Richard Markes Explained

Richard Markes (1671–1704) was a M.P. for Petersfield.^[1]

He was born in Portsmouth, the only son of Richard and Anne Markes. In 1693 he married Mary Randall of Petersfield: they had 3 sons and 2 daughters. He was Clerk of the Rope Yard in Portsmouth Dockyard from 1691; and a Freeman of Portsmouth from 1702.^[2]

Notes and References

1. https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/markes-richard-1671-1704 History of Parliament On-line
2. 'One hundred years of a pocket borough: Petersfield and Parliament, 1685–1783' Surry, N. p8: Petersfield; Petersfield Area Historical Society (Paper No. 7); 1983