About William Button
Lived 1526 – 1590 (aged 63–64). William Button was a politician.
William Button (1526–1591) was the member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Marlborough in the parliament of March 1553.
He was the only son of William Button (died 1547), who sat as MP for Chippenham. He was bailiff of Heytesbury by October 1553, sheriff in Wiltshire in 1564–65 and 1570–71, and a justice of the peace. He owned property at Marlborough and Alton Priors, both in Wiltshire, and later bought further manors in Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire. He made his will on the day of his death at Rood Ashton, Wiltshire and was buried at Alton Priors.
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(1526-91) of Alton Priors, Wilts
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William Button was born in 1526.
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William Button died in 1590.
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William Button was a politician.
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