Sir Richard Empson

(1450 c.-1510)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Empson, Richard, Sir, d. 1510 DNB: Empson, Sir Richard (c.1450–1510), administrator and speaker of the House of Commons LBT ID: RiEmpso1510 VIAF ID: 50649172 LOC ID: n85055840	B/BAP: 1450 DIED: 1510-08-17
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
As speaker of the House of Commons he instituted an unpopular system of taxation; he was accused of treason and beheaded early in the reign of Henry VIII.
REFERENCES TO Sir Richard Empson: Robert Southey to John Rickman, 20 November 1801 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 1 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. VIII. 1801