John Penrose (Parliamentarian)

John Penrose (born 1611) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1646 to 1648.

Penrose was the son of John Penrose of Helston and his wife Jane Trefusis. In 1645, Penrose was elected Member of Parliament for Helston in the Long Parliament.^[1] In 1647 he was a commissioner for raising money in Cornwall.^[2] In December 1648 he was one of the commissioners for settling militia throughout England and Wales.^[3] He is not recorded as sitting in the Rump Parliament after Pride's Purge.

Penrose married Amy Buggs and had four daughters and a son.

References

1. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
2. 'June 1647: An Ordinance for the raising of Moneyes to be imployed towards the maintenance of Forces within this Kingdome, under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairfax Knight. And for the speedy transporting of, and paying the Forces for the carrying on the Warre of Ireland.', Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660 (1911), pp. 958-984. Date accessed: 18 June 2011
3. 'December 1648: An Ordinance for the setling the Militia in the severall Counties, Cities and places within the Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Towne of Barwick upon Tweed.', Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660 (1911), pp. 1233-1251. Date accessed: 18 June 2011