biography text
In 1571 the Hythe corporation accepted the lord warden’s nominee for one seat, but refused him a second and elected Stephenson, a fishmonger. The last reference found to him is dated 1592.1Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 7, 131; HMC 4th Rep. 430; Hythe ass. bks. passim; G. Wilks, Barons of the Cinque Ports and the Parl. Rep. Hythe, 52-4.