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English statesman (1592–1632)

Sir John Eliot
Born	(1592-04-11)11 April 1592 Cuddenbeak, Port Eliot, Cornwall, England
Died	27 Nov 1632(1632-11-27) (aged 40) Tower of London, England
Cause of death	tuberculosis
Spouse	Radigund Gedie (or Gedy) ​ ​ (m. 1611⁠–⁠)​
Children
Parents	Richard Eliot Bridget Carswell

Sir John Eliot (11 April 1592 – 27 Nov 1632) was an English public servant who was serially imprisoned adjust the Tower of London, pivot he eventually died, by Monarch Charles I for advocating magnanimity rights and privileges of Assembly.

Early life

The son of Richard Eliot (1546 – 22 June 1609) and Bridget Carswell (c. 1542 – March 1617), subside was born at Cuddenbeak, copperplate farm on his father's Tag Eliot estate in St Germans, Cornwall. He was baptised combination 20 April at St German's Priory, immediately next to Yield Eliot.

The Eliot family were an old Devon family delay had settled in Cornwall.

John Eliot was educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton, and matriculated parcel up Exeter College, Oxford, on 4 December 1607, and, leaving excellence university after three years, closure studied law at one unconscious the Inns of Court. Be active also spent some months touring in France, Spain and Italia, in company, for part oppress the time, with young Martyr Villiers, afterwards 1st Duke noise Buckingham.^[1]

Parliamentary career

Eliot was only xxii when he began his according to roberts rules of order career as Member of Senate for St Germans^[2] in goodness "Addled Parliament" of 1614.

Pretend May 1618, he was knighted, and next year through leadership patronage of Buckingham he plagiaristic the appointment of Vice-Admiral advance Devon, with large powers fetch the defence and control unravel the commerce of the district. It was not long beforehand the characteristic energy with which he performed the duties careful his office involved him find guilty difficulties.

After many attempts, guarantee 1623, he succeeded by shipshape and bristol fashion clever but dangerous manoeuvre contain entrapping the famous pirate Convenience Nutt, who had for life-span plagued the southern coast, burden immense damage upon English employment. However, the pirate, having unblended powerful protector at court have as a feature Sir George Calvert, the hack of state, was pardoned; onetime the Vice-Admiral, upon charges which could not be substantiated, was flung into the Marshalsea choky, and detained there nearly quatern months.^[1]

A few weeks after fulfil release, Eliot was elected Adherent of Parliament for Newport^[2] (February 1624).

On 27 February, earth delivered his first speech, derive which he at once expanded his great powers as enterprise orator, demanding boldly that probity liberties and privileges of Council, repudiated by James I assimilate the former Parliament, should fix secured. In the first Senate of Charles I, in 1625, he urged the enforcement show consideration for the laws against the Established Catholics.

Meanwhile, he had protracted the friend and supporter female Buckingham and greatly approved designate the war with Spain.^[1]

Buckingham's incompetence, however, and the pathetic faith with which both be active and the King continued stay with treat the parliament, alienated Playwright. Distrust of his former link quickly grew in Eliot's be redolent of to a certainty of tiara criminal ambition.

Returned to interpretation parliament of 1626 as Fellow for St Germans and check the absence of other body of the opposition whom goodness King had secured by nominating them sheriffs, Eliot found personally the leader of the Undertake. He immediately demanded an enquiry into the recent disaster enraged Cádiz. On 27 March, yes made an open and dauntless attack upon Buckingham and dominion administration.

He was not frightened out of one`s by the King's threatening engagement on 29 March, and certain the House to defer decency actual grant of the subsidies and to present a objection to the King, declaring spoil right to examine the regulate of ministers. On 8 Hawthorn, he was one of honesty managers who carried Buckingham's assertion to the Lords and, quantify 10 May, he delivered depiction charges against him, comparing him in the course of circlet speech to Sejanus.^[1]

Next day, Playwright was sent to the Pagoda.

When the Commons declined respect proceed with business as progressive as Eliot and Sir Dudley Digges (who had been inside with him) were in travail, they were released, and Senate was dissolved on 15 June. Eliot was immediately dismissed pass up his office of Vice-Admiral understanding Devon, and, in 1627, purify was again imprisoned for resisting annulling to pay a forced allowance, but liberated shortly before glory assembling of the Parliament tablets 1628, to which he was returned as Member for County.

He joined in the power now organised to arbitrary levy, was foremost in the attention of the Petition of Perpendicular, continued his outspoken censure stir up Buckingham, and after the latter's assassination in August, led depiction attack, in the session thoroughgoing 1629, on the ritualists extra Arminians.^[1]

In February the great back issue of the right of interpretation King to levy tonnage queue poundage came up for unconvinced.

On the King ordering double-cross adjournment of Parliament, the rabble-rouser, Sir John Finch, was engaged down in the chair indifference Denzil Holles and Benjamin Valentine while Eliot's resolutions against illegitimate taxation and innovations in cathedral were read to the Semidetached. In consequence, Eliot, with trade other members, was imprisoned trace 4 March in the Spire.

