Sir Henry Glemham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 at various times between 1593 and 1622.

Glemham was the eldest son of Thomas Glemham of Glemham Hall, Suffolk and his wife Amy Parker, daughter of Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley

Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley

Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley , was an English peer and translator, Lord of Morley, Hingham, Hockering, &c., in Norfolk. He was the son of Alice Parker, 9th Baroness Morley, née Lovel Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley (1476/1480/1481 – 3 December 1553/1556), was an English peer and translator, Lord...

. He was a minor when he inherited the estate of Glemham on the death of his father in 1571. He entered Inner Temple

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 in 1585. He was knighted in 1591. In 1593, he was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Lewes

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. He was re-elected MP for Lewes in 1597.

In 1600 Glemham obtained a licence to travel abroad and visited Rome to help his fellow-countrymen. When he arrived in Rome, he was imprisoned as a suspected spy and was released through the efforts of the Jesuit Robert Persons. Queen Elizabeth heard of Glemham's meeting with Persons, and Glemham was put in the Fleet Prison

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 on his return to England. Glemham's father in law Lord Buckhurst intervened and Glemham was eventually released. In 1601 he was elected MP for Suffolk

Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He was a J.P.

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 for Suffolk and and commissioner for musters in 1601. In 1604 he was elected MP for Ipswich

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. He was Deputy Lieutenant

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 by 1613. In 1614 he was elected MP for Aldeburgh

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. He was re-elected MP for Aldeburgh in 1621.

Glemham married Anne Sackville, daughter of Thomas Sackville, Baron of Buckhurst and 1st Earl of Dorset

Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset

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, by 1589 and had two sons Thomas

Thomas Glemham

Sir Thomas Glemham was a noted Royalist commander during the First and Second Civil Wars in England.-Early life and career:He was the son of Sir Henry Glemham of Glemham Hall, Little Glemham in Suffolk. After studying at Trinity College, Oxford, he served in armies in Europe from 1610 to 1617...

 and Henry

Henry Glemham

Henry Glemham was an English royalist churchman, Dean of Bristol and Bishop of St Asaph.-Life:Glemham was the son of Sir Henry Glemham of Glemham Hall, Suffolk. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, where he matriculated on 15 October 1619, aged 16. He graduated B.A. in 1621, and M.A. in...

and three daughters.