John Lisle
SirJohn Lisle(1610 – 11 August 1664) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in theHouse of Commonsat various times between 1640 and 1659. He supported theParliamentariancause in theEnglish Civil Warand was one of theregicidesof KingCharles I of England.[1]He was assassinated by an agent of the crown while in exile in Switzerland.
Education and career
[edit]Lisle was educated atMagdalen Hall, Oxfordand graduated with a BA in 1626. He was called to the bar atMiddle Templein 1633.[2]In April 1640 he was electedMember of ParliamentforWinchesterin theShort Parliament.He was re-elected MP for Winchester for theLong Parliamentin November 1640.[3]He was master of St Cross Hospital, Winchester from 1644 to 1649.[2]
Lisle was a member of theRump Parliamentand was one of the managers in the trial of Charles I in 1649. He was appointed one of the commissioners of the great seal, and was placed on thecouncil of statein 1649. He also became a bencher of his Inn in 1649.[2]In 1654 he was elected MP forSouthamptonfor theFirst Protectorate Parliamentand was re-elected for the seat in 1656 for theSecond Protectorate Parliament.[3]He held various offices in parliaments between 1654 and 1659 when he sat in the Restored Rump. In 1660, he was commissioner of the admiralty and navy.[2]
At theRestorationof the monarchy Lisle fled to Switzerland. He was assassinated in a churchyard inLausanneon 11 August 1664 by SirJames Fitz Edmond Cotter,an Irish soldier and Royalist agent who tracked down regicides and who is said to have used the alias Thomas Macdonnell.[2]
Personal life
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Lisle married firstly Elizabeth Hobart, daughter ofSir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronetof Intwood, who bore him a son who died in infancy. After her death in 1633, he marriedAlice Beconshaw,daughter of Sir White Beconshaw of Moyles Court atEllinghaminHampshireand his wife, Edith, daughter of William Bond of Blackmanston,Steeple, Dorset.[2]Alice bore him seven children, one of whom, John, inherited Moyles Court.[4]Alice was executed in 1685 atWinchesteron a charge of harbouring fugitives after theBattle of Sedgemoor.The conduct of the trial, whereJudge Jeffreys,presiding, applied intense pressure on the jury to convict, caused much unfavourable comment; and the refusal of KingJames IIto heed pleas for mercy gave rise to a belief that he was taking posthumous revenge on Sir John himself. Another of John's children, Bridget, marriedLeonard Hoar,the 3rd President ofHarvard College.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^David Plant,John Lisle, Regicide, 1610-64the British Civil Wars and Commonwealth website
- ^abcdefLee, Sidney(1903),Dictionary of National BiographyIndex and Epitome,p. 781(also main entry xxxiii 341)
- ^abWillis, Browne(1750).Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660...London. pp.229–239.
- ^"Alice Lisle".26 September 2023.
- ^The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,: Volume 45 1891.Heritage Books. April 1997.ISBN9780788406102.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Lee, Sidney, ed. (1903)."Lisle, John".Index and Epitome.Dictionary of National Biography.Cambridge University Press. p. 781.
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