About John Penkestone
Lived 1301 – 1401 (aged 99–100). John Penkestone was an English politician.
John Penkestone (died by 1422), of Southampton, was an English politician.
Family Little is known of Penkestone's family. He married a woman named Joan, at some point before 1392. Nothing more is recorded of Joan, or of Penkestone's family. It is unknown whether they had children or who inherited his estates when he died, at some point by 1422 when a claim was made no one of his properties, and it is recorded that he was deceased.
Career He is thought to have been a merchant and owned several properties in Southampton.
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Southampton in 1386, 1394 and 1406.
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Who was John Penkestone?
English Member of Parliament
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John Penkestone was born in 1301.
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John Penkestone died in 1401.
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John Penkestone was a politician.
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John Penkestone was English.
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