Richard Aldborough

Richard Aldborough (1607 - 1649) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War.

Aldborough was the son of Arthur Aldborough (1585 - after 1653) and his wife Elizabeth Holland, daughter of Richard Holland of Denton, Lancashire.[1]

In April 1640, Aldborough was elected Member of Parliament for Aldborough in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected in November 1640 as MP for Aldborough in the Long Parliament and was disabled from sitting in 1643 for supporting the king.[2] Although his father had the Parliamentarian army quartered on his estates in 1644 the family supported the King during the Civil War. Aldborough was treated as a delinquent and his estates at Humberton were sequestrated. Following his death his son William begged Parliament for the release of the estates in 1650. [3]

References

  1. ^ Descents From Edward III For Richard Aldeburgh, M.P. 1640-44
  2. ^ Browne WIllis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp229-239
  3. ^ Parishes: Kirkby Hill or Kirkby on the Moor, A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1 (1914), pp. 367-371. Date accessed: 26 January 2011
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Parliament suspended since 1629		 Member of Parliament for Aldborough
1640-1643
With: Brian Palmes 1640
Robert Strickland 1640-1642		 Succeeded by
Brian Stapylton
Thomas Scott