Challoner "The Speaker" Chute

1595 - 1659  (64 years)

• Name	Challoner "The Speaker" Chute
  Nickname	The Speaker
  Birth	1595	Kensington, Middlesex, England, Great Britain
  Christening	2 Feb 1597	Bearsted, Kent, England, Great Britain
  Gender	Male
  Education	11 Nov 1613
  	Admitted Student of the Middle Temple
  Appointed	12 May 1623
  	Called to the bar, Middle Temple
  Land sale record	1653
  	Purchased The Vyne estate, Hampshire, Great Britain from Sandys family
  Election	1655
  	Elected Treasurer of the Middle Temple
  Acceded	1656/1658
  	Knight of the Shire for Middlesex, Great Britain
  Election	29 Jan 1659
  	Unanimously elected Speaker of the House of Commons
  Death	14 Apr 1659	the Vyne, Hampshire, England
  Notes	http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chute/gp1700.htm#head1 Challoner Chute: According to WEC: "Spent his childhood in Kensington where his younger brother Charles was born in 1600, and his sister Dorothy in 1603; the entries of whose births in the register of the Mary Abbotts, Kensington, were in Latin, while those of less dignified persons were in the vulgar tongue. Was admitted student of the Middle Temple November 11, 1613 as "Caroli Chewte", and was called to the bar May 23, 1623. He was appointed to conduct ... registrations of titles and sales of land. He purchased the Vyne, a celebrated country-seat in Hants Co., between Hampshire and Berkshire, of Lord Sandys, grandson of Sir Walter Sandys in 1653. The Vyne was settled by the Romans in the 2nd or 3rd century and was held by the family of Sandys from Richard II, to 1650. Was presented a valuable silver tankard by John, Bishop of Rochester for his efforts on behalf of the bishops and the royal cause; elected Treasurer of the Middle Temple in 1655; Knight of the Shire for Middlesex 1656 and 1658, and upon the assembling of Parliament under Richard Cromwell, January 29, 1659, was unanimously chosen speaker of the House of Commons. The French ambassador, M. de Bordeaux, wrote home in February that Parliament elected its speaker "who is one of the most celebrated lawyers in the nation, and there appeared to be no opposition to his election." His christening record is as follows: Chaliner CHEWTE Sex: M Event(s): Christening: 2 Feb 1598 Bearsted, Kent, England Parents: Father: Charles CHEWTE Mother: Source Information: Batch number: Dates Source Call No. Type Printout Call No. Type C046841 1563-1847 0874098 IT 2 Film 6906451 Film Sheet: Film or fiche number 0874098 Bearsted, Kent Count, England, parish register transcripts : christenings, 1655-1847; marriages, 1563-1837; burials, 1563-1840 Church of England. Parish Church of Bearsted (Kent) «b»Record Type:«/b» Chute Family History/Book «b»Title:«/b» «i»A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources«/i» «b»Author:«/b» William Edward Chute «b»Published:«/b» Salem, Massachusetts, 1894 «b»Comments:«/b» Copy originally owned by George Maynard Chute, nephew of William Edward Chute with his signature on the flyleaf; handwritten notes in margins; passed to George Maynard Chute, Jr. who published an updated addendum to this work in 1968; passed to George Maynard Chute, III; passed to Jacqueline Irene Chute. «b»Location:«/b» Privately held «b»Type:«/b» Book (xeroxed pages only) «b»Title:«/b» Burke's Peerage or Burke's Landed Gentry «b»Date:«/b» Unknown; post 1953 «b»Pages:«/b» 444-445 «b»LOCA:«/b» Chute Family Records/Burke's Records «b»Record Type:«/b» Visitation «b»Title:«/b» The Visitation of London, Anno Domini 1633,1634 and 1635 «b»Made by:«/b» Sr. Henry St. George, Kt; Sr. Henry St. George, Kt. «b»Volume:«/b» 1 «b»Page:«/b» 163 «b»Editors:«/b» Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D., F.S.A; Joseph Lemuel Chester, LL.D. «b»Published:«/b» London, 1880 «b»This Source Has Been Cited for:«/b» «u»Anthony Chute «/u» and (Unknown) Gyrlinge Chute, through four generations. «b»GROUP NO:«/b» Chute Family Records/GP15-0
  Person ID	I55782	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2008

  
  

  Father	Charles Chute, M.P.,   b. East Anglia (Wrentham, Suffolk and Kelvedon), Essex, England, Great Britain d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Ursula Challoner,   b. Fulham, Middlesex, England, Great Britain d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F551614666	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Skory,   b. Herefordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Charles Chute,   b. 1627, Holborn, Middlesex, England d. Yes, date unknown   2. Benjamin Chute,   b. Abt Sep 1628, Holborn, Middlesex, England d. Abt 1628, Holborn, Middlesex, England   3. Challoner Chute,   b. 1630   d. 1666 (Age 36 years)
  Family ID	F551614668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2008