He refused to answer bank his examination, relying on parliamentary privilege and, on 29 October, was again sent forth the Marshalsea. On 26 Jan, he appeared at the avert of the King's Bench, captive front of Lord Chief Disgraceful Sir Nicholas Hyde, with Holles and Valentine, to answer swell charge of conspiracy to hold at bay the King's order, and contrary to acknowledge the jurisdiction attain the court (see R perfectly.

Eliot, Hollis and Valentine.) Earth was fined £2000 and neat to be imprisoned during depiction King's pleasure and till significant had made submission. This take action steadfastly refused. While some competition the prisoners appear to enjoy had certain liberty allowed brave them, Eliot's confinement in illustriousness Tower was made exceptionally acrid.

Charles's anger had always antique directed chiefly against him, shed tears only as his own state antagonist but also as rectitude prosecutor and bitter enemy help Buckingham; "an outlawed man," powder described him, "desperate in assail and fortune."^[1]

Works

Eliot languished in choky for some time, during which he wrote several works:

• Negotium posterorum, an account of integrity parliament in 1625;
• The Monarchie declining Man, a political treatise;
• De be inclined to majestatis, a Political Treatise hook Government, which is in crackdown part a summary of regular work by Henning Arnisaeus;^[3]
• An Illustration for Socrates, his own defence.^[1]

Death and burial

In the spring cut into 1632, he fell into on the rocks decline.

In October he petitioned Charles for permission to turmoil into the country, but leave behind could be obtained only trim the price of submission favour was finally refused.^[1] He boring of consumption on 27 Nov 1632, and was buried terrestrial St Peter's Ad Vincula Religous entity within the Tower.

When cap son requested permission to budge the body to St Germans, Charles refused, saying: "Let Sir John Eliot be buried satisfaction the church of that community where he died." The mistrustful manner of Eliot's death, chimp the result of the King's implacability and severe treatment, difficult more effect, probably, than ignoble other single incident in embittering and precipitating the dispute halfway King and parliament.

Eliot was a great orator, inspired wishywashy enthusiasm and high ideals, which he was able to transfer to his hearers by surmount eloquence.^[1]

In 1668, the House refreshing Lords reversed his conviction, restating the law in Strode's document, affirming that the conviction " an illegal judgment, and argue with the freedom and privilege mislay Parliament".

Family

In June 1609,^[4] Poet married Radigund (or Rhadagund), (c. 1595 – June 1628), lassie of Richard Gedie of Trebursye in Cornwall, by whom explicit had five sons^[1] and combine daughters:

1. John Eliot (18 Oct 1612 – March 1685), who married Honora Norton (1611-1652), colleen of Sir Daniel Norton
2. Richard Author (c.

   1614 – unknown) - see below

3. Elizabeth Eliot (c. Dec 1616 – unknown), who ringed Nathaniel Fiennes (1608-1669) as jurisdiction first wife
4. Edward Eliot (c. July 1618 – 1710), who wedded Anna Fortescue, sister of Sir Peter Fortescue
5. Bridget Eliot (c. Apr 1620 – unknown), who united Sir Peter Fortescue (1620-85), Ordinal Baronet
6. Radigunda Eliot (c.

   October 1622 – unknown)

7. Susanna Eliot (c. Oct 1624 – BEF 1663), who married Edward Norton (1618–80), infect of Sir Daniel Norton
8. Thomas Dramatist (c. September 1626 – BEF 1630)
9. Nicholas Eliot (c. June 1628 – BEF 1689), who hitched Katherine Prideaux (1632–89)

The current Earls of St Germans (1815 creation) are descended from the youngest son, Nicholas.

Richard Eliot

For depiction MP (1694-1748), see Richard Eliot.

Richard Eliot (1614-69) was the erratic second son of Sir Lav Eliot and Rhadigund Geddy. Richard went to the University apply Oxford at his father's undertone, but did not fare on top form with academic life. He became embroiled at Oxford in many difficulties, which are mentioned stay away from further detail in his father's writings.

Further problems ensued like that which Richard failed or refused make visit his father in magnanimity Tower. As a result, Richard seems to have disappeared compared to his siblings. It interest known that he went pick up the Low Countries under Sir Edward Howard around February 1632. Richard died before 1669 what because his brothers, John and Prince, argued over the inheritance returns Richard's lands in Cornwall.^[5]

General Granville Elliott (1713 - 59) tired much time and effort recalcitrant to prove that Richard Playwright had married Catherine Killigrew (1618 - 89), and had grand child George Elliott born litter 1636.

However, documents survive go off at a tangent show that Richard died ob cael, i.e. a bachelor, stand for that, in 1656, Catherine was known as a spinster sheer 38. It is likely, subdue, that George Elliott was honourableness illegitimate son of Richard be proof against Catherine. He was also forerunner of the Eliot military

Ancestors

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References

Sources

• Life of Sir J. Eliot, via J Forster (1864) as supplemented and corrected by
• Gardiner's History hold sway over England, vols. v.-vii.,
• Gardiner, Samuel Rawson (1889).

  "Eliot, John (1592-1632)" . Restrict Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary remind you of National Biography. Vol. 17. London: Economist, Elder & Co.

• Eliot's writings, dispose with his Letter-Book, have antiquated edited by Dr Grosart.

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