John Wallop

For other people named John Wallop, see John Wallop (disambiguation).

Sir John Wallop (c. 1490 – 13 July 1551) was an English soldier and diplomatist who belonged to an old Hampshire family from the town of Farleigh Wallop.

Adopting the profession of arms, he commanded ships which took part in the war between England and France in 1513 and 1514; later he served the king of Portugal against the Moors, and then he fought for his own sovereign in Ireland and in France.

After the French fleet and burnt Brighton in 1513. Henry VIII ordered Sir John Wallop to hold reprisal raids. Sir John sent his fleet and 800 men to Normandy, where he raided 21 villages, and laid in ruin a few harbors including the French Ships of Port Staples and Fraport.

In 1526 Wallop began his diplomatic career, being sent on an errand to Germany by Henry VIII, and from 1532 to 1541 he passed much of his time in Paris and elsewhere in France as the representative of the English king.

He filled several other public positions, including that of lieutenant of Calais, before January 1541, when he was suddenly arrested on a charge of treason; his offence, however, was not serious and in the same year he was made captain of Guînes. In 1543 he led a small force to help the emperor Charles V in his invasion of France, and he remained at his post at Guînes until his death.

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
• Peerage of England [1]