John Rede or Reade (by 1509 – 27 September 1557) was an English politician and member of the court staff. An early tutor of

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, son of

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was named John Rede. He was born before 1509. He was keeper of the wardrobe at York Place in 1530 and at Westminster from 1533 until his death in 1557. He was elected to Parliament as Member of Parliament for

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in 1547. He married twice: firstly Joan, widow of John Trower of Westminster, and secondly Alice Bentley, widow of Richard Mody of London. He was buried at

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, where he had been churchwarden from 1542 to 1544.

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REDE, John I (by 1509-57) of Westminster
1557 deaths English MPs 1547–1552 Year of birth uncertain People from Westminster Place of birth missing 16th-century English educators English courtiers Court of Henry VIII {{1547-England-MP-stub