Sir John Tate (died 1515) was twice

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and a

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. He was born the son of Thomas Tate of Coventry and became a mercer of the

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, initially apprenticed to his uncle,

John Tate John Tate may refer to: * John Tate (mathematician) (1925–2019), American mathematician * John Torrence Tate Sr. (1889–1950), American physicist * John Tate (Australian politician) (1895–1977) * John Tate (actor) (1915–1979), Australian act ...

, a former (1473) Mayor of London. John Tate junior was made an Alderman of London in 1463, appointed

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for 1485 and elected Lord Mayor for 1496-97 and 1514–15. He was twice elected, in 1504 and 1510, as a

for the

. He was knighted in 1497. He was a generous benefactor to St. Anthony's Hospital, St Benet Fink in the

in which connection

John Stow John Stow (''also'' Stowe; 1524/25 – 5 April 1605) was an English historian and antiquarian. He wrote a series of chronicles of English history, published from 1565 onwards under such titles as ''The Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles'', ''The C ...

in his ''Survey of London'' (1598) wrote of him as follows: Stow, John, ''Survey of London'', 1598, 1842 edition, London, ed. Thoms, William J., pp.70-

/ref> :"In the year 1499, Sir John Tate, sometime ale-brewer, then a mercer, caused his brewhouse, called the Swan, near adjoining to the said free chapel, college, or hospital of St. Anthonie, to be taken down for the enlarging of the church, which was then new built, toward the building whereof the said Tate gave great sums of money, and finished in the year 1501. Sir John Tate deceased 1514, ''(sic)'' and was there buried under a fair monument by him prepared". He and his wife, Magdalen, had 3 sons, of whom the youngest, Bartholomew, was his heir.

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