John Heigham (MP) (died 1626) was a leading
Suffolk
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gentleman
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and Member of Parliament.
He was
Sheriff of Suffolk
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in 1577.
He was MP for
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in 1563 and for
Ipswich
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in 1584, 1586 and 1604.
Family
His father was
Clement Higham
Sir Clement Higham Member of parliament, MP Justice of the peace, JP Privy Councillor, PC (also Heigham; before 1495 – 9 March 1571) of Barrow, Suffolk, was an English lawyer and politician, a List of speakers of the House of Commons of Engla ...
,
a lawyer and also a politician who was
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in 1554,
['Sir Clement Heigham, Kt.', in J.A. Manning, ''The Lives of the Speakers of the House of Commons'' (G. Willis, London 1851)]
pp. 208-14
(Google). His mother was Anne Waldegrave daughter of
George Waldegrave of
Smallbridge. She was also the widow of Henry Bures of
Acton.
References
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16th-century births
1626 deaths
Year of birth missing
High sheriffs of Suffolk