John Sudbury

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St Gregory's Church in Suffolk, donated by Sudbury

John Sudbury (* before 1316; † between 1375 and 1382) was an English politician.

Sudbury was the eldest son of Nigel Thebaud and his wife Elizabeth. His father was a wealthy merchant who dealt in wool and fur clothing and held a fiefdom from Elizabeth de Clare . John and his younger brother Simon Sudbury were named after the town of Sudbury in Suffolk , where their father owned a house. Simon embarked on a spiritual career and rose to be Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England.

John Sudbury became his father's heir. A wealthy landowner, he became a Justice of the Peace in Essex and Suffolk. In 1360 and 1362 he was elected to Parliament as Knight of the Shire for Essex . Together with his brother Simon, he donated the new building of the collegiate church St Gregory's in Sudbury in 1375 . To this end, they founded a seminary on the site of their father's house. He died some time before 1382. His son was possibly the MP John Sudbury († 1425) , who in 1406 represented the City of London in Parliament.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Simon Walker: Sudbury, Simon (c.1316-1381). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
  2. ↑ St Gregory's Church: History. Retrieved August 21, 2016 .
  3. ^ History of Parliament online: SUDBURY, John (d.1425), of London. Retrieved August 25, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Sudbury, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English politician
DATE OF BIRTH before 1316
DATE OF DEATH between 1375 and 1382