# Richard Longe

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{{Short description|English Politician}}
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'''Richard Longe''' (died 1650) was an English politician who sat in the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_England) from 1640 to 1642. He supported the [Royalist](/source/Cavaliers) cause in the [English Civil War](/source/English_Civil_War).

Longe was an alderman of [Bristol](/source/Bristol) and served as [Sheriff of Bristol](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Bristol) in 1621 and as Mayor in 1636.<ref name=Williams>[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030494953#page/n125/mode/2up W R Williams ''Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester'']</ref> In November 1640, Longe was elected [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Bristol](/source/Bristol_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in the [Long Parliament](/source/Long_Parliament). He was expelled as a monopolist on 12 May 1642.<ref name=Willis>{{Cite Notitia Parliamentaria|converted=1|part=2|pages=229–239}}</ref> In 1646 he entered his name as a petitioner to compound for delinquency, and paid a fine of £800 in May 1650.<ref name=Williams/>
 
Longe died by 29 June 1650 and left land to fund clothing for poor men in the Merchat's Almshouses and for bread for the poor.<ref name=Williams/>

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| title=[Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Bristol](/source/Bristol_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) 
| before= [Humphrey Hooke](/source/Humphrey_Hooke)
| before2= [John Glanville](/source/John_Glanville)
| with= [Humphrey Hooke](/source/Humphrey_Hooke)
| years=1640–1642
| after= [John Glanville](/source/John_Glanville) 
| after2= [John Tailer](/source/John_Tailer)
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Category:Mayors of Bristol

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