John Jeffrey ka John Jefferay(ca. 1524 – 13 May 1578), of

Chiddingly Chiddingly ( ) is an English village and civil parish in the Wealden District of the administrative county of East Sussex, within historic Sussex, some five miles (8 km) northwest of Hailsham. The parish is rural in character: it in ...

, Sussex, was an English politician. He was a

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(MP) of the

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for

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in 1563,

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in 1571 and

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in 1572.

Life

He was son of Richard Jeffrey of Chiddingly Manor, by Eliza, daughter of Robert Whitfield of

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. He was admitted a member of

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in 1544, called to the bar in 1546, and was Lent reader there in 1561. In Easter term 1567 Jeffrey became a serjeant-at-law, and on 15 October 1572 a queen's serjeant. On 15 May 1576 he was appointed a judge of the queen's bench, and was promoted on 12 October 1577 to succeed

Sir Robert Bell Sir Robert Bell Serjeant-at-law, SL (died 1577) of Beaupré Hall, Norfolk, was a Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom), Speaker of the House of Commons (1572–1576), who served during the reign of Elizabeth I of England, Queen Elizab ...

as chief baron of the exchequer. In the autumn of 1578 he died at Coleman Street Ward, London, and was buried under a magnificent tomb in Chiddingly Church.

Family

Jeffrey was twice married, first to Alice, daughter and heiress of John Apsley, by whom he had one daughter, Elizabeth, who married

Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton, (c. 1562 – 15 June 1644), also known as Sir Edward Montague of Boughton Castle, was an English politician. Life Montagu was the son of Sir Edward Montagu and his wife Elizabeth Harington ...

; and secondly to Mary, daughter of George Goring.

References

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