William Strode
Who is William Strode
William Strode (1598 – 9 September 1645) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1645. He was one of the Five Members whose impeachment and attempted unconstitutional arrest by King Charles I in the House of Commons in 1642 sparked the Civil War, during which he fought on the Parliamentarian side.
Origins
Strode was the second son of Sir William Strode (d. 1637), MP, of Newnham, Plympton St Mary, Devon, by his first wife Mary Southcote, daughter of Thomas Southcote of Bovey Tracey in Devon.
Education
He was admitted as a student of the Inner Temple in 1614, matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford, in 1617, and took the degree of BA in 1619.
Career
In 1624, Strode was ele...
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William Strode Poems
- A Strange Gentlewoman Passing By His Window
As I out of a casement sent
Mine eyes as wand'ring as my thought,
Upon no certayne object bent,
But only what occasion brought,
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- On The Death Of A Twin
Where are yee now, Astrologers, that looke
For petty accidents in Heavens booke?
Two Twins, to whom one Influence gave breath,
Differ in more than Fortune, Life and Death.
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- To A Valentine
Faire Valentine, since once your welcome hand
Did cull mee out wrapt in a paper band,
Vouchsafe the same hand still, to shew thereby
That Fortune did your will no injury:
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- On The Death Of Sir Rowland Cotton Seconding That Of Sir Robert
More Cottons yet? O let not envious Fate
Attempt the Ruine of our growing State.
O had it spar'd Sir Rowland, then might wee
Have almost spar'd Sir Robert's Library.
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- A Riddle: On A Kiss
What thing is that, nor felt nor seene
Till it bee given? a present for a Queene:
A fine conceite to give and take the like:
The giver yet is farther for to seeke;
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- Weeklyhumorist: i, michael myers, want a restraining order against laurie strode ~ by william vaillancourt i’ve been shot, stabbed, lit on fire, poked through the eye with a wire hanger — the list goes on. all have been her doing. other acts of violence have been
- Weeklyhumorist: i, michael myers, want a restraining order against laurie strode ~ by william vaillancourt i’ve been shot, stabbed, lit on fire, poked through the eye with a wire hanger — the list goes on. all have been her doing. other acts of violence have been
- Emswifthook: i was shocked by this! i know liberties are taken in such things, but seriously? the five were john pym, john hampden, denzil holles, william strode, and sir arthur hesilrige. cromwell was pretty much a nobody at this stage...
- Weeklyhumorist: i, michael myers, want a restraining order against laurie strode ~ by william vaillancourt i’ve been shot, stabbed, lit on fire, poked through the eye with a wire hanger — the list goes on. all have been her doing. other acts of violence have been
- Bot_album: “good for any of us” by william strode
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