Peerage
Created Viscount St Alban
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1621 in England
Explore 24 historical events and records for England in 1621.
Historical records for England in 1621
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May
Impeachment
Parliament fines Bacon & declares him incapable of holding office
Trial
Parliament fines Bacon & declares him incapable of holding office
December
Dissolution of Parliament
Asked by Parliament to defend German Protestants
Parliament
Asked by Parliament to find a Protestant wife for the Prince of Wales
Constitution of England
Tells Parliament "not to meddle with anything concerning Government"
Parliament
Tells Parliament "not to meddle with anything concerning Government"
Parliament
Tears out the Parliaments protestations from the Commons journal
Other events (month unknown)
Bacon Falls From Judicial Office
Parliament investigated Bacon over acceptance of gifts in judicial matters and he acknowledged misconduct. His removal from office left him more time for writing while permanently damaging his public reputation.
Bacon Plans Reform After Impeachment
Following his disgrace Bacon returned to projects for intellectual and legal reform. His later writings combined frustrated hopes of rehabilitation with renewed commitment to systematic inquiry.
Birth of Anthony Ashley-Cooper
Birth of Anthony Ashley-Cooper
Constitution of England
Claims the right to punish any Member of Parliament who commits a "misdemeanor"
Creation as Baron Brooke
Fulke Greville receives the peerage title Baron Brooke.
Death of Robert Tounson
Death of Robert Tounson
Foreign Policy Debate
Wentworth supported a cautious foreign policy and opposed costly continental warfare.
Lord Chancellor
Appointed Lord Chancellor
Master of the Robes
Appointed Master of the Robes to the Prince of Wales
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Ludlow
Parliament
Opens Parliament for the 1st time in 6 yrs
Parliament
Rebuked by Parliament, had ordered MPs not to "meddle" in affairs of State. Claims the right to punish any Member of Parliament who commits a "misdemeanor"
Parliament
Opens Parliament to fund a war in Europe but it makes a grant to the Protestants
Peerage
Created Baron Brooke, 1st
Re-election to Parliament
Wentworth returned to Parliament as one of Yorkshire's knights of the shire.
Trial
Confesses to bribery in chancery suits, fined 40,000 pounds, later remitted by the King
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