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to make Mackworth's son, William, his heir in return for £3000 and other income from the estate. In addition Praed was to recommend a wife for William Mackworth and recommended Anne Slaney who brought in a portion to pay off Praed's debts. Praed and Mackworth signed the leases with tenants at
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In 1680 Praed entered a business deal which was to cripple his finances for the rest of his life. Two London merchants, Daniel Gates and William Warre, sent him an order to buy up all the currants at Morea and to draw bills of exchange payable in
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to whom he replied that although he was a man of misfortune, yet he was a true subject of the government established. Praed petitioned unsuccessfully in the matter of Warre in 1696 and 1699. In 1706 he succeeded his brother
263: 104:. He voted for peace in April 1711. On 10 February 1711 he tried unsuccessfully to bring in a bill to sequester Warre's estate. He did not stand at the 202: 93: 273: 268: 20: 19:(c. 1657 – 10 October 1717), of Trevethoe, near St Ives, Cornwall, was an English merchant and Tory politician who sat in the 211: 207: 105: 101: 85: 156: 178: 235: 222: 217: 191: 125: 73: 32: 187: 253: 231: 258: 198: 89: 68: 124:
Praed was buried on 7 November 1717. His estates passed to William Mackworth who adopted the name
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Trevethoe in 1716 and Praed was allowed to carry on living there until his death in 1717.
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In 1693 Praed was approached by Abraham Anselm who wanted to recruit men for the exiled
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and applied to sequester his estates. However Warre had managed to secure his release.
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to the family estates at Trevethoe, which turned out to be encumbered with debt.
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after a bitterly contested election. He voted against the impeachment of
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and his wife Honor Gifford, daughter of Arthur Gifford of Brightley,
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for St Ives
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House of Commons
James Praed
Cornwall
Devon
London
Venice
Fleet Prison
King James II
James
1708 British general election
Member of Parliament
St Ives
Sacheverell
1710 British general election
1713 British general election
Sir Humphrey Mackworth
William Mackworth Praed






"PRAED, John (c.1657-1717), of Trevethoe, nr. St. Ives, Cornw"
Parliament of Great Britain
Sir Bartholomew Gracedieu
John Borlase
Member of Parliament
St Ives
1708

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