Person:John Mansfield (2)
John Mansfield, Esq.
b.Abt 1551 Yorkshire, England
d.Jul 1601
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m. Abt 1550
  1. John Mansfield, Esq.Abt 1551 - 1601
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  • H.  John Mansfield, Esq.Abt 1551 - 1601
  1. Elizabeth Mansfield1592 - Abt 1658
  2. Ann MansfieldEst 1597 - Bef 1666
  3. John MansfieldAbt 1601 - 1674
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Name John Mansfield, Esq.
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1551 Yorkshire, EnglandProbably
Marriage to Unknown
Death[1] Jul 1601

He matriculated pensioner from St. John's College, Cambridge, at Michaelmas 1568, then Peterhouse in 1572. He received his B.A. in 1572-73, and was a scholar 1573-75. He entered the Inner Temple (one of the Inns of Court) by special permission 2 June 1583.

John appears to have had holdings at Hutton-on-Derwent, but lived most of the year in London. He was involved in the Queen's mining interests, and acted as her surveyor in Yorkshire. In 1593, he represented Beverley, Yorkshire, in Parliament.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Anderson, Robert Charles. "The Ancestry of the Royally Descended Mansfields of the Massachusetts Bay", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol. 155 (January 2001):3.
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