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In 1395, he was elected MP for [[Kent (UK Parliament constituency)|Kent]] and in 1396 appointed [[High Sheriff of Kent|Sheriff of Kent]]. He was a tax collector for Kent from 1404. <ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/haute-sir-nicholas-1357-1415| title = HAUTE, Sir Nicholas (1357-c.1415), of Wadden Hall in Waltham, Kent.| publisher = History of Parliament Online|accessdate = 2012-04-14}} </ref> |
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In 1395, he was MP for [[Kent (UK Parliament constituency)|Kent]]. |
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Revision as of 16:03, 14 April 2012
Sir Nicholas Haute (20 September 1357-c.1415) was an English politician.
Life
Haute was the son of Sir Edmund Haute and his wife, Benedicta Shelving. His stepfather was the MP Thomas Uvedale. His first wife was Alice Couen, the daughter of MP Thomas Couen from Ightham, near Sevenoaks, Kent. Alice was a widow, and together they had four sons. One, William Haute, became Member of Parliament for Kent. His second wife was Eleanor Flambard from Cambridgeshire, also a widow. They had no recorded children, but after his death she re-married and her children included John Tyrell, Speaker.
The Hautes were well-established in the areas of Waltham and Petham, near Canterbury, Kent. Haute's brother Edmund was Sheriff of Kent.
Career
In 1395, he was elected MP for Kent and in 1396 appointed Sheriff of Kent. He was a tax collector for Kent from 1404. [1]
Death
The last record of his being alive is from 1415, when he was in the company of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, the brother of Henry V of England, as they prepared to conquer France. By April 1417, his eldest son, the MP William Haute, had inherited the family's lands.[2]
References
- ^ "HAUTE, Sir Nicholas (1357-c.1415), of Wadden Hall in Waltham, Kent". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ^ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/haute-sir-nicholas-1357-1415
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