Sir John Potts, 1st Baronet (c. 1592–1673) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1640 to 1648 and in 1660. Potts was the son of John Potts and his wife Ann Dodge, daughter of John Dodge.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> In November 1640, Potts was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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.History of Parliament Online - Potts, Sir John
/ref> He was knighted on 9 August 1641Knights of England
/ref> and created

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of Mannington in the County of Norfolk, on 14 August 1641. Nevertheless, he supported the Parliamentarian side and sat until he was excluded under

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in 1648. In 1660, Potts was elected MP for

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in the Convention Parliament. Potts died in 1673 and was buried at Mannington, Norfolk. 'Hundred of South Erpingham: Mannington', An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: volume 6 (1807), pp. 463-468. Date accessed: 28 March 2011
/ref> Potts "was obliged to marry a daughter of — Goodsill, esq. a favourite at court, with a small fortune", according to a writer in the time of the Court of Wards, and had three daughters. He married secondly Ursula Spelman widow and a daughter of Sir John Willoughby of Risley, Derbyshire. They had three sons

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, Francis and Charles and a daughter Ursula.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Potts, John 1590s births 1673 deaths Year of birth uncertain People from Itteringham Burials in Norfolk Roundheads People from Great Yarmouth English MPs 1640–1648 English MPs 1660 Baronets in the Baronetage of England Members of Parliament for Norfolk