John Salesbury (1533–1580), of Rûg, near Corwen, Merionethshire and Bachymbyd, near

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, was a Welsh politician. He was a member of the Anglo-Welsh Salusbury family, being from the branch of John Salusbury (d. 1540), son of Sir Thomas Salusbury of Lleweni Hall. His ancestor John (d. 1540) was governor of Conway Castle and Denbigh Castle, as well as Chancellor and Chamberlain of Denbighshire. John married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Salusbury II (MP), of Lleweni Hall. Her cousin, Sir Thomas Salusbury, was involved in the Babington Plot, conspiring with Mary, Queen of Scots against Elizabeth Tudor. John was a

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(MP) of the Parliament of England for Denbigh Boroughs in April 1554 and 1558, for Denbighshire in 1559 and Merioneth in October 1553. His son

Robert Salesbury Robert Salesbury (1567–1599), of Rûg, Corwen, Merionethshire and Bachymbyd, Llanynys, Denbighshire and Pool Park, Ruthin, Denbighshire, was a Welsh politician. He was the heir of his father, John Salesbury (MP), and a member of the Salusb ...

(MP) was heir of the estate in Bachymbyd,

Llanynys Llanynys (; ) is a hamlet and community (Llanynys and Rhewl Community Council) in Denbighshire, north-east Wales; (OS grid reference: SJ1062). It lies in the Vale of Clwyd, a few miles north of Ruthin Ruthin ( ; cy, Rhuthun) is a market to ...

, and became a Member of Parliament. His daughter Margaret married Sir John Lloyd, Knight of Bodidris, son of Sir Evan Lloyd (MP).A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland by Burke, Bernard, Sir, 1814-1892, p. 1655
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