John Seymour (1425–1463)

John Seymour of Stapleford in Wilton, Wiltshire, and of Wulfhall in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire (c. 1425 – c. 1463) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.

Probably born at Wulfhall, in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, Seymour was the eldest son of Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall, Wiltshire, and of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset (c. 1395 or 1402, died 20 December 1464) by his marriage on 30 July 1424 to Isabel William or Williams (died 14 April 1486), daughter of Mark William, a merchant and Mayor of Bristol, in some sources given as William Mac William or Williams of Gloucestershire.

He was a Knight of the Shire for Wiltshire and was High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1450–1451 and 1457–1458.

He married firstly Jane Arundell, without issue, and married secondly Elizabeth Coker or Croker (born c. 1436), daughter of Sir Robert Coker of Lydeard St Lawrence, Somerset, or daughter of Sir John Croker of Lineham (died 1506, son of Sir John Croker and Elizabeth Yeo) and Elizabeth Fortescue (born c. 1436, daughter of Sir Richard Fortescue and Agnes Windsor and widow of Sir Nicholas Carew of Haccombe), sister of William Croker and Anna Croker, wife of John Gilbert, and had three sons:

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