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Sir Robert Bell SL (died 1577) of Beaupre Hall, Norfolk, was a Speaker of the House of Commons (1572–1576), who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He was legal counsel (1560) and recorder (1561) for King's Lynn,〔Hasler, P. W., HoP:'' House of Commons 1558–1603,'' HMSO 1981, p. 421-4; (historyofparliamentonline.org, ''Bell, Robert (d.1577), of the Middle Temple, London and Beaupré Hall, Outwell, Norf''. )〕 legal counsel for Great Yarmouth (1562-1563),〔Foss, E., ''Lives of the Judges,'' Vol. V, London 1857, p. 458-61〕 and justice of the peace of the quorum for Norfolk (1564). He became a bencher in the Middle Temple in 1565 and was elected Autumn Reader that same year and Lent Reader in 1571.〔Hasler, P. W., HoP:'' House of Commons 1558–1603,'' HMSO 1981, p. 421-4 (second oration. ) ()〕 In 1576 he was appointed Commissioner of Grain and in 1577 he was knighted and appointed Serjeant-at-Law and Chief Baron of the Exchequer.〔 ==Marriages== Robert Bell is reported to have married: 1. Mary Chester, daughter of Anthony Chester.()() 2. Elizabeth Anderson (d.1556-58?), widowed daughter in law of Edmund Anderson, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.() 3. Dorothie, daughter and co-heiress of Edmonde Beaupre', Esq., d. 1567, and Katherine Wynter, widow of John Wynter (Captain of the Castle of Mayett, France), daughter of Phillip Bedingfeld of Ditchingham, Norfolk.()()() ==Education and religion== Bell may have been privately tutored or mentored by John Cheke,〔Bell, R.R.L., ''Tudor Bell's Sound Out,'' pb, 7 September 2006〕 a close friend and kinsman of William Cecil, (Lord Burghley). Cecil (Lord Burghley), was Queen Elizabeth's 'chief advisor', who has been 'appraised as' "the probable behind the scenes architect of the '1566 succession question."〔MacCaffrey, W. T., 'Cecil William, first Baron Burghley (1520/21–1598),’''ODNB'', OUP, 2004 (accessed 15 April 2005 )〕 Cecil is credited with nominating Bell to the succession committee to represent the House of Commons and also with recommending Bell for Speaker in 1572.〔 John Cheke was also a relative and close friend of Peter Osbourne, a fellow Exchequer colleague of Bell's, whose daughter Anne, married Bell's first son and heir Edmond. In 1566, Robert Bell was lampooned by Thomas Norton as "Bell the Orator" together with others who served on the succession committee. Most of the individuals featured in this publication were ''Puritan''s, for example, Christopher Yelverton who is styled "Yelverton the Poet."〔Hasler, P. W., HoP:'' House of Commons 1558–1603'', HMSO 1981, p. 421-4 ()〕 ''HoP'' 〔Bell, R.R.L., ''Tudor Bell's Sound Out,'' pb, 7 September 2006〕 Scholars have suggested that Robert Bell may have attended Cambridge (which had ''Protestant'' leanings 16th century),〔Hasler, P. W., HoP:'' House of Commons 1558–1603'', HMSO 1981, p. 421-4 (second oration. ) ()〕〔Graves, M. A.R., ‘Bell, Sir Robert (d. 1577)',''ODNB'', OUP, 2004 (accessed 13 Feb 2005 )〕 which can be supported by his political alignments during the 1566, parliamentary session, in particular, "Mr. Bell's complices"... (Richard Kingsmill and Robert Monson)〔Hasler, P. W., HoP:'' House of Commons 1558–1603'', HMSO 1981, p. 421-4 (second oration. )()〕 ''HoP'' with whom the Queen referred, during the debate that touched the issues of the succession question. He gained admittance to the Middle Temple where he excelled, first elected to sit as a bencher and subsequently elected Lent and Autumn Reader. During the period that he attended the Middle Temple, the religious denomination of the pupils and Masters of the bench was primarily ''Catholic'', with emerging factions of ''Protestants'', balancing the Elizabethan membership. The register that would have recorded where he had been formerly educated, or where he attended church has long been lost.〔Williamson, J. B., ''The History of the Temple of London'', London, pb. John Murray (2nd ed. 1925)〕 〔Bell, R.R.L., ''Tudor Bell's Sound Out,'' pb, 7 September 2006〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Bell (Speaker of the House of Commons)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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