Constituency Dates
Carlisle [1584], [1586], [1604]
Family and Education
?s. of Richard Blennerhassett, member of the Carlisle council 1569.
Offices Held

Mayor, Carlisle 1597.

Address
Main residence: Carlisle, Cumb.
biography text

Though the Cumberland branch of the family had lived near Carlisle for many generations, little has been ascertained about Blennerhassett himself. One of his name was among ‘the justices and most of the gentlemen’ of the west march who petitioned the Privy Council in 1600.1Carlisle Recs. (Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. extra ser. iv), 272; CSP Scot. ii. 633; Border Pprs. ii. 689.

Author
R.V.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Notes
  • 1. Carlisle Recs. (Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. extra ser. iv), 272; CSP Scot. ii. 633; Border Pprs. ii. 689.