Richard Knightley (died 1639)
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Richard Knightley (died 1639)
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Richard Knightley was an English lawyer and politician, who was a Member of Parliament, and Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1626. Although not as well known as John Pym, or his neighbour and friend, John Hampden, he was a long-time, high-profile opponent of the policies of Charles I. In 1630, he was a founder of the Puritan-backed Providence Island colony, which provided an organisational structure for what became the Parliamentary opposition prior to the 1642 to 1646 First English Civil War. He
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17th-century English politician
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2008-02-08T19:12:40Z
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2024-08-29T08:40:03Z
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