About John Plympton
John Plympton was a politician.
John Plympton (born by 1514 died 1555/1558), of Wincanton, Somerset and Shaftesbury, Dorset, was an English Member of Parliament.
Family Plympton is thought to have been a son of John Plympton and his wife, Edith. Plympton married Cecily Mayo, a daughter of Robert Mayo of Dinton, Wiltshire, with whom he had two sons and a daughter. She survived him and went on to marry Nicholas Swanton.
Career He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Shaftesbury in November 1554.
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