John Selden Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for John Selden, based on 3 World History Database records associated with England.

3 records1584–16403 events3 places

Chronological biography

1584

Birth of John Selden16 December 1584

Arts / Law and Scholarship · Scholar · Jurist and antiquary · Salvington, Sussex

Birth of John Selden

1640

Election for Oxford University3 November 1640

Government / Government of England · Member · Member of Parliament for Oxford University · Oxford

Oxford University returns Selden to the Long Parliament.

Legal Limits on Royal Government3 November 1640

Government / Government of England · Member · Member of Parliament for Oxford University · London

Selden argues that established law limits exercises of royal prerogative.

Titles and roles

Member · Member of Parliament for Oxford University · Scholar · Jurist and antiquary

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.