Robert Alanson (by 1472 – 1540) of

Lincoln, England Lincoln () is a cathedral city, a non-metropolitan district, and the county town of Lincolnshire, England. In the 2021 Census, the Lincoln district had a population of 103,813. The 2011 census gave the Lincoln Urban Area, urban area of Lincoln, ...

was an English

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Biography

In business in Lincoln as a goldsmith, Alanson was appointed Sheriff of Lincoln for 1493–94 and Mayor of Lincoln for 1501–02, 1511–12, 1524–25 and 1535–36. He was elected an alderman of the city by 1511, a position he held until his death. He was a

(MP) for

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in 1512 and 1515. He was returned to Parliament in 1515 in compliance with the King's demand for the return of the previous Members. He married three times and had two sons, including

William Alanson William Alanson (by 1519 – 1554/55 or later), of Lincoln, was an English Member of Parliament. He was appointed Sheriff of Lincoln for 1540–41 and elected Mayor of Lincoln for 1542–43. He gained the rank of Alderman in 1542 which he kept ...

, MP, who was to sit for Lincoln in the Parliament of 1542. As a jeweller of the parish of St. Lawrence, he left bequests to the cathedral, to his parish church and various guilds.

References

15th-century births 1540 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Lincoln Mayors of Lincoln, England English MPs 1512–1514 English MPs 1515 {{16thC-England-MP-stub