Richard Aldworth (Parliamentarian)

For other people named Richard Aldworth, see Richard Aldworth (disambiguation).

Richard Aldworth was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1646 to 1653. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.

Aldworth was an alderman of Bristol. He was Sheriff of Bristol in 1627 and Mayor in 1642. In 1643 he was appointed one of the parliamentary committee to assess Bristol and was restored to his position as alderman by parliament in 1645.[1]

In January 1646, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol in the Long Parliament and sat until 1653.[2] In 1649 he was one of the members given instructions for the preservation of timber in the Forest of Dean. He was a militia commissioner for Bristol in 1655.[1]

Aldworth was the father of Robert Aldworth later MP for Bristol.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 W R Williams Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester
  2. ↑ 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.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
John Glanville
John Tailer		 Member of Parliament for Bristol
1646-1653
With: Luke Hodges		 Succeeded by
Not represented in Barebones Parliament
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