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  • 1601-1611: English Parliamentarian

Henry Ludlow the Elder was born circa 1677 in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom to Edmund Ludlow (1545-1624) and Bridget Coker (1545-1587) and died 13 October 1639 England of unspecified causes. He married Lettice West (1589-1645) 1600 in England.

Biography

Ludlow was the son of Sir Edmund Ludlow and his first wife Bridget Coker, daughter of Henry Coker of Mappowder, Dorset. He was educated at Hart Hall, Oxford in 1591 and at Middle Temple in 1595.

In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for Andover. He was elected MP for Ludgershall in 1604.[1] A piece of libellous verse "The Censure of the Parliament Fart" was composed in response to an audible emission by Ludlow in parliament in 1607.[2]

Downe came grave auntient Sir John Crooke
And redd his message in his booke.
Fearie well, Quoth Sir William Morris, Soe:
But Henry Ludlowes Tayle cry’d Noe.
Up starts one fuller of devotion
Then Eloquence; and said a very ill motion
Not soe neither quoth Sir Henry Jenkin
The Motion was good; but for the stincking
Well quoth Sir Henry Poole it was a bold tricke
To Fart in the nose of the bodie politique

In 1624 Ludlow succeeded to the estates of his father.[1]

Family Life

Ludlow died at the age of about 63. He had married Lettice West, daughter of Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr of Wherwell, Hanpshire and Offington, Sussex and had four sons and five daughters.[1] His stepbrother also Henry was also an MP.



Children


Offspring of Henry Ludlow the Elder and Lettice West (1589-1645)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Elizabeth Ludlow (c1610)
William Ludlow (1619-1677)
John Ludlow (c1620-)



Siblings


Offspring of Edmund Ludlow (1545-1624) and Bridget Coker (1545-1587)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Henry Ludlow (c1577-1639) 1677 Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom 13 October 1639 England Lettice West (1589-1645)


Offspring of Edmund Ludlow (1545-1624) and Margaret Manning (1559-1643)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Henry Ludlow (1592-1643) 1592 Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom October 1643 Elizabeth Phelps (1590-1650)
Edmund Ludlow (1595-1666)
Alice Ludlow (1598-)

Residences

See Also

Parliamentian Succession Charts

Parliament of England
Preceded by
Edward Reynolds
Member of Parliament for Andover
1601
With: Nicholas Hyde
Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Jermyn
Preceded by
Robert Penruddocke
Member of Parliament for Ludgershall
1604–1611
With: James Kirton
Succeeded by
James Kirton

References



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