John Colville (died 1394)
Sir John Colville (c. 1337 – 1394), of Newton, Cambridgeshire and Walsoken, Norfolk, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Cambridgeshire in January 1377, April 1384, 1385, November 1390 and 1393. References 1337 births 1394 deaths John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Secon ... English MPs January 1377 People from Walsoken English MPs April 1384 English MPs 1385 English MPs November 1390 English MPs 1393 {{14thC-England-MP-stub ...
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Newton-in-the-Isle
__NOTOC__ Newton-in-the-Isle is a village and civil parish in the Fenland District of the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, The village is to the north of Wisbech. History The "Isle" in Newton-in-the-Isle refers to the Isle of Ely. The village is situated on the Silt Fen (also known as the Townland), formed before the Bronze Age. Newton was not listed in the ''Domesday Book'' and was probably settled later, with its first mention appearing in 1210. According to ''Gardiner'', " 1286 Sir Roger de Colvil married Desiderata, grand-daughter of Sir Stephen de Maresco, lord of Newton, Walsoken, and Tidd St Giles, and through her acquired Newton which became the chief residence of the ( Colville) family for over 500 hundred years", until it was sold in 1792. The College of St Mary by the Sea was founded here during the reign of Henry IV by Sir John Colville. Its endowments were specifically exempted from dissolution in the 1547 legislation of Edward VI, the lands instead bei ...
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