GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
1804
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-1960)
Name
Ralph Coningsby
Title
Sir
Gender
Male
Lived
b. ca. 1555-03-25 d. 1616-03-23 (old)
Linked Sermons
A Sermon preached at Woodhall Hatfelde before Sr Raulfe Comingsbie
(autograph: Yes )
- auditor
Associated Places
Source of Data
AO (Foster); Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, eds, The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629 (Cambridge, 2010); Hannah Yip.
Biographical Sources Consulted
AO (Foster); Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, eds, The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629 (Cambridge, 2010).
Other note
Sir Ralph Coningsby was born c. 1555, the first son of Sir Henry Coningsby of North Mimms, and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Boteler of Watton Woodhall, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and Lincoln's Inn; he proceeded B.A. on 31 March 1571. He was sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1596-1597, and received a knighthood on 18 April 1603. He was M.P. of Hertfordshire in 1614. He died on 23 March 1616.
Attached URL
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/coningsby-sir-… Biography of Sir Ralph Coningsby in Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, eds, The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629 (Cambridge, 2010).
GEMMS record created
June 7, 2018
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024