Submitted by legacy on
Family and Education
b. 1509 /10, 2nd s. of Richard Dyer of Roundhill and Wincanton, Som. by his w., da. of one Walton. educ. ?Broadgates Hall, Oxf.; Strand Inn; M. Temple. m. lic. 9 Feb. 1547, Margaret, da. of John Abarough of Downton, Wilts., wid. of Sir Thomas Elyot of Long Combe, Oxon. and Carlton cum Willingham, s.p. Kntd. 1970.Aged 72 at death. DNB; Foss, Judges, v. 479-81; CPR, 1553, p. 210; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 202; Vis. Hunts. (Cam. Soc. xliii), 70; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 432; Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxf. 1501-40, pp. 180-1.
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Autumn reader, M. Temple 1552.

J.p. Cambs. 1547 – d., Derbys., Lincs., Northants., Notts., Rutland, Warws. 1554–d. , Mdx. 1562, Som. 1564; escheator, Cambs. and Hunts. 1548 – 49; commr. relief Cambs. 1550, corn prices 1551, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; serjeant-at-law 17 Oct. 1552; King’s serjeant 16 Nov. 1552; second justice, Lancaster Feb. 1553; c.j. June 1553; j.c.p. 8 May 1557, c.j. 22 Jan. 1559 – d.; acting justice K.B. 23- 27 Apr. 1558; receiver of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of 1558, 1559, 1563, 1571, 1572; custos rot. Cambs. c. 1562, Hunts. c.1573–7.CPR, 1547–8 to 1569–72 passim; Somerville, Duchy , i. 470, 473; LJ , i. 513, 542, 580, 667, 703; C66/801; SP12/93, 121 ex inf. J. C. Sainty.

Speaker of House of Commons Mar. 1553.

Parlimentarian
DYER, James (1509/10-82), of Carlton cum Willingham, Cambs.; Great Staughton, Hunts. and London.
Main residences: Carlton cum Willingham, Cambs. and Great Staughton, Hunts. and London.
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D.F.C.
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Commons 1509-1558
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DYER, James (1509/10-82)

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