John Say
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Sir John Say, Kt.
(died 12 April 1478) was an English
courtier, MP and Speaker of the House of Commons.
, Broxbourne
, Little Berkhamsted
and Sawbridgeworth
, Hertfordshire
, and Lawford
, Essex
Sir John Say was King's Serjeant, Coroner of the Marshalsea
, Yeoman
of the Chamber and Crown, Keeper of Westminster Palace, Squire of the Body, Keeper of the Great Wardrobe, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
, Privy Councillor, Under-Treasurer of England
, Knight of the Shire for the Counties of Cambridge
and Hertford
, and Speaker of the House of Commons
(1463–1465, 1467–1468}.
He was made Knight of the Bath in 1465.
, and Elizabeth Cokayn or Cokayne, and the widow of Sir Frederick Tilney of Ashwellthorpe. She died on 2 September 1473, aged 51, predeceasing her husband by five years. Say remarried Agnes, twice widowed daughter of John Danvers of Cothorpe.
, Hertfordshire. They were survived by seven of their eight children (three sons and four daughters). Sir John Say was an ancestor of Jane Seymour
, third wife of King Henry VIII
. He was succeeded by his son William, who also became an MP and Sheriff for Hertfordshire.
Knight
A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
(died 12 April 1478) was an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
courtier, MP and Speaker of the House of Commons.
Life
He was the son of John Say, born before 1445, and his wife Maud. Sir John owned land at BaasBaas
Baas is a surname, and may refer to:* David Baas , American football center* Ian Baas , race car driver* Johann Hermann Baas , German medical historian* Maarten Baas , Dutch furniture designer...
, Broxbourne
Broxbourne
Broxbourne is a commuter town in the Broxbourne borough of Hertfordshire in the East of England with a population of 13,298 in 2001.It is located 17.1 miles north north-east of Charing Cross in London and about a mile north of Wormley and south of Hoddesdon...
, Little Berkhamsted
Little Berkhamsted
Little Berkhamsted is a Hertfordshire village and civil parish located 5 miles south-west of the town of Hertford.The village is in a hilly location, some 120 metres above sea level. It has a row of weather-boarded cottages opposite St Andrews Church. The Conservative Cabinet Minister Reginald...
and Sawbridgeworth
Sawbridgeworth
Sawbridgeworth is a small, mainly residential, town and also a civil parish in Hertfordshire, England.- Location :Sawbridgeworth is four miles south of Bishop's Stortford, twelve miles east of Hertford and nine miles north of Epping. It lies on the A1184 and has a railway station that links to...
, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, and Lawford
Lawford
Lawford is a large village in the Tendring district of northeast Essex. It is around 10 miles northeast of Colchester and west of, and contiguous with Manningtree. Mistley merges with the East side of Manningtree....
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
Sir John Say was King's Serjeant, Coroner of the Marshalsea
Marshalsea
The Marshalsea was a prison on the south bank of the River Thames in Southwark, now part of London. From the 14th century until it closed in 1842, it housed men under court martial for crimes at sea, including those accused of "unnatural crimes", political figures and intellectuals accused of...
, Yeoman
Yeoman
Yeoman refers chiefly to a free man owning his own farm, especially from the Elizabethan era to the 17th century. Work requiring a great deal of effort or labor, such as would be done by a yeoman farmer, came to be described as "yeoman's work"...
of the Chamber and Crown, Keeper of Westminster Palace, Squire of the Body, Keeper of the Great Wardrobe, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom that includes as part of its duties, the administration of the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster...
, Privy Councillor, Under-Treasurer of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Knight of the Shire for the Counties of Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
and Hertford
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, and Speaker of the House of Commons
Speaker of the British House of Commons
The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...
(1463–1465, 1467–1468}.
He was made Knight of the Bath in 1465.
Marriage
He married before 1449, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Laurence or Lawrence Cheney (or Cheyne) (c. 1396 - 1461), High Sheriff of CambridgeshireHigh Sheriff of Cambridgeshire
This is a list of people who have served as High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire.-Before 1154:*Tempore Regis Eduardi: Aluric Godricson, Orgar, Blacuin*1066: Elfric* 1128: Fulk*1070–c.1090: Picot of Cambridge *Michaelmas 1129: Richard Basset with Aubrey de Vere...
, and Elizabeth Cokayn or Cokayne, and the widow of Sir Frederick Tilney of Ashwellthorpe. She died on 2 September 1473, aged 51, predeceasing her husband by five years. Say remarried Agnes, twice widowed daughter of John Danvers of Cothorpe.
Death
Sir John and Lady Elizabeth Say are buried together at BroxbourneBroxbourne
Broxbourne is a commuter town in the Broxbourne borough of Hertfordshire in the East of England with a population of 13,298 in 2001.It is located 17.1 miles north north-east of Charing Cross in London and about a mile north of Wormley and south of Hoddesdon...
, Hertfordshire. They were survived by seven of their eight children (three sons and four daughters). Sir John Say was an ancestor of Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour was Queen of England as the third wife of King Henry VIII. She succeeded Anne Boleyn as queen consort following the latter's execution for trumped up charges of high treason, incest and adultery in May 1536. She died of postnatal complications less than two weeks after the birth of...
, third wife of King Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
. He was succeeded by his son William, who also became an MP and Sheriff for Hertfordshire.