William Strode (of Barrington)
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William Strode called "of Barrington
" to distinguish him from contemporaries of the same name, was an English Parliamentarian officer and Member of Parliament.
A Somerset
man, he opposed the king's commission of array
in the county, and was one of the parliamentary deputy-lieutenants there in 1642. He became a colonel in the parliament's service. In 1646 he was returned to the Long Parliament
for Ilchester
. A supporter of the Presbyterian faction in the House of Commons, he was expelled in Pride's Purge
of 1648.
In 1661 he was imprisoned and obliged to make submission for disobeying the orders of the king's deputy-lieutenants in Somerset. He died in 1666, aged 77.
Barrington, Somerset
Barrington is a village and civil parish, situated south east of Taunton and west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England...
" to distinguish him from contemporaries of the same name, was an English Parliamentarian officer and Member of Parliament.
Life
He was the youngest son of William Strode of Shepton Mallet and Elizabeth, daughter of Geoffrey Upton of Warminster.A Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
man, he opposed the king's commission of array
Commission of Array
A Commission of Array was a commission given by English royalty to officers or gentry in a given territory to muster and array the inhabitants and to see them in a condition for war, or to put soldiers of a country in a condition for military service...
in the county, and was one of the parliamentary deputy-lieutenants there in 1642. He became a colonel in the parliament's service. In 1646 he was returned to the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...
for Ilchester
Ilchester (UK Parliament constituency)
Ilchester was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832...
. A supporter of the Presbyterian faction in the House of Commons, he was expelled in Pride's Purge
Pride's Purge
Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...
of 1648.
In 1661 he was imprisoned and obliged to make submission for disobeying the orders of the king's deputy-lieutenants in Somerset. He died in 1666, aged 77.