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Sir Basil Firebrace, 1st Bart.
Abt 1650 - 1724

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• Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	1st Bart.
  Birth	Abt 1650	Westminster, London, England
  	Born at St Margaret, Westminster. Year 1652 and place from "The Rulers of London 1660-1689" at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=31882#s24. Year ca 1650 based on age 21 in Sep 1671, according to marriage licence. See Marriage notes.
  Gender	Male
  Title	2 Aug 1687
  	Knighthood
  	From "The Rulers of London 1660-1689" at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=31882#s24.
  Appointed	1687-1688
  	Sheriff
  	From "The Rulers of London 1660-1689" at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=31882#s24.
  Military Service	1687-1688
  	as Colonel, Orange Regiment
  	From "The Rulers of London 1660-1689" at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=31882#s24.
  Election	6 Aug 1687-3 Oct 1688	London, London, England
  	Alderman for Billingsgate
  	Superseded on the restoration of the Charter. From "The Rulers of London 1660-1689" at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=31882#s24.
  Election	1690
  	Member of Parliament (High Tory) for Chippenham
  	Unseated. From "The Rulers of London 1660-1689" at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=31882#s24.
  Election	1691
  	Member of Parliament (High Tory) for Chippenham
  	Unseated. From "The Rulers of London 1660-1689" at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=31882#s24.
  Election	1692
  	Member of Parliament (High Tory) for Chippenham
  	Unseated. From "The Rulers of London 1660-1689" at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=31882#s24.
  Imprisoned	1695	London (Westminster), Middlesex, England
  	For fraud(?), by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
  	Sir Basil Firebrace to be kept close Prisoner. The House being informed, "That Sir Basill Firebrace, now in the Custody of the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod attending this House, was seen abroad, walking and conversing with several Persons:" It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod attending this House, his Deputy or Deputies, do take special Care that the said Sir Basil Firebrace be kept close Prisoner; and that he be not suffered to speak with any Person whatsoever, but in the Presence of the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod or his Deputy, unless by Order of the Committee of both Houses. From: British History Online Source: House of Lords Journal Volume 15: 25 April 1695. Journal of the House of Lords: volume 15, (1771). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=12183 Date: 14/11/2004 © Copyright 2003 University of London & History of Parliament Trust http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=12183.
  Occupation	Abt 1695	London, England
  	Wine Merchant
  	From "Denbigh," p. 181, in "The Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom." (ancestry.com). Entry for son Charles Firebrace in Venn, J. A., comp. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954 (ancestry.com) indicates Sir Basil Firebrace was a "merchant of London."
  Title	2 Jul 1698	England
  	1st Baronet
  	From "Denbigh," p. 181, in "The Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom." (ancestry.com), and from "The Rulers of London 1660-1689" at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=31882#s24.
  Of	1694-1716	London, England
  	West Lodge
  	Purchased by Basil Firebrace in 1694. Located at Enfield Chase. Original house extensively repaired in 1583 and in 1720, and demolished in 1832. Now the site of West Lodge Park Hotel.
  Name	Basil Firebrass
  Name	Basil Firebrasse
  _UID	7B965C33D67B4D56803F593A1AEFA7C75DAD
  Died	7 May 1724
  	Date from http://www.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/camilla/links-data+c-firebrace1847+1-1-0-1, and from "The Rulers of London 1660-1689" at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=31882#s24. Note different date in reference in "Entries on Fly-leaves of The Holy Bible, 4to, Cambridge, 1673, and The Book of Common Prayer, 4to, Cambridge, John Hayes, 1673," in Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, ed. Joseph Jackson Howard, vol. 1, New Ser., publ.. 1874 (London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co.), p. 400, which reads: The following entries are in the Prayer Book: / Sr Basil Firebrace died May ye 7th 1727 aged 71 was buried in St Margarets Church Westminster.
  Buried	Westminster, London, England
  	Buried in St Margaret's, Westminster. See Death notes.
  Notes	Second son of the devoted Royalist Sir Henry Firebrace, who attended Charles I to the scaffold. From "Denbigh and Desmong" in Burkes 2002 on-line.
  Person ID	I57	Halhed Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2011

  
  

  Father	Sir Henry Firebrace,   b. Abt 1619, Derby, Derbyshire, England ,   d. 27 Jan 1691, Stoke Golding, Leicestershire, England
  Mother	Elizabeth Davell,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1645	Stoke Golding, Leicestershire, England
  Family ID	F3930	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Hough,   b. Abt 1652,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	7 Sep 1671	Westminster, London, England
  	Married at Saint Margaret, Westminster. Year and place from "The Rulers of London 1660-1689" at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=31882#s24. Date and place from LDS IGI Individual Record for Eliz. Hough, marriage to Basillis Firebrase. Entry in Allegations for Marriage Licences Issued from the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury at London, 1543 to 1869, extr. by Joseph Lemuel Chester, ed. George J. Armytage, publ. 1886 (London), p. 119, reads: 1671 / Sep. 5 / Basil Firebrace, of All Hallows Barking, London, Merchant, Bachr, 21, & Elizabeth Hough, Spr, about 19, dau. of Thomas Hough, of St Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, "Millaner," who consents; at St Helen's, London, or St Margaret's, Westminster.
  Children	1. Henry Firebrace,   b. 27 Aug 1672,   d. 17 Oct 1672   2. Unnamed Firebrace,   b. 28 Aug 1673,   d. 28 Aug 1673   3. Basil Firebrace,   b. 21 Aug 1674,   bur. 17 Apr 1675, London (London), Middlesex, England   4. Thomas Firebrace,   b. 21 Aug 1674,   bur. 10 Dec 1674, London (London), Middlesex, England   5. Hester Firebrace,   b. 3 Jan 1676,   d. 1 Jan 1726, London (Paddington), Middlesex, England   6. Henry Firebrace,   b. 7 May 1677,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Mary Firebrace,   b. 27 May 1678,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Sir Charles Firebrace, 2nd Baronet,   b. 5 Jun 1680,   d. 2 Aug 1727   9. George Firebrace,   b. 29 Aug 1681, Richmond, Surrey, England ,   d. Aft 1695
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2011
  Family ID	F3931	Group Sheet