Samuel Serle
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Samuel Serle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
between 1656 and 1660.
Serle was the son of Hugh Serle, yeoman of Hale, and was baptised in July 1620. He was apprenticed to a merchant taylor in London in 1638. He was a captain of the militia for Devon in 1650. In 1656, he was elected Member of Parliament
for Honiton
in the Second Protectorate Parliament
. He was a commissioner for assessment in 1657. In 1659, he was re-elected MP for Honiton for the Third Protectorate Parliament
. He was commissioner for militia in March 1660 and became a major in April 1660. Also in 1660 he was re-elected MP for Honiton for the Convention Parliament.
In 1679 Serle stood unsuccessfully for parliament again and became commissioner for assessment.
Serle died at the age of 63 and was buried at Honiton on 2 February 1683.
Serle married Mary and had ten sons and two daughters.
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
between 1656 and 1660.
Serle was the son of Hugh Serle, yeoman of Hale, and was baptised in July 1620. He was apprenticed to a merchant taylor in London in 1638. He was a captain of the militia for Devon in 1650. In 1656, he was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Honiton
Honiton (UK Parliament constituency)
Honiton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Honiton in east Devon, formerly represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It sent members intermittently from 1300, consistently from 1640. It elected two Members of Parliament until it was...
in the Second Protectorate Parliament
Second Protectorate Parliament
The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...
. He was a commissioner for assessment in 1657. In 1659, he was re-elected MP for Honiton for the Third Protectorate Parliament
Third Protectorate Parliament
The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...
. He was commissioner for militia in March 1660 and became a major in April 1660. Also in 1660 he was re-elected MP for Honiton for the Convention Parliament.
In 1679 Serle stood unsuccessfully for parliament again and became commissioner for assessment.
Serle died at the age of 63 and was buried at Honiton on 2 February 1683.
Serle married Mary and had ten sons and two daughters.