John Berwick (by 1508 – 1572) was an English politician who was a

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for

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in 1529 and

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in 1539. He was probably born into the entourage of the Seymours, and by 1535 was receiver-general for Edward Seymour (later Duke of Somerset). He leased

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manor from 1538, and bought other land in Wiltshire at

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and Hippenscombe; also the lordship of

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in Dorset. In 1549 he bought the

Wilcot Wilcot is a village in Wiltshire, England, in the Vale of Pewsey about southwest of Marlborough and northwest of Pewsey. The village is part of the civil parish of Wilcot, Huish and Oare. The parish was created in 2020 by merging the small H ...

estate of the former

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, and made his home there. Berwick died in October 1572, soon after making his will. There is a monument to him, dated 1574, in Holy Cross church at Wilcot. He married one Dorothy and they had one son and two daughters. Their daughter Anne married Sir

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who was elected on one occasion for

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References

1572 deaths English MPs 1529–1536 English MPs 1539–1540 Members of Parliament for Great Bedwyn Year of birth uncertain {{1529-England-MP-stub