About Richard Bartholomew
Lived 1455 – 1525 (aged 69–70). Richard Bartholomew was a politician.
Richard Bartholomew, Bartilmewe or Bartilmoes (by 1455 – c. 1525 or later), of Salisbury, Wiltshire, was an English politician.
Career Bartholomew was a wealthy merchant and Mayor of Salisbury in 1487 and 1507.
He was elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Salisbury in 1497, 1512 and 1515.
Family By 1481, he was married to a woman named Margery. They had five sons, including John and Richard, both merchants who predeceased their father.
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Who was Richard Bartholomew?
English politician
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Richard Bartholomew was born in 1455.
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Richard Bartholomew died in 1525.
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Richard Bartholomew was a politician.
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