GUY, John (d.1629), of Small Street, Bristol, Glos.

Freeman, Bristol 1597, Bristol RO, burgess bk. 1557–99, f. 56. common councilman 1603–19, Bristol Lists comp. A.B. Beaven, 293. sheriff 1605–6; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 168. commr. sewers, Glos 1607; C181/2, f. 23. mayor, Bristol 1618 – 19, alderman 1619–d., Bristol Lists, 293. constable of the staple 1619–20, Bristol RO, common council procs. 1608–27, f. 85. commr. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. auditor (jt.) 1628. City Chamberlains’ Accts. ed. D.M. Livock (Bristol Rec. Soc. xxiv), 162.

Gov. of Newfoundland 1610-c.1615. Newfoundland Discovered ed. G.T. Cell (Hakluyt Soc. ser. 2. clx), 4, 12.

Member, Spanish Co. 1605; Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 97. member, Newfoundland Co. 1610; A. Brown, Genesis of US, 391. treas. Bristol Merchant Venturers 1611 – 12, master 1622–3. J. Latimer, Hist. of Merchant Venturers of Bristol, 326, 334.