William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (Lord Saye)

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William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (Lord Saye), was a prominent 17th-century English nobleman and Puritan politician known for his opposition to Charles I and his involvement in early colonial ventures in New England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English nobleman
Puritan
member of the English peerage
politician
advocatedFor greater power for Parliament
limitations on royal prerogative
areaOfActivity colonial administration
government
religious politics
centuryOfActivity 17th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
ethnicGroup English
familyName Fiennes
givenName William
hasGender male
historicalContext reign of Charles I of England
historicalPeriod Stuart England
ideology Puritan reformism
involvedIn colonial schemes in New England
founding projects related to the Providence Island Company
plans for Puritan settlement in North America
knownAs Lord Saye
language English
movement Puritanism
surface form: English Puritan movement
nobleTitle 1st Viscount Saye and Sele
Lord Saye
notableFor involvement in early New England colonial ventures
opposition to King Charles I
role in English Civil War–era politics
opposed Charles I of England
royal absolutism
participatedIn political conflicts leading to the English Civil War
politicalAlignment Parliamentarian
positionHeld member of the House of Lords of England
religion Puritanism
residence England
socialClass aristocracy
sphereOfInfluence English national politics
colonial policy toward New England
supported Parliament of England
surface form: English Parliament

Puritan settlers in New England

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Saybrook Colony namedAfter William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (Lord Saye)
Fiennes family hasNotableMember William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (Lord Saye)
this entity surface form: William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele