KENT, John (c.1559-1630), of Devizes, Wilts.

Kent made no recorded contribution to the business of the House of Commons in 1597, unless he was the John ‘Hunt’ appointed on 20 Dec. 1597 to a committee or committees concerning lewd wandering persons pretending to be soldiers or mariners and/or (the text is obscure) lessees and patentees. But this may have been Sir John Hart. Kent died 1 Oct. 1630, aged 71, and was buried in St. John’s church, Devizes. His will was proved 16 Feb. 1631.Wilts. Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. cv, cvi), 105; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 299; Lansd. 47, f. 118; B. H. Cunnington, Annals Devizes, passim; Wilts. Arch. Mag. ii. 232; xxxvi. 263-72; E. Stephens, Clerks of the Counties, 178; D’Ewes, 575; PCC 27 St. John.