John Walpole (born by 1522 – died 1 or 2 November 1557) was an English lawyer.

Biography

He was

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for Norfolk in 1547, member of Parliament for

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in March and October 1553, serjeant-at-law in 1555 and

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and Norwich from 1556 until his death.Roger Virgoe
WALPOLE, John (by 1522-57), of Harpley, Norf.
in '' The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558'' (1982).

References

1520s births 1557 deaths John Serjeants-at-law (England) English MPs 1553 (Edward VI) English MPs 1553 (Mary I) {{16thC-England-MP-stub