Philip Bickerstaffe

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Philip Bickerstaffe (1639–1714) was an English merchant and the owner of Amble Works. [1] He was M.P. for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1685; [2] and for Northumberland 1689-1698. [3] He descended from the family of Bickerstaffes, of Bickerstaffe, Lancashire. [4] Although he opposed the transfer of the Crown to the Prince of Orange in 1668-69, he was re-elected for the next parliament of 1669-90. [5]

He was known to be "a courtier of the Widdrington group but an unimpeachable Anglican" and a Clerk of His Majesty's Woodyard from about January 1669. [6] [7] [8]

Bickerstaffe was a free burgess of Newcastle, a member of one of the twelve mysteries of the same town, and was admitted to his personal freedom of the fellowship of Hostmen on 11 September 1684. [9]

On 15 November 1692, Bickerstaffe was said to have "claimed that the actions of three men in suing Sir Francis Bland in the court of Exchequer constituted a breach of privilege". [3] :231

His parents were Howard Bickerstaffe of Chelsham and Elizabeth, while his brother was Sir Charles Bickerstaffe, Kt, Cup-bearer to Charles II. [10] He married Jane (d. 1694), the widow of John Clarke II, M.P. of Cockermouth. Through marriage, Bickerstaffe's seat became the newly built Chirton Hall in the 1670s. [3] [11] Unable to meet various bonds, he lived in Fleet Prison, as reported in 1713. [1]

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