John Marney, 2nd Baron Marney (by 1485 – 27 April 1525) of

Layer Marney Layer Marney is a village and civil parish near to Tiptree, in the Colchester borough, in the county of Essex, England. Layer Marney has a Tudor palace called Layer Marney Tower and a church called Church of St Mary the Virgin. In 2001 the popu ...

, Essex was an English Member of Parliament and Governor of

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He was the son of

Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney KG (c. 1447 – 4 May 1523) of Layer Marney, Essex was a politician of the Tudor period in England. He was a favourite of Henry VIII and captain of his guard. Life He was the son of John Marney and his wife Joan ...

of Layer Marney and educated in the law at

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. He succeeded his father in 1523 to the barony and his unfinished house of

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. He was appointed keeper of

, Kent for life on 18 May 1509. He served under his father in the French campaign of 1513 and was present at Henry VIII’s meetings with the

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at the

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. He was an Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII and was knighted in 1513. He is believed to have been a Member of Parliament for

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

in 1523, following his father, but was elevated to the House of Lords soon afterwards. He died at an early age in 1525 only two years after his father. He had married twice, firstly Christian, the daughter of Sir Roger Newburgh of East Lulworth, Dorset, with who he had two daughters and secondly Bridget, the daughter of Sir William Waldegrave of Smallbridge, Suffolk, the widow of William Findern of Little Horkesley, Essex. With no male heirs, the barony became extinct.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marney, John, 2nd Baron 1480s births 1525 deaths People from Essex Members of Lincoln's Inn Barons Marney Esquires of the Body English MPs 1523