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this society was founded c.1586 and flourished until c.1604, then gradually lapsed into disuse until in 1614 Spelman, Camden, Hakewill and others attempted a revival, with Hakewill agreeing to act as both "Register" and "Convocator". Learning however that the king disapproved of it the project was
267:, Buckinghamshire and was survived by at least two sons, William and Robert. His will left instructions that expenditure on his funeral was not to exceed £40. He is buried in the Church at Wendover under a commemorative stone that still survives. 255:
in Bucks. As a result of his researches three Buckinghamshire boroughs were re-enfranchised in 1624 (Wendover, Amersham and Marlow). Hakewill was elected as one of Amersham's two MP's and his distant relative the famous
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abandoned: see Van Norden, Linda. “Sir Henry Spelman on the Chronology of the Elizabethan College of Antiquaries.” Huntington Library Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 2, 1950, pp. 131–60.
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Despite his puritan connections Hakewill was appointed Solicitor General to Queen Anne, the wife of James I in 1617. Unfortunately she died in 1619 and his benefactor
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He leased Chequers (now the country home of British Prime Ministers) near Ellesborough in 1619. In the latter part of his life Hakewill lived at The Hale in
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in 1625. Described by the antiquarian Anthony Wood as "a grave and judicious counsellor" but "always a puritan", Hakewill was a friend of
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Hakewill was part of the attempt in 1614 to revive the Elizabethan "College of Antiquaries", in some ways a precursor of the
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Although originally elected to parliament for Cornish seats he sat in the parliaments of 1624 and 1628/9 for
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in Cornwall in 1601, probably nominated for the seat by its patron, his maternal uncle
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Modus tenendi Parliamentum; or, the old Manner of holding Parliaments in England
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Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall
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The manner how Statutes are enacted in Parliament by Passing of Bills
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The Liberty of the Subject against the pretended Power of Impositions
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in 1606, was a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn by 1616 and
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