SEYMOUR, Sir John (1473/74-1536), of Wolf Hall, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. 1473 /74, 1st s. of John Seymour of Wolf Hall by Elizabeth, da. of Sir George Darrell of Littlecote; bro. of Robert. m. Margery, da. of Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlestead, Suff., 6s. inc. Sir Henry and Sir Thomas II 4da. suc. fa. 26 Oct. 1491. Kntd. 17 June 1497, banneret 1513.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., CIPM Hen. VII, i. 767-72. A. A. Locke, Seymour Fam. 5-6; Earl of Cardigan, Wardens of Savernake Forest, 131-4; Wilts. Arch. Mag. li. 329-39, 500-20; H. St. Maur, Annals of the Seymours, 18.

Offices Held

Warden, Savernake forest, Wilts. Oct. 1491; sheriff, Wilts. 1498 – 99, 1507 – 08, 1518 – 19, 1524 – Jan. 1526, Som. and Dorset 1515 – 16, 1526 – 27; j.p. Wilts. 1499 – d.; steward, 3rd Duke of Buckingham’s lands, Wilts. by 1503; knight of the body by 1509; constable and door-ward, Bristol castle, Glos. Aug. 1509, jt. (with s. Edward) July 1517; under captain, Dragon of Greenwich 1512; commr. subsidy, Wilts. 1512, 1514, 1515, Wilts. and Salisbury 1523, musters, Wilts. 1513, loan 1524; other commissions 1502 – d.; steward, manor of Kingston Lisle, Berks. bef. 1513; forester, Grovely, Wilts. Feb. 1526; groom of the bedchamber 1532.LP Hen. VIII, i-v, viii; CPR, 1494–1509, pp. 287, 665; Statutes, iii. 80, 113, 169; C. Rawcliffe, The Staffords, Earls of Stafford and Dukes of Buckingham, 1394–1521, p. 211.

Parlimentarian

SEYMOUR, Sir John (1473/74-1536), of Wolf Hall, Wilts.

Main residence: Wolf Hall, Wilts.

Author

R.L.D.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

SEYMOUR, Sir John (1473/74-1536)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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