Philip Bickerstaffe

Philip Bickerstaffe (1639–1714) was an English merchant and the owner of Amble Works.[1] He was M.P. for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1685;[2] and for Northumberland 1689-1698.[3] He descended from the family of Bickerstaffes, of Bickerstaffe, Lancashire.[4] Although he opposed the transfer of the Crown to the Prince of Orange in 1668-69, he was re-elected for the next parliament of 1669-90. [5]

He was known to be "a courtier of the Widdrington group but an unimpeachable Anglican" and a Clerk of His Majesty's Woodyard from about January 1669.[6][7][8]

Bickerstaffe was a free burgess of Newcastle, a member of one of the twelve mysteries of the same town, and was admitted to his personal freedom of the fellowship of Hostmen on 11 September 1684.[9]

On 15 November 1692, Bickerstaffe was said to have "claimed that the actions of three men in suing Sir Francis Bland in the court of Exchequer constituted a breach of privilege".[3]: 231 

His parents were Howard Bickerstaffe of Chelsham and Elizabeth, while his brother was Sir Charles Bickerstaffe, Kt, Cup-bearer to Charles II.[10] He married Jane (d. 1694), the widow of John Clarke II, M.P. of Cockermouth. Through marriage, Bickerstaffe's seat became the newly built Chirton Hall in the 1670s.[3][11] Unable to meet various bonds, he lived in Fleet Prison, as reported in 1713.[1]

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  7. ^ James Butler Ormonde (Duke of); James Edward William Theobald Butler Ormonde (3d marquis of); Caesar Litton Falkiner, Francis Elrington Ball (1906). Calendar of the manuscripts of the Marquess of Ormonde, K.P.: preserved at Kilkenny castle. Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Mackie & co. ld. p. 659. Retrieved 28 November 2011.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  9. ^ Reprints of rare tracts & imprints of ancient manuscripts, &c: chiefly illustrative of the history of the northern counties. Printed at the press of M.A. Richardson. 1849. p. 2. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
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  11. ^ Cruickshanks, Eveline; Hayton, David W.; Handley, Stuart (2002). The House of commons 1690-1715: Constituencies. Cambridge University Press. p. 447. ISBN 978-0-521-77221-1. Retrieved 28 November 2011.