Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sir Richard Strode (25 June 1584 – 9 October 1669) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1604 and 1640.Strode was the son of Sir William Strode, of Newnham, Devon and his wife Mary Southcote, daughter of Thomas Southcote of Bovey Tracey. He was baptised at Bovey Tracey on 1 July 1584. He matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge in 1598.Strode was elected Member of Parliament for Bere Alston in 1604. He was elected MP for Bridport in 1626. In April 1640, Strode was elected Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle in the Short Parliament in what appears to be an unresolved double return.Following the death of his first wife who was a member of the Strode family of Parham, Strode fell into dispute with his cousins, claiming inheritance of the Parham estates for the son of his second wife. Sir John Strode consistently blocked Richard Strode's attempts to bring the matter to court and the situation became more grave when the families were on opposite sides in the Civil War. Richard Strode's brother William was one of the members King Charles tried to arrest, while the Parham Strodes were royalists. Lady Strode, wife of Sir John Strode was struck dead by a Parliamentarian soldier while defending the house during the Civil War. Strode made copious annotations to an almanack "An Ephemeris for the Year 1652" by Nicholas Culpeper in which he fiercely attacked the Parham Strodes. Later ramblings suggest that Strode had become mentally unstable and he was imprisoned in the Fleet prison with debts of £200. He wrote long letters to Oliver Cromwell setting out his grievances and he was eventually released as being of unsound mind.Strode died at the age of 85 and was buried on 9 October 1669, at Plympton St Mary. In his will he left to King Charles II ‘the manor of Parnham which is or ought to be mine’.Strode married firstly his cousin Catherine daughter of Sir Robert Strode of Parnham Dorset by whom he had 3 daughters. He married secondly Elizabeth Erle daughter of Thomas Erle of Charborough in Dorset and Dorothy Poole. He married thirdly Anne Drake daughter of Sir John Drake. His son William was also MP for Plympton.. }
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- Richard_Strode_(died_1669) abstract "Sir Richard Strode (25 June 1584 – 9 October 1669) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1604 and 1640.Strode was the son of Sir William Strode, of Newnham, Devon and his wife Mary Southcote, daughter of Thomas Southcote of Bovey Tracey. He was baptised at Bovey Tracey on 1 July 1584. He matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge in 1598.Strode was elected Member of Parliament for Bere Alston in 1604. He was elected MP for Bridport in 1626. In April 1640, Strode was elected Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle in the Short Parliament in what appears to be an unresolved double return.Following the death of his first wife who was a member of the Strode family of Parham, Strode fell into dispute with his cousins, claiming inheritance of the Parham estates for the son of his second wife. Sir John Strode consistently blocked Richard Strode's attempts to bring the matter to court and the situation became more grave when the families were on opposite sides in the Civil War. Richard Strode's brother William was one of the members King Charles tried to arrest, while the Parham Strodes were royalists. Lady Strode, wife of Sir John Strode was struck dead by a Parliamentarian soldier while defending the house during the Civil War. Strode made copious annotations to an almanack "An Ephemeris for the Year 1652" by Nicholas Culpeper in which he fiercely attacked the Parham Strodes. Later ramblings suggest that Strode had become mentally unstable and he was imprisoned in the Fleet prison with debts of £200. He wrote long letters to Oliver Cromwell setting out his grievances and he was eventually released as being of unsound mind.Strode died at the age of 85 and was buried on 9 October 1669, at Plympton St Mary. In his will he left to King Charles II ‘the manor of Parnham which is or ought to be mine’.Strode married firstly his cousin Catherine daughter of Sir Robert Strode of Parnham Dorset by whom he had 3 daughters. He married secondly Elizabeth Erle daughter of Thomas Erle of Charborough in Dorset and Dorothy Poole. He married thirdly Anne Drake daughter of Sir John Drake. His son William was also MP for Plympton.".