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Notable Political Shifts and Trials in Early Norfolk and Cambridgeshire
Chronological diary notes from October to November recount high profile political changes and legal actions. Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk is examined by a Privy Council committee and committed to the Tower on suspicion of high treason. Multiple MPs and officials are sworn in or resign, including Gilbert Afick for Cambridge and Gilbert Heathcote for Lymington. Christopher Layer is arraigned for high treason, while vacancies and elections fill seats across Suffolk, Cambridge, Hampshire, Buckingham, and Northumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio Walpole
Lynn- Regis
Norfolk
Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk
House of Lords
William Parker
Ipswich
Knigt
Suffolk
Robert Davers
Bart
Deceas
D. Folm Shorter
Richard Pye
Bare
James Grey
Gilbert Afick
Cambridge
Folu Hynde Cotton
Gilbert Heathcote
Londox
Lymington
Southampton
Henry Paulet
George Thorold
London
Goldwainers
Thomas Chapman
Agmondefham
Bucks
Mountague Gerrard Drake
Thomas Gibson
Aarlborough
Mills
Earl of Hertford
Northumberland
Chrisopher Layer
King’s Bench
Westminster
Vis
Christophorus
Chrisophares
William Billers
Zondex
Cordwainers Ward
D. Oe
Thomas Fitz- Morris
Kerry
Lixnaw
Ireland
Clanmaurice