John Farnfold was a

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(MP) for Bramber and Steyning in 1399. The subject was a resident of the '

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', a Sussex tax collector and

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of certain woodlands of the

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family.L. S. Woodger. "Member Biographies: Farnfold, John." Published in ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421'', ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.: Boydell and Brewer. 199
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