STEPHENSON (STEPHENS, STEVENS), John, of Hythe, Kent.

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981
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Constituency

Dates

1571

Family and Education

m. ?Margaret, da. of John Martyn of Horton.

Offices Held

Jurat, Hythe by 1567, bailiff 1569, brodhull rep. 1569, 1573, 1580.

Biography

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.

Vis. 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.

Ref Volumes: 1558-1603

Author: N. M. Fuidge

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