John Farmery (1591–1647) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1640. He supported the

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side in the

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. Farmery was the son of William Farmery, Rector of

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and his wife Cassandra Newland of Hackney.Lincolnshire Village, Springthorpe
/ref> He was baptised at Springthorpe, Lincolnshire on 24 February 1591. He matriculated from

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at Easter 1607. He was awarded BA in 1611 and MA in 1614 and LLD in 1620. In 1624, he was incorporated at

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. He was admitted as an advocate on 6 May 1637 and was chancellor of the diocese of Lincoln. In April 1640, Farmery was elected

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for

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in the

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. He received regimental command in the Royalist army in the civil war.P. R. Newman ''The old service: Royalist regimental colonels and the Civil War, 1642-46''
/ref> Farmery died at the age of 56. Farmery married and left a son also named John.

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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Farmery, John 1591 births 1647 deaths English MPs 1640 (April) Cavaliers Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Alumni of the University of Oxford People from West Lindsey District