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b. 1487 /88, 1st s. of Sir Nicholas Byron of Colwick, by Jane, da. of Sir John Bussy of Hougham, Lincs. m. (1) settlement 1501, Isabel, da. of Peter Shelton of Lynn, Norf., s.p.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of William Costerdin of Blackley, Lancs., wid. of George Halgh (d.1533) of Halgh, Lancs., at least 1s. 1da. illegit bef. m. suc. fa. 13 Jan. 1504. Kntd. by Nov. 1522.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., CIPM Hen. VII , ii. 750, 755, 759, 761. VCH Lancs. iv. 284-5; Test. Ebor. iv (Surtees Soc. liii), 234-5; Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 9-10; Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxi), 4; J. B. Watson, ‘Lancs. Gentry 1529-58’ (London Univ. M.A. thesis, 1959), 266-71; Cam. Soc. iv. 159-60; LP Hen. VIII, iii.
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Commr. musters, Notts. 1511, 1539, subsidy 1512, 1523, 1524, for suppression of monasteries 1537, benevolence 1544/45, to assess contribution 1546, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Notts. and Nottingham 1553; other commissions 1521 – 55; j.p. Notts. 1511 – d.; esquire of the body by 1519; chief steward, Stoke Bardolph, Notts. 1519; forester, Sherwood 1519; sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 1523 – 24, 1527 – 28, 1542 – 43, 1551 – 52; keeper, Bestwood park, Notts. 1523 – d.; warden forester, Thorney Wood in Sherwood, Notts. 1523; custodian and parker, Clipstone, Notts. 1528; master of game to 3rd Earl of Derby by 1533; steward, duchy of Lancaster, manor of Rochdale, Lancs. in 1543; custos rot. Notts. by 1562–d.LP Hen. VIII, i, iii-v, viii, xii-xvi; Statutes, iii. 84; CPR, 1547–8, p. 88; 1553, p. 243; 1553–4, p. 22; 1554–5, pp. 109, 110; 1560–3, p. 440; 1563–6, p. 25; Chetham Soc. n.s. xix, 91; Stowe 571, f. 66v; Somerville, Duchy, i. 506.

Parlimentarian
BYRON (BERON), Sir John (1487/88-1567), of Colwick and Newstead, Notts.
Main residences: Colwick; Newstead, Notts.
Author
C.J.B.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title

BYRON (BERON), Sir John (1487/88-1567)

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