About Hall Ravenscroft
Lived 1600 – 1670. Hall Ravenscroft was an English politician.
Hall Ravenscroft (c. 1600 – c. 1673) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1660.
Ravenscroft was the son of John Ravenscroft of Horsham, Sussex and his wife Judith Ferne, daughter of George Ferne. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 8 November 1616 and was a student of Lincoln's Inn in 1618.
In April 1640, Ravenscroft was elected Member of Parliament for Horsham in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Horsham in November 1640 for the Long Parliament and survived Pride's Purge to sit in the Rump Parliament until 1653.
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English politician
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Hall Ravenscroft was born in 1600.
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Hall Ravenscroft died in 1670.
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Hall Ravenscroft was English.
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