James Pickering

Sir James Pickering(died c. 1398) wasSpeakerof theHouse of Commons of Englandin 1378 (which met inGloucester) and again from 1382 to 1383. The protestation which, as Speaker, he made forfreedom of speech,and declaring the loyalty of the Commons, was the first recorded in the rolls.^[1]

He was descended from the knightly Pickering family ofKillington,then in Westmorland, son of Thomas Pickering (1310-1375) and Elizabeth Greystoke (1300-1370), and was married to Alice Ellerton. He owned land at Killington in Westmorland and Selby in Yorkshire and was knighted by 1361.

He wasknight of the shireforWestmorlandin 1362, 1365, 1377–1379 and 1382 andCumberlandin 1368. On 20 December 1368 he wascommissioner of arrayin Westmorland, to choose twenty archers to serve under Sir William Windsor in Ireland, in his position ofChief justiceofIreland,in order, it has been said, to implement 'some highly dubious financial practices.'^[2]He served as MP forYorkshirein 1383, 1384, 1388 and 1390,Sheriff of Yorkshirefor 1389, 1393 and 1397 and MP for Yorkshire for the last time in September 1397.^[3]

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^Rolls of Parliament,iii, 34 b
^"HARYNGTON, Sir Nicholas (c.1344-c.1404), of Farleton in Lonsdale, Lancs. and Farleton in Kendal, Westmld. | History of Parliament Online".historyofparliamentonline.org.
^"History of Parliament".History of Parliament Trust.Retrieved9 November2011.

Political offices
Preceded by Sir Peter de la Mare	Speaker of the House of Commons 1378	Succeeded by Sir John Guildesborough
Preceded by Sir Richard Waldegrave	Speaker of the House of Commons 1382–1383	Succeeded by John Bussy

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[1] Rolls of Parliament,iii, 34 b

[2] "HARYNGTON, Sir Nicholas (c.1344-c.1404), of Farleton in Lonsdale, Lancs. and Farleton in Kendal, Westmld. | History of Parliament Online".historyofparliamentonline.org.

[3] "History of Parliament".History of Parliament Trust.Retrieved9 November2011.

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