John Tailer (died ca. 1645) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1642 to 1644. He supported the

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side in the

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. Tailer was Sheriff of Bristol in 1625 and Mayor in 1640.W R Williams ''Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester''
/ref> In June 1642, he was elected

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for

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in the

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to replace the two members expelled for being monopolists. He supported the King and was disabled from sitting in Parliament on 5 February 1644. Tailer died before January 1646.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tailer, John Year of birth missing 1645 deaths English MPs 1640–1648 High Sheriffs of Bristol Mayors of Bristol