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• Richard Sackville (escheator) — Sir Richard Sackville ( d. 1566) was an English administrator. He was under treasurer of the exchequer, chancellor of the Court of Augmentations, Escheator of Surrey and Sussex in 1541–2. 1544 steward of the archbishop of Canterbury s Sussex… …   Wikipedia

• Escheat — is a common law doctrine that operates to ensure that property is not left in limbo and ownerless. It originally referred to a number of situations where a legal interest in land was destroyed by operation of law, so that the ownership of the… …   Wikipedia

• Dundalk (UK Parliament constituency) — For other uses, see Dundalk (disambiguation). Dundalk Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1801 (1801)–1885 (1885 …   Wikipedia

• Constitutional status of Cornwall — The flag of Cornwall (Kernow) Cornwall is currently administered as a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England.[1] However, a number of organisations and individuals [2] question the constitutional basis for …   Wikipedia

• Resignation from the British House of Commons — Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. In order to circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used. Appointment to an office of profit under the Crown disqualifies an… …   Wikipedia

• John Claudius Beresford — (23 October 1766 20 July 1846) was a Tory UK Member of Parliament representing Dublin City 1801 1804 and Waterford County 1806 1811.Early lifeFrom 1783, Beresford served as a storekeeper for the port of Dublin. He was subsequently appointed to a… …   Wikipedia

• Maurice Denys (Sheriff) — Maurice Denys, detail from Denys monumental brass of 1505 (see below) at Olveston Church, Glos. A non contemporaneous depiction made 39 years after his death …   Wikipedia

• Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork — The 1st Earl of Cork. Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (13 October 1566 – 15 September 1643), also known as the Great Earl of Cork, was Lord Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland. Boyle was an important figure in the continuing English colonization… …   Wikipedia

• List of Escheators of Munster — This is a list of the Members of Parliament appointed as Escheator of Munster, a notional office of profit under the crown which was used to resign from the Irish House of Commons, and after the Union, that of the United Kingdom. See also… …   Wikipedia

• Buckingham (borough) — Buckingham was an ancient borough in England centered around the town of Buckingham in the county of Buckinghamshire, and was first recorded in the 10th century. It was incorporated as a borough in 1553/4 and reformed under the Municipal… …   Wikipedia