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    to 1708. Willis was born at Blandford St Mary, Dorset, the eldest son of Thomas Willis of Bletchley, Buckinghamshire and his wife Alice Browne, daughter...
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    marriage. Browne Willis, the antiquary, was son of Thomas Willis (1658–1699), the eldest son of Thomas and Mary. Between 1724 and 1730, Browne Willis rebuilt...
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    Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2) Browne Willis and Cobbett both list Cooper as Poole's MP. Cooper was also elected...
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    church of Fenny Stratford, marking a fresh start in the town's history. Browne Willis, a historian of the day, had raised the funds for its construction....
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    "Monmouthshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 6 May 2020. Browne Willis (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Or, An History of the Counties, Cities...
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  • whereas Browne Willis lists "Tho. Wentworth, Kt". There were two Thomas Wentworths in the House, but both sat for other constituencies, as Browne Willis correctly...
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    ground floor. An account of the cathedral by Browne Willis in 1719 describes this tower as looking ruinous. Willis went on to say that the tower once had coarse...
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  • son of Rev. Thomas Willis and Catherine Hyde. He was educated at Eton College. He was the great grandson of the antiquary Browne Willis, and of Benedict...
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    which he certainly represented in the following two Parliaments; but Browne Willis (whose information on the Parliament of 1584-5 Neale refers to as "fairly...
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    Parliament 1558–1603". History of Parliament. Retrieved 16 November 2011. Browne Willis Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with...
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    list of members and the 1614 parliamentary list is incomplete. However Browne Willis was able to state that his record for 1604 "is rendered thus perfect...
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    About 100 MPs are unidentified and 130 are conjectural according to Browne Willis, and these are marked in italics. In 1985 a more credible list was produced...
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    Roger Price May 1705 Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt. Whig December 1705 Browne Willis 1708 Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt. Whig Alexander Denton 1710 Thomas Chapman...
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  • 1962–2022), dean of the University of North Carolina School of Law Browne Willis (1682–1760), English antiquary, author, numismatist and member of the...
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    appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as part of the Manor of Eaton. Browne Willis built a mansion there in 1711, but after Thomas Harrison purchased the...
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    ([citation needed]). "John Trefuses" according to Cobbett: Browne Willis has "Samuel Trefusis (Willis 1750, p. 177)" Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs...
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    of the United Kingdom Short Parliament Willis 1750, p. 230. Willis 1750, p. 235. Beaven 1908, pp. 229–239. Willis 1750, p. 236. Nalson 1682, p. 297. National...
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    2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, born at Stowe Browne Willis, a member of Parliament for Buckingham 1705–1708 Buckingham has been...
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  • 1500–1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 837–867. Date accessed: 23 February 2011 Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and...
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    Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 November 2011. Browne Willis gives Molyns' name only tentatively for 1555 "Bridgwater". The History...
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  • Willis (1949–2019), English cricketer Bobby Willis (1942–1999), British songwriter Brayden Willis (born 1999), American football player Browne Willis...
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    published listing church dedications in the early 18th century (e.g. Browne Willis) many of the dedications had been lost; in a modern analysis of his...
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    day is given as 2 March by Mullins and by the 18th century text of Browne Willis cited by Rees. Nash Ford identifies 3 March as her date of death. 3...
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    Added, Hearne's Journeys to Reading, and to Whaddon Hall, the Seat of Browne Willis, Esq., and Lives of Eminent Men, by John Aubrey, Esq. Longman, Hurst...
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  • Richard Willis, esq. of Halsnead Park." Browne Willis was the anatomist Thomas Willis's grandson. Richard Willis of Halsnead Park was, like Thomas Willis, a...
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    1st Earl of Leicester. Browne Willis, The History and Antiquities of the Town, Hundred, and Deanry of Buckingham Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria...
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  • Temple, Bt 1698–1702 Roger Price 1702–1705 Sir Richard Temple, Bt 1705 Browne Willis 1705–1707 Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain Parliament of Great...
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    1705 With: Sir Edmund Denton, Bt Succeeded by Sir Edmund Denton, Bt Browne Willis Parliament of Great Britain Preceded by Parliament of England Member...
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    Katherine Fleming. They had a daughter Katherine (died 1724) who married Browne Willis in 1707. He left Port Eliot to his cousin Edward Eliot, MP. Cornwall...
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  • writer (died 1838) February 5 – Browne Willis, English antiquary and writer (born 1682) February 14 – Isaac Hawkins Browne, English poet and politician (born...
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