John Hales

John Hales (by 1470 1540), of The Dungeon in the parish of St. Mary Bredin, Canterbury, Kent, was an administrator, politician and judge who was appointed a Baron of the Exchequer in 1522.

Origins He was born before 1470, a son of John Hales, of Tenterden in Kent. His mother's name is not recorded. His grandfather was Henry Hales, of Hales Place at Halden in Tenterden, who married Juliana Capell, a daughter of Richard Capell of Lenden in Tenterden. His great-uncle Thomas Hales was the father of the judge Sir Christopher Hales, Master of the Rolls.

Career Probably admitted to legal studies at Gray's Inn about 1490, by 1501 he had been appointed steward of the Priory of Christ Church at Canterbury. In 1503 he was made a justice of the peace for Kent, and in 1504 was appointed counsel to the corporation of Rye, He must have died shortly after, but no date survives. They had four sons and a daughter: James, of The Dungeon. and was the grandfather of Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet. William, of Nackington. Mildred, who married as his first wife John Honywood of Sene in Hythe.