Person:William Ravenscroft (2)

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William Ravenscroft
b.1561
d.27 Oct 1628
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  1. Thomas Ravenscroft - 1639
  2. William Ravenscroft1561 - 1628
  3. Edward Ravenscroft
  4. Raphe Ravenscroft
  5. Roger Ravenscroft1566 - 1634/35
  6. Henry Ravenscroft
  7. Capt. Anthony Ravenscroft - 1648/49
  8. Elizabeth Ravenscroft
  9. Jane Ravenscroft
  10. Katherine Ravenscroft
  11. Mary Ravenscroft
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Name[1][2] William Ravenscroft
Gender Male
Birth[2] 1561
Education[2] 1578 Brasenose College, Oxford (BA 1580)
Education[2] 1580 Lincoln's Inn
Other[2] 1586, 1597, 1601 M.P. for Flintshire
Other[2] 1604, 1614 M.P. for Old Sarum
Death[2] 27 Oct 1628
Will[1] Nov 1628
Burial[2] Hawarden
Other[2] 1621, 1624, 1625, 1626, 1628 M.P. for Flint Boroughs
Reference Number? Q8017394?
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William Ravenscroft (1561 – 27 October 1628) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1628.

Ravenscroft was the son of George Ravenscroft. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1578, aged 17 and was awarded BA in 1580. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1580.

In 1586, he was elected Member of Parliament for Flintshire. He was called to the bar in 1589. In 1597 he was elected again as MP for Flintshire. He became Clerk of the Petty Bag for life in 1598. In 1601 he was re-elected MP for Flintshire. He was elected MP for Old Sarum in 1604 and 1614. In 1621 he was elected MP for Flint. He became associate bencher and treasurer of Lincoln's Inn in 1621 and became master of the library in 1624. In 1624 he was re-elected MP for Flint. He was elected MP for Flint again in 1625 and 1628.

Ravenscroft died unmarried at the age of about 67.[1]

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ravenscroft, William, and Raymond Bathurst Ravenscroft. The family of Ravenscroft. (London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1915)
    page 6.

    William Ravenscroft of Lincoln's Inn (wrote Sir Julius Csesar April 1617 offering to live and die in his service, Lansdowne MS., v., 339). Will dated Nov. 1628 (Somerset
    House, Barrington, fo. 99).

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 The History of Parliament
    RAVENSCROFT, William (1561-1628), of Lincoln's Inn, London..
  3.   Rylands, J. Paul. The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 ... (London, 1882)
    p. 195.
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