Richard Weston (MP for Petersfield)
Richard Weston (1564-1613) was MP for Petersfield in the 1593 parliament.[1]
Life[edit]
Weston was the son of Henry Weston (politician) by his first wife Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle.[1] He inherited the borough of Petersfield from his father in 1592 and returned himself as its MP the following year.[1] In 1597 he sold the borough to Thomas Hanbury.[2]
He was at Cadiz with the Earl of Essex in 1596, from whom he received a knighthood[3] and was probably the commander of The Swan on the voyage.[4] Following the accession of James VI and I he was appointed keeper of the red deer in Windsor Great Park.[1] By that time he was already in debt and by 1609 he was in prison for debt. He died intestate four years later.[1]
Family[edit]
He married Jane, daughter and heir of John Dister of West Bergholt, Essex around 1583.[1] His son and heir Richard was the author of The compleat husband-man: or, A discourse of the whole art of husbandry[5] published by Samuel Hartlib.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "WESTON, Richard I (1564-1613), of Sutton Place, Surr". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Petersfield". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ Shaw, William Arthur (1970). The Knights of England. p. 93.
- ^ Bell, Robert (1837). Lives of the British Admirals: Robert Devereux. Sir Walter Raleigh. p. 50.
- ^ "The compleat husband-man: or, A discourse of the whole art of husbandry". Retrieved 1 January 2024.
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