Francis Staresmore Explained

Francis Staresmore (1578 - 1626) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1626.

Staresmore was the son of Sabine Staresmore, of Frolesworth, Leicestershire. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 14 October 1596 aged 17. In 1626, he was elected Member of Parliament for Leicestershire and died later in the same year.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=119389 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Spackman-Stepney', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 1394-1422. Date accessed: 22 May 2012