John Mordaunt [44086] ²⁵

  General Notes:

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his Will mentions Lady Agnes Pecke, late wife of John Pecke of Cople, daughter of John Vynter of Crick (Creke), Northamptonshire. The testators were his brother William Mordaunt, John Vynter and William Gascoigne. John Mordaunt, wounded at the battle of Barnet, was a commander at the battle of Stoke <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/the_battle_of_stoke.htm> (1487), Speaker of the House of Commons <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/parliaments_and_speakers.htm>, sergeant-at-law (10 Sep 1495), King's Serjeant (25 Nov 1495), attorney to Prince Arthur <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ArthurTudor.htm>, Chief Justice of Chester (c. 1499), knighted (1502-3), High Steward of Cambridge University (1504), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/chancellors_of_the_duchy_of_lanca.htm> (24 Jun 1504), lawyer at Middle Temple. He married Edith. His son and heir John, aged 21 at his father's death, was created Lord Mordaunt of Turvey and married Elizabeth Vere, sister of Etheldreda Vere mentioned in the Will.

John married Edith Latimer [44087] [MRIN: 551610116], daughter of Sir Nicholas of Duntish Latimer [44088] and Unknown, about 1482 in Turvey, Bedfordshire, England.