William Hastings,1st Baron Hastings KG was an English nobleman. A loyal follower of the House of York during the Wars of the Roses,he became a close friend and one of the most important courtiers of King Edward IV,whom he served as Lord Chamberlain. At the time of Edward's death he was one of the most powerful and richest men in England. He was executed following accusations of treason by Edward's brother and ultimate successor,Richard III. The date of his death is disputed;early histories give 13 June,which is the traditional date.
Walter Hungerford,1st Baron Hungerford was an English knight and landowner,from 1400 to 1414 a Member of the House of Commons,of which he became Speaker,then was an Admiral and peer.
Thomas Chaucer was an English courtier and politician. The son of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer and his wife Philippa Roet,Thomas was linked socially and by family to senior members of the English nobility,though he was himself a commoner. Elected fifteen times to the Parliament of England,he was Speaker of the House of Commons for five parliaments in the early 15th century.
William Alington,lord of the manor of both Bottisham and Horseheath,Cambridgeshire,was Speaker of the House of Commons of England,Treasurer of the Exchequer of Ireland,Treasurer of Normandy and High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.
Eleanor Brooksby was an English noblewoman who,along with her sister Anne Vaux,supported Catholics in England during the 16th century by providing safe houses including Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire and White Webbs in Enfield Chase near London for Jesuit missionaries such as Henry Garnett.
This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of the English county of Warwickshire.
Sir George Villiers was an English knight and country gentleman. He was a High Sheriff of Leicestershire for the year 1591,and later was briefly a Knight of the Shire,a Member of Parliament representing the county of Leicestershire.
Richard de Vere,11th Earl of OxfordKG was the son and heir of Aubrey de Vere,10th Earl of Oxford. He took part in the trial of Richard,Earl of Cambridge,and Lord Scrope for their part in the Southampton Plot,and was one of the commanders at Agincourt in 1415.
Sir Walter Beauchamp was an English lawyer who was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between March and May 1416.
Sir William Fitzwilliam was a Merchant Taylor,Sheriff of London,servant of Cardinal Wolsey,and a member of the council of Henry VII.
Sir Richard Manners of Garendon Park,Leicestershire,was an English politician.
Sir John Villers,of Brooksby Hall,Leicestershire,was an English politician.
Sir George Turpin (1529–1583),of Knaptoft,Leicestershire and London,was an English Member of Parliament.
Sir William Mountfort was an English MP.
There have been four different baronies held by the Marmion family,two feudal baronies,one purported barony created by Simon de Montfort and one barony by writ.
Sir ManserMarmion,of Ringstone in Rippingale and Galby was an English Member of Parliament and Sheriff of Lincolnshire.
Philip Marmion,5th and last Baron Marmion of Tamworth was King's Champion and Sheriff. He was descended from the lords of Fontenay-le-Marmion in Normandy,who are said to have been hereditary champions of the Dukes of Normandy.
Sir Thomas Berkeley of Wymondham,Leicestershire was an English lawyer,soldier and politician. He represented Leicestershire in Parliament and served as Sheriff for Rutland,Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
Sir John Digby of Eye Kettleby,near Melton Mowbray,Leicestershire,was Knight Marshal for King Henry VIII.
Bartholomew Brokesby was a lawyer and steward who served twice as sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire. He was also elected to the Parliament of England several times.
