Family and Education
b. 1485 /86, o.s. of Sir John Villers of Brooksby by Agnes, da. of John Digby of Coleshill, Warws. m. by 1520, Elizabeth, da. of John Winger of London, 1da. 1s. illegit. suc. fa. 29 Sept. 1506. Kntd. 1515 /19.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., CIPM Hen. VII, iii. 329-30 and from livery of inheritance. Harl. 7178, f. 17; PCC 21 Pynnyng.
Offices Held
Commr. subsidy, Leics. 1512, 1514, 1515, 1523, 1524, musters, 1539; other commissions 1530 – d.; j.p. Leics. 1514 – d.; sheriff, Leics. and Warws. 1531 – 32, 1537 – 38; knight of the body by 1532–33 or later.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Brooksby, Leics.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
VILLERS, Sir John (1485/86-1544)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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