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MARVYN, John (b.1559), of the Middle Temple, London.

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b. 1559, 1st s. of Edmund Marvyn by Jane, da. of Sir Richard Catesby of Warws., wid. of Robert Gaynesford of Carshalton, Surr. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 1581; M. Temple, from New Inn 1583.W. R. Drake, Fasciculus Mervinensis (privately 1873), p. 9 and app. 1; Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. i. 358.
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Main residence: the Middle Temple, London.
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MARVYN, John (b.1559)

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MASON, Sir John (1503-66), of Abingdon, Berks. and Hartley Wintney, Hants.

Family and Education
b. 1503, ?illegit. s. of a sis. of Thomas, last abbot of Abingdon. educ. Abingdon g.s.; All Souls, Oxf., fellow, BA 1521, MA 1525; Paris (King’s scholar). m. Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Isley of Sundridge, Kent, and wid. of Richard Hill (d.1539) of Hartley Wintney, serjeant of the cellar to Henry VIII, 1s. d.v.p. Kntd. 22 Feb. 1547.A. E. Preston, Christ’s Hosp. Abingdon, 40; Dugdale, St. Paul’s Cath. (1818), 65; DNB; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 20; Hasted, Kent, (1778-9), i. 368.
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Sec. to Sir Thomas Wyatt (envoy to Emperor 1537–41); envoy to Emperor 1546, 1553 – 56; French sec. 1542; acting clerk of PC 1541; clerk of PC 1543 – 45; jt. (with (Sir) William Paget) master of the posts 1545; j.p. Hants by 1547, q. by 1564; steward of lands and keeper of site of late abbey of Abingdon 1549; dean of Winchester 1549 – 53; PC 1550 – d.; ambassador to France 1550 – 51; (dep. from Jan. 1542) clerk of Parliaments 1550–1, jt. clerk of Parliaments 1551 – d.; master of requests c. 1551 – 58; j.p. Berks. by 1552, q. by 1564; chancellor of Oxf. Univ. Nov. 1552 – Oct. 1556, June 1559 – Dec. 1564; a founder and 1st master of Christ’s hospital, Abingdon 1553; treasurer of the chamber 1559 – d.; chief subsidy commr. Mdx. 1559; visitor, Oxf. Univ. 1559.DNB; Preston, 42; Winchester Cath. Statutes, ed. Goodman and Hutton, 100–1; LP Hen. VIII, xvi(2), p. 884; xviii(1), p. 365; xx(2), p. 449; VCH Hants, ii. 115; Lansd. 1218, f. 5; VCH Oxon. iii. 39, 100, 105; CPR, 1553 and App. Edw. VI, pp. 142–3; 1557–8, p. 429; EHR, lxxiii. 79, 82.

Main residences: Abingdon, Berks.; Hartley Wintney, Hants.
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MASON, Robert I (by 1527-91), of Ludlow, Salop.

Family and Education
b. by st s. of William Mason by Joyce, da. of George Langford, registrar of Hereford diocese. m. (1) Alice Cox; (2) Jane.NLW, will of Robert Mason; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 353-5.
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Churchwarden, Ludlow by 1551, bailiff 1555 – 56, 1563 – 64, 1571 – 72, alnager in 1558; ?steward of household in council in the marches of Wales 1567–9.Ludlow Churchwardens’ Accts. (Cam. Soc. cii), 45; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 2), vii. 15; C219/28/99; Bodl. Gough Salop ms, i. f. 277v; Salop RO, Ludlow bailiffs’ accts. 1558; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, i. 357–9; P. H. Williams, Council in the Marches of Wales, 128; T. Wright, Hist. Ludlow, 493–4, gives the bailiff for 1571–2 in error as Richard Mason.

Main residence: Ludlow, Salop.
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MASON, Robert I (by 1527-91)

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MASSEY, William (c.1515-79), of Puddington, Cheshire.

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b. c. 1515, 1st s. of Sir John Massey by Katherine, da. of Thomas Venables, Baron of Kinderton, and aunt of Sir Thomas Venables. m. (1) Anne (d.1568), da. of George Booth of Dunham, 6s. 2da.; (2) Margaret, wid. of Richard Forsett and of Roger Amyce. suc. fa. 1551.
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J.p. Cheshire from c. 1559, sheriff 1563–4.

Main residence: Puddington, Cheshire.
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MASSEY, William (c.1515-79)

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