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Dudley Digges

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Sir Dudley Digges (19 May 1583 – 18 March 1639) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1610 and 1629. [1]

44 relations: Addled Parliament, Ambassador, Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden, Barham, Kent, Cádiz, Chilham Castle, Committees of safety (American Revolution), Court of Chancery, Digges Islands, Diggs baronets, Edward Digges, Edward Ferrers (MP died 1639), Fleet Prison, George Abbot (bishop), George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Governor of Virginia, Grand Duchy of Moscow, Gray's Inn, Henry Hudson, Historiography, Holland, House of Commons of England, Hudson Bay, Impeachment, James VI and I, John Eliot (statesman), John Ratcliffe (soldier), Kent, Kent (UK Parliament constituency), London Company, Master of the Rolls, Member of parliament, Olantigh, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet, Sir Giles Brydges, 1st Baronet, Tewkesbury (UK Parliament constituency), Thomas Colepeper (Royalist), Thomas Digges, Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea, University College, Oxford, Warham St Leger, Whitehall, William Baffin.

Addled Parliament

The Addled Parliament was the second Parliament of England of the reign of James I of England (following his 1604-11 Parliament), which sat between 5 April and 7 June 1614.

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Ambassador

An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment.

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Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden

Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden (1551 – 18 October 1629) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1628 when he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Campden.

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Barham, Kent

Barham is a village and civil parish in the City of Canterbury district of Kent, England.

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Cádiz

Cádiz (see other pronunciations below) is a city and port in southwestern Spain.

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Chilham Castle

Chilham Castle is a manor house and keep in the village of Chilham, between Ashford and Canterbury in the county of Kent, England.

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Committees of safety (American Revolution)

In the American Revolution, the committees of correspondence, committees of inspection (also known as committees of observation), and committees of safety were different local committees of Patriots that became a shadow government; they took control of the Thirteen Colonies away from royal officials, who became increasingly helpless.

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Court of Chancery

The Court of Chancery was a court of equity in England and Wales that followed a set of loose rules to avoid the slow pace of change and possible harshness (or "inequity") of the common law.

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Digges Islands

The Digges Islands (Inuit: Saaqqayaaq-Qikirtasiit) are members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut.

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Diggs baronets

The Diggs Baronetcy, of Chilham Castle in the County of Kent, was a title in the Baronetage of England.

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Edward Digges

Edward Digges (29 March 1620 – 15 March 1674/75) was an English barrister and colonist who served as Colonial Governor of Virginia from March 1655 to December 1656.

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Edward Ferrers (MP died 1639)

Edward Ferrers (c.1573–1639), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1610 to 1611.

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Fleet Prison

Fleet Prison was a notorious London prison by the side of the River Fleet.

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George Abbot (bishop)

George Abbot (19 October 15625 August 1633) was an English divine who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1611 to 1633.

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George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, (28 August 1592 – 23 August 1628), was an English courtier, statesman, and patron of the arts.

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Governor of Virginia

The Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia serves as the chief executive of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a four-year term.

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Grand Duchy of Moscow

The Grand Duchy or Grand Principality of Moscow (Великое Княжество Московское, Velikoye Knyazhestvo Moskovskoye), also known in English simply as Muscovy from the Moscovia, was a late medieval Russian principality centered on Moscow and the predecessor state of the early modern Tsardom of Russia.

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Gray's Inn

The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London.

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Henry Hudson

Henry Hudson (1565–1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States.

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Historiography

Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject.

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Holland

Holland is a region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands.

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House of Commons of England

The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain.

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Hudson Bay

Hudson Bay (Inuktitut: Kangiqsualuk ilua, baie d'Hudson) (sometimes called Hudson's Bay, usually historically) is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of.

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Impeachment

Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally levels charges against a high official of government.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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John Eliot (statesman)

Sir John Eliot (11 April 1592 – 27 November 1632) was an English statesman who was serially imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he would die, by King Charles I for advocating the rights and privileges of Parliament.

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John Ratcliffe (soldier)

Sir John Ratcliffe or Radcliffe (22 February 1582 – 5 November 1627 History of Parliament article, which gives Radcliffe as standard spelling of his surname.) was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1626.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Kent (UK Parliament constituency)

Kent was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Kent in southeast England.

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London Company

The London Company (also called the Virginia Company of London) was an English joint stock company established in 1606 by royal charter by King James I with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.

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Master of the Rolls

The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the second-most senior judge in England and Wales after the Lord Chief Justice, and serves as President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal and Head of Civil Justice.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Olantigh

Olantigh is a property north of Wye in Kent, southeast England.

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Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet (1576–1654) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in various years between 1625 and 1648.

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Sir Giles Brydges, 1st Baronet

Sir Giles Brydges, 1st Baronet (1573 – August 1637) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629.

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Tewkesbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Tewkesbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 recreation by Laurence Robertson, a Conservative.

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Thomas Colepeper (Royalist)

Sir Thomas Colepeper (1578 – January 1661) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1629.

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Thomas Digges

Thomas Digges (c. 1546 – 24 August 1595) was an English mathematician and astronomer.

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Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea

Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea (13 June 1578 – 4 November 1639) was an English peer and Member of Parliament.

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University College, Oxford

University College (in full The Master and Fellows of the College of the Great Hall of the University of Oxford,Darwall-Smith, Robin, A History of University College, Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2008.. colloquially referred to as "Univ"), is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England.

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Warham St Leger

Sir Warham St Leger (1525?-1597) was an English soldier.

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Whitehall

Whitehall is a road in the City of Westminster, Central London, which forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea.

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William Baffin

William Baffin (– 23 January 1622) was an English navigator and explorer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Digges

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