Robert Jenner (MP)

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Robert Jenner (1584 – 7 December 1651) was an English merchant in the City of London and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1628 and 1648.

Early life[]

Robert Jenner was born in 1584. He married Elizabeth Longston, daughter of Thomas Longston, citizen and grocer of London.[1]

Career[]

Jenner was a citizen and goldsmith of the City of London. By 1627 he acquired the manor of Widhill in Wiltshire. He also acquired the manor of Eysey.[1]

Politics[]

In 1628, Jenner was elected Member of Parliament for Cricklade and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In April 1640, he was re-elected MP for Cricklade in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Cricklade in November 1640 for the Long Parliament, and held the seat until he was excluded under Pride's Purge in 1648.[2] Jenner was in favour of taking a milder course with Charles I at the end of the Civil War, and was reprimanded by Oliver Cromwell for his tenderness.[3] In 1648 he acquired the manor of Marston Meysey.

Jenner Hall, Cricklade

Death and legacy[]

Jenner died at the age of 67 and was buried in Cricklade St Sampson's Church. He left money for eight almshouses in Malmesbury[1] and for the building and maintenance of a free school at Cricklade.[4] In 1652 Jenner's School was built backing onto St Sampson's Churchyard. Later the building became the parish workhouse before going back into use as a school until 1959. It became the Cricklade parish hall and was renamed the Jenner Hall.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Wiltshire Council - Wiltshire Community History Widhill Chapel and Manor
  2. ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
  3. ^ Fred S Thacker The Stripling Thames 1909
  4. ^ House of Commons papers, Volume 21, Part 2 By Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
  5. ^ Cricklade Town Council - Official Guide Archived at Internet Archive.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cricklade
1628–1629
With: Sir Edward Hungerford 		Succeeded by
Parliament suspended until 1640
Preceded by
Parliament suspended since 1629
 Member of Parliament for Cricklade
1640 – 1648
With: Thomas Hodges 		Succeeded by
Not represented in the Rump parliament
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