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.

Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian

MASON, Sir John (1502/3-66), of Abingdon, Berks. and Hartley Wintney, Hants.

Main residences: Abingdon, Berks.; Hartley Wintney, Hants.

Author

A.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

MASON, Sir John (1503-66)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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