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    Sir Richard Empson (c. 1450 – 17 August 1510), minister of Henry VII, was a son of Peter Empson. Educated as a lawyer, he soon attained considerable success...
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  • teacher Hetta Empson (1915–1996), South African sculptor Jackie Empson (born 1974), British former field hockey player Richard Empson (died 1510), minister...
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    in checking the lawlessness of the barons. He and his colleague Sir Richard Empson were prominent councillors of the Council Learned in the Law, a special...
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    daughter of Richard Mickelthwait, JP, of Ardsley House, Yorkshire. He was a first cousin of the twins David and Richard Atcherley. Empson first discovered...
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    Henry's final years. Following Henry VII's death, Henry VIII executed Richard Empson and Edmund Dudley, his two most hated tax collectors, on trumped-up...
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    was abolished. Its most prominent councilors, Edmund Dudley and Sir Richard Empson, were imprisoned. Though evidence was scarce, both were convicted of...
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    suggestions rooted in history include a reference to the executions of Richard Empson and Edmund Dudley in 1510, or to a marriage negotiation conducted by...
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    his father's senior officers and even executing some (for example, Richard Empson and Edmund Dudley), but he vastly increased the number of that select...
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    children. Their daughter Dorothy Spencer married Sir Richard Catesby MP (grandson of Sir Richard Empson, Speaker of the House of Commons), and had four sons...
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    coronation, Henry arrested his father's two most unpopular ministers, Richard Empson and Edmund Dudley. They were charged with high treason and were executed...
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    the House of Commons, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Sir Richard Empson (d. 17 August 1510). Sir Robert Drury. Anne Drury, who married first...
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    Earl of Warwick 1502 – James Tyrrell 1510 – Edmund Dudley 1510 – Sir Richard Empson 1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham 1535 – John Fisher, Bishop...
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  • King's Council under Henry VII. Executed for constructive treason. Sir Richard Empson Speaker of the House of Commons and knight of the shire for Northamptonshire...
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    racing circuit Silverstone Circuit. Zhydachiv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine Sir Richard Empson (ca. 1450 – 1510), minister to Henry VII of England and Speaker of the...
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    University Press. pp. 116–134. ISBN 978-0-674-00928-8. Davis, Richard John; McGee, Barbara J.; Empson, Judith; Engel, Eric (November 21, 1970). "XYY and crime"...
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    Oxfordshire. By 1505 Richard was a merchant of the staple at Calais. In 1509, he was one of the jurors who convicted Richard Empson and he benefited financially...
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    executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of England for extortion Sir Richard Empson – Speaker of the House of Commons, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster...
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    buried here after his execution in 1536, as were Edmund Dudley and Sir Richard Empson, tax collectors for King Henry VII, and Lord Guildford Dudley, husband...
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    Hertfordshire. He married Elizabeth Sergeaux, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Richard Sergeaux of Colquite, Cornwall (d. 30 Sep 1393). Sir William Marney's heir...
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  • John de Mowbray, 1st Earl of Nottingham Robert Knolles Robert Mascall Richard Empson Sir Henry Bromflete, Baron Vessy Sir Matthew Gough Alice Ferriby, first...
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  • prepares for a birth in March–April but there is no child. 17 August – Richard Empson and Edmund Dudley executed for "constructive treason". 1511 1 January...
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  • October 1505 Sir Richard Empson (c. 1450–1510) 3 October 1505 14 May 1509 Sir Henry Marney (c. 1447–1523) 14 May 1509 14 April 1523 Sir Richard Wingfield (c...
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  • 1483". Parliament Rolls of Medieval England. British History Online. "Richard III: Introduction". Parliament Rolls of Medieval England. British History...
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  • English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1462) 1510 – Richard Empson, English statesman 1547 – Katharina von Zimmern, Swiss sovereign abbess...
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  • Suffolk 3 April 1454 – February 1455: Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York 19 November 1455 – 25 February 1456: Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, Protector...
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  • Styled Prolocutor. 3rd of Henry VII. 18 October 1491 March 1492 Sir Richard Empson Northamptonshire Styled Prolocutor. 4th of Henry VII. 15 October 1495...
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  • General election for three separate seats – Cork City, Mayo and Meath. Richard Hazleton: from 9 December 1910 until 23 February 1911, when he was unseated...
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  • Rookes Manor, in Hampshire — part of the confiscated property of Sir Richard Empson — on 10 February 1510/11. On 9 July 1514, the usher and his wife were...
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    condottiere (b. 1466) August 17 Edmund Dudley, English statesman (b. c. 1462) Richard Empson, English statesman September 15 – Saint Catherine of Genoa (b. 1447)...
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  • essentially corrupt.[dubious – discuss] Men like Edmund Dudley and Richard Empson were resented by both the nobles and the general population for the...
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