CAPLYN, John I (d.c.1569), of Southampton and South Stoneham, Hants.

Dep. receiver, duchy of Cornw. c. 1550 – c.55; bailiff, Breamore, Hants 1544; jt. bailiff of Glasney college lands by 1547; steward, Southampton 1547 – 48, water bailiff 1548 – 49, court bailiff 1549 – 50, sheriff 1550 – 51, mayor 1552 – 54; one of first govs. of Southampton g.s. 1554.CPR, 1553 and App. Edw. VI, p. 75; 1563–6, p. 55; Third Remembrance Bk. i (Soton Rec. Ser.), 60, 64–5; ii. 81 n, 155–6; PCC 9 Lyon.