The anonymous The description of Giles Mompesson from 1621, celebrating the downfall of the hated figure. (Link is to the original high-resolution scanned image.)
Giles Mompesson (c. 1583 – 1663) was an English office holder and courtier who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1621, when he was sentenced for corruption. He was officially a "notorious criminal" whose career was based on speculation and corruption. His name came to be regarded as a synonym for official corruption, because he used nepotism to gain positions for licensing businesses by which he pocketed the fees. In the reaction against Charles I, Mompesson's name was invoked as a symbol of all that was wrong with aristocracy. Sir Giles Overreach, the anti-hero of Philip Massinger's 1625 play A New Way to Pay Old Debts, is based on Mompesson.[1]
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GilesMompesson (c. 1583 – 1663) was an English office holder and courtier who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1621, when he was sentenced...
Mompesson may refer to: Richard Mompesson (died 1627), English politician and Member of Parliament (1593) GilesMompesson (1583/1584–1663), Member of...
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the current royal favourite—at that time, Buckingham. Mitchell and GilesMompesson had been granted monopolies over the licensing of inns. This monopoly...
broken. An effigy of Lady Villier's agent, the "odious projector" Sir GilesMompesson was thrown into the pits and buried. In April 1631, 3,000 rioters with...
been previous riots, such as those which took place in 1631 when Sir GilesMompesson built three new coal mines. As the Industrial Revolution began to take...
Sir Giles Over-reach, is based on the real-life Sir GilesMompesson. (Sir Giles' assistant in villainy, Justice Greedy, was suggested by Mompesson's associate...
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Buckingham and his associates were deeply involved, including Sir GilesMompesson, who was stripped of his parliamentary seat and knighthood, and Buckingham's...
See Viscount Bolingbroke for notable members of the St John family. GilesMompesson (1583/1584 – 1663), a politician who was sentenced for corruption,...
Parliament of England Preceded by Sir Francis Popham Sir GilesMompesson Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn 1624–1625 With: Hugh Crompton Sir John...
brought up its report, which furnished the main charges against Sir GilesMompesson. Also in March, he was chairman of the committee to inquire into the...
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gives Sir Charles Wilmot and John Thorp Great Bedwyn Robert Hyde Sir GilesMompesson BW gives Anthony Hungerford for Hyde Cricklade Sir Thomas Monson, 1st...
Preceded by Thomas Hoby Giles Eyre Member of Parliament for Salisbury 1689–1695 With: Thomas Hoby Succeeded by Thomas Hoby Sir Thomas Mompesson Parliament of Great...
Walter Blunt, Sir Henry Miller, Sir Marmaduke and Sir Francis Lloyd, GilesMompesson, Sir Nicholas Throgmorton, and others who were initially taken to Gloucester...
relation of the fam'd disturbance by the drummer, in the house of Mr. John Mompesson, with some reflections on drollery and atheisme Glanvill, Joseph. "Essay...
ends at Choristers Square which has seven buildings listed at Grade I: Mompesson House, now owned by the National Trust and operated as a museum, and its...
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