Richard Chamberlain (American Colonial)

  • Also Spelled As: Richard Chamberlayne
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Richard Chamberlain was an English barrister and the second Secretary of the Province of New Hampshire in Colonial America. - AsNotedIn


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1651/05/06 Richard Chamberlain is admitted at Grays' Inn at the Inns of Court in London, England. Education Gray's Inn London
1659/11/11 Trained in law at Grays' Inn, Richard Chamberlain is called to the Bar. Work
1680/12/00 Richard Chamberlain arrives in Portsmouth with the task to write a new legal code for New Hampshire. After three days of deliberation, the counsel permits Chamberlain to undertake his duties as Secretary of the Province. Work Strawberry Banke Historic District Portsmouth, NH
1682/06/11 Richard Chamberlain, boarding at the Walton tavern, witnesses stones, some as big as fist, flying on to the porch. He soon retreats to a more protected part of the tavern. Visitor Lithobolia New Castle, NH New Hampshire
1682/06/12 An exhausted Chamberlain bids goodnight and retires to his chamber. He is soon awaken by a half lb stone breaking down his door and then a brick crashing down the chimney. Witnesses Lithobolia
1686/06/10 President Joseph Dudley and his counsel appoint Richard Chamberlain Clerk of the Courts of the Province of New Hampshire. Work
1698/00/00 Probably under the suggestion by his son-in-law, Martin Lumley, Richard Chamberlain's "Lithobolia" is published in London, England. Chamberlain dedicates it to Lumley, "the Relation I am Dignified With". Author Lithobolia

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Lithobolia Author Short Story 1698/00/00

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