Edward Hall was several times a member of the Parliament of England.
11 Facts About Edward Hall
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Edward Hall, born in 1497, was the son of John Hall of Northall in Kynnersley, Shropshire, a London grocer and Merchant of the Staple who resided in the parish of St Mildred in the Poultry.
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The surname Edward Hall appears in the records of the Worshipful Company of Grocers for several generations prior to Edward Hall's birth, suggesting that members of the family had been London merchants for some time.
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Edward Hall's father served as Warden of the Grocers in 1512.
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Edward Hall had a brother, William, who survived him, but no other known brothers or sisters.
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Edward Hall left all his books in French and English to his brother, William, and his manuscript of his chronicle to Richard Grafton, entrusting him with its publication.
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Edward Hall was a student at Gray's Inn by 1521, and became a lawyer by profession.
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Edward Hall was Autumn Reader at his Inn in 1533, and Lent Reader in 1540.
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Edward Hall was elected to represent Much Wenlock in 1529, and represented the borough again in 1539.
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The only complete modern edition, entitled Edward Hall's Chronicle, Containing the History of England During the Reign of Henry IV and the Succeeding Monarchs to the End of the Reign of Henry VIII, was prepared under the supervision of Sir Henry Ellis and published in 1809.
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Edward Hall has a lawyer's respect for ceremonial of all kinds, and his pages are often adorned and encumbered with the pageantry and material garniture of the story.