John Port (judge)
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The Port coat of arms
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| Born | c.1472 Chester |
| Died | March 1540 Bewdley |
| Education | Middle Temple |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Spouse(s) | Margery Trafford Joan FitzHerbert |
| Children |
Sir John Port Ellen Port Barbara Port Maria Port |
| Parent(s) | Henry Port, Anne Barrow |
Sir John Port (c.1472 – c. 14 March 1540), judge, was the son of Henry Port of Chester. He was involved in the trials of Sir Thomas More, John Fisher and Anne Boleyn.
John Port was born about 1472 at Chester, where his ancestors had been merchants for some generations. His father, Henry Port, was mayor of Chester in 1486, and his mother, Anne Barrow, was the daughter of Robert Barrow, also a mayor of Chester in 1526.
By 1495 Port had settled at Etwall in Derbyshire as a result of his marriage to the daughter of John Fitzherbert (d.1502).
Port studied law at the Middle Temple, where he was Reader in 1509, Lent Reader and treasurer in 1515, and governor in 1520. In 1504 he was one of the commissioners appointed to raise a subsidy in Derbyshire. On 2 June 1509 he was made King's solicitor, and on 26 November signed a proclamation as member of the Privy Council. In the same year he was "keeper of the King's books", and in 1511 clerk of the wardrobe. Before 1512 he was appointed attorney to the earldom of Chester, and in that year he appeared as one of the commissioners selected to inquire into the extortions of the masters of the mint.
In 1515 and most succeeding years he served on the commission for the peace in Derbyshire. In 1517 he was clerk of exchange in the Tower, and in 1522 was made serjeant-at-law. He acquired an extensive practice as an advocate, and in 1525 he was made a Justice of the King's Bench and knighted.
He was on the commission for gaol delivery at York, and in June went on the northern circuit as justice of assize. He was also a member of Princess Mary's council. In 1535 he was placed on the commission of oyer and terminer for Middlesex to try John Fisher and Thomas More, and in the following year was similarly employed with regard to Anne Boleyn.
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