c.1548-1607), of Tilbury, Essex and Cheshunt, Herts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. "Hedingham Survey Map". Oxford Authorship Site. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for St Mawes
1571
With: William Fleetwood
Succeeded by