Sir Francis Jobson (by 1509-73), of Monkwick, near

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, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). Jobson married Elizabeth Plantagenet, the daughter of Arthur Plantagenet and the half-sister of

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. Through her father, who was illegitimate, she was the granddaughter of

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and a first cousin of

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. They had at least four sons and one daughter. Jobson was knighted in 1549 or 1550, during the reign of

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, during the period when his brother-in-law became Duke of Northumberland and de facto regent during the minority of Edward VI. Jobson was a Member of the

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for

in March 1553, April 1554, 1555, 1559 and 1563.

References

Year of birth missing 1573 deaths 16th-century English people People from Colchester Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) 2. https://books.google.com/books?id=JyjvAAAAMAAJ&dq=jobson%20medley&pg=PA64 {{1563-England-MP-stub