John Sowerby ( fl. 1391-1411), of

Appleby-in-Westmorland Appleby-in-Westmorland is a market town and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, with a population of 3,048 at the 2011 Census. Crossed by the River Eden, Appleby was the county town of the historic county of Westmorland. I ...

and

Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...

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, was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament. He was a

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(MP) of the

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for in 1391, January 1397 and 1411, and for

in 1402..http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/sowerby-john

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