Roger Flower, Member of Parliament for Rutland, Sheriff of Rutland, Speaker of the House of Commons, Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster
Dates: died 1427
Biography
Rutland wool merchant, royal official, lawyer and parliamentarian. He purchased Whitwell in 1412 and served repeatedly as Speaker of the House of Commons.
Notes / Sources
The fifteenth-century purchaser should not be conflated with later members of the Flower family bearing the same name.
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