Simon Thelwall was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 at various times between 1593 and 1614.

Thelwall was the seventh son of John Thelwall of Bathafern Park. He entered Balliol College, Oxford

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 on 16 October 1581, aged 20 and was awarded BA from St Mary Hall, Oxford

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 on 28 February 1584. He became a
student of Lincoln's Inn

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 in 1591, and practised as a Proctor of the Court of Arches. He was Registrar of the
diocese of Bangor, and Chief Clerk to Sir Daniel Donne

Daniel Donne

-Life:He was descended from John Dwnn of Radnorshire, was educated at Oxford, where he was a member of All Souls College, and was admitted to the degree of B.C.L. 14 July 1572. Eight years later the higher degree was conferred on him, when he became Principal of New Inn Hall.He entered the College...

 Judge of the Prerogative Court. In 1593, he was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Denbigh

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. He held the estate of Cefn Coch and was High Sheriff of Denbighshire

High Sheriff of Denbighshire

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 in 1612. In 1614 he was elected MP for Denbighshire

Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Denbighshire was a county constituency in Denbighshire, in north Wales, from 1542 to 1885.- History :From 1542, it returned one Member of Parliament , traditionally known as the knight of the shire, to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then to the Parliament of Great...

. He was one of those who received a grant on 22 August 1631 of the post of Master of the Ofiice of Revels.