Sir John Rodney (died 19 December 1400) was an English politician.
He was born the son of Sir Thomas Rodney of Backwell, Somerset and knighted by March 1373.
He was elected a
Member
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(MP) of the
Parliament of England
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for
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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in 1391 and appointed
High Sheriff of Somerset
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and
Dorset
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for 1387–1388 and 1396–1397.
He married twice: firstly Katherine, probably the daughter of Robert Cheddar of Bristol, with whom he had four sons and a daughter and secondly Alice, the widow of John Fitzroger, Sir Edmund Clevedon and Sir Ralph Carminowe.
References
High Sheriffs of Somerset
High Sheriffs of Dorset
14th-century births
1400 deaths
English MPs 1391
Politicians from Somerset
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