In 1435 he was elected one of the two Members of Parliament for Old Sarum, and in 1442 for Devizes. He was a knight of the shire for Wiltshire in 1449, 1453–4, and again 1472–5[1] and served on various commissions between 1450 and 1488. [2] He was also Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1456, 1475, and 1482–3.[3]
In Shakespeare's play Richard III, the Sheriff introduced in Act Five, Scene One, was Henry Long of Wraxall, who was Sheriff in the time of Richard III, in 1483.[4]
Long married three times; to Joan Ernle, Margaret Newburgh and Joan Malwyn. He inherited the manor of South Wraxall from his father, but having no issue, the manor devolved on his nephew Sir Thomas Long.
henry, long, died, 1490, henry, long, wraxall, 1417, 1490, english, lawyer, landowner, member, parliament, three, times, sheriff, wiltshire, arms, long, south, wraxall, sable, semée, cross, crosslets, lion, rampant, argent, born, wiltshire, robert, long, marga. Henry Long of Wraxall c 1417 3 May 1490 was an English lawyer landowner and member of Parliament and was three times Sheriff of Wiltshire Arms of Long of South Wraxall Sable semee of cross crosslets a lion rampant argent Born in Wiltshire he was the son of Robert Long and Margaret Godfrey In 1435 he was elected one of the two Members of Parliament for Old Sarum and in 1442 for Devizes He was a knight of the shire for Wiltshire in 1449 1453 4 and again 1472 5 1 and served on various commissions between 1450 and 1488 2 He was also Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1456 1475 and 1482 3 3 In Shakespeare s play Richard III the Sheriff introduced in Act Five Scene One was Henry Long of Wraxall who was Sheriff in the time of Richard III in 1483 4 Long married three times to Joan Ernle Margaret Newburgh and Joan Malwyn He inherited the manor of South Wraxall from his father but having no issue the manor devolved on his nephew Sir Thomas Long References edit History of Parliament p 550 C P R 1446 52 p 434 C P R 1485 94 p 504 C F R 1452 61 p 175 C F R 1471 85 pp 245 257 Shakespeareana Genealogica From King John to King Henry VIII Notes on Characters in Macbeth and Hamlet p 42Further reading editNicol Cheryl 2016 Inheriting the Earth The Long Family s 500 Year Reign in Wiltshire Hobnob Press ISBN 1906978379 nbsp nbsp This article about a 15th century Member of the Parliament of England is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Long died 1490 amp oldid 1215033407, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
