Thomas Honeywood
Sir Thomas Honeywood (1586 – 26 May 1666) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656.
Honeywood was the son of Robert Honeywood of Charing and Marks Hall and was a student of the Inner Temple in 1605. He was of Marks Hall, Essex and was knighted on 22 November 1632. During the English Civil War he was a parliamentary colonel and fought at Colchester and Worcester. He was one of the commissioners on the trial of the king but did not sit. He was created D.C.L. at Oxford University on 9 September 1651.[1]
In 1654, Honeywood was elected Member of Parliament for Essex in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Essex in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament.[2] He was a member of Cromwell's House of Lords in 1657.[1]
Honeywood died at the age of 80.[1]
References
- 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Hieron-Horridge', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 706-747. Date accessed: 7 August 2011
- 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.
| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by Joachim Matthews Henry Barrington John Brewster Christopher Earl Dudley Templer |
Member of Parliament for Essex 1654–1656 With: Sir William Masham Bt 1654 Richard Cutts 1654 Herbert Pelham 1654 Sir Henry Mildmay 1654–1656 Carew Mildmay 1654–1656 Sir Thomas Bowes 1654–1656 Thomas Coke (of Pebmarsh) 1654 Sir Richard Everard, 1st Baronet of Much Waltham 1654–1656 Dionysius Wakering 1654–1656 Edward Turnor 1654–1656 Oliver Raymond 1654–1656 Sir Harbottle Grimston 1656 Robert Barrington 1656 Dudley Temple 1656 Hezekiah Haynes 1656 John Archer 1656 |
Succeeded by Lord Rich Edward Turnor |