Francis Rivett

Francis Rivett(c 1596 – 6 April 1669) was an English landowner and politician who sat in theHouse of Commonsat various times between 1654 and 1660.

Rivett was probably admitted atEmmanuel College, Cambridgeon 29 May 1612 and awarded BA in 1616.^[1]In about 1649 Rivett purchased the estate ofKing's Sombornefrom Richard Gifford.^[2]

In 1654, Rivett was electedMember of ParliamentforHampshirein theFirst Protectorate Parliament.He was elected MP forStockbridgein theThird Protectorate Parliamentin 1659.^[3]In 1660, Rivett was elected MP for Stockbridge in theConvention Parliament.^[3]

Rivett's daughter Margery marriedOliver St Johnof Farley Chamberlayne th whom the manor of King's Somborne passed.^[2]

References

^"Rivett, Francis (RVT612F)".A Cambridge Alumni Database.University of Cambridge.
^^a ^b'Parishes: King's Sombourne', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 469-480. Date accessed: 12 July 2011
^^a ^bHistory of Parliament Online - Rivett, Francis

Parliament of England
Preceded by Richard Norton Richard Major John Hildesley	Member of ParliamentforHampshire 1654 With:Richard Lord Cromwell Richard Norton Richard Major John St Barbe Robert Wallop Edward Hooper John Bulkeley	Succeeded by Richard Lord Cromwell William Goffe Robert Wallop Richard Norton Thomas Cole John Bulkeley Edward Hooper Richard Cobb
Preceded by Not represented Second Protectorate Parliament	Member of ParliamentforStockbridge 1659 With:Richard Whitehead	Succeeded by Not represented in restored Rump

[Venn-1] "Rivett, Francis (RVT612F)".A Cambridge Alumni Database.University of Cambridge.

[VCH-2] 'Parishes: King's Sombourne', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 469-480. Date accessed: 12 July 2011

[HOP-3] History of Parliament Online - Rivett, Francis

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