About John Sayer
Lived 1401 – 1562. John Sayer was a politician.
John Sayer (1499–1562) was a Member of the Parliament of England. He represented Southwark in parliamentary sessions in 1547, March 1553, October 1553, April 1554 and November 1554.
Sayer was a well-to-do "merchant, clothier and innkeeper". He married and had one daughter and two sons. In his will, he left money for an annual payment for the maintenance of a grammar school that he had founded.
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English politician
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John Sayer was born in 1401.
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John Sayer died in 1562.
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