John Seymour (1425–1463)


John Seymour of Stapleford in Wilton, Wiltshire, and of Wulfhall in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.

Life

Probably born at Wulfhall, in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, Seymour was the eldest son of Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall, Wiltshire, and of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset by his marriage on 30 July 1424 to Isabel William or Williams, daughter of Mark William, a merchant and Mayor of Bristol, in some sources given as William Mac William or Williams of Gloucestershire.
He was a Knight of the Shire for Wiltshire and was High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1450–1451 and 1457–1458.

Marriage and issue

He married firstly Jane Arundell, without issue, and married secondly Elizabeth Coker or Croker, daughter of Sir Robert Coker of Lydeard St Lawrence, Somerset, or daughter of Sir John Croker of Lineham and Elizabeth Fortescue, sister of William Croker and Anna Croker, wife of John Gilbert, and had three sons: