William Button (1526–1591) was the member (MP) of the

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for

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in the parliament of March 1553.BUTTON, William II (1526–91), of Alton Priors, Wilts.
''The History of Parliament''. Retrieved 9 December 2018. He was the only son of William Button (died 1547), who sat as MP for Chippenham. He was bailiff of

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by October 1553, sheriff in Wiltshire in 1564–65 and 1570–71, and a justice of the peace. He owned property at

and

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, both in Wiltshire, and later bought further manors in Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire. He made his will on the day of his death at Rood Ashton, Wiltshire and was buried at Alton Priors. His son Ambrose Button (c. 1549 – after 1608) was the MP for

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in the parliament of 1571. Ambrose was disinherited by his father in 1591 in favour of his brother, also William, causing the

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to summon William senior to London to explain matters. They informed him that Queen Elizabeth "much disliked" the action, and that Ambrose was "known to some at court to be of very good behaviour and well affected in religion, perhaps better given" than William junior. The disinheritance was not reversed, however.BUTTON, Ambrose (?c.1549-aft.1608), of Alton Priors, Wilts.; later of Buckland, Hants.
''The History of Parliament''. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

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