John Borlase (MP)

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John Borlase (c 1527-1593) was an English landowner who represented Buckinghamshire in the House of Commons in 1586-7. [1]

He was the eldest son of Edward Borlase (d. 1544), a London merchant, and his third wife Petronell/Parnell (d. 1564), daughter and co-heir of Sir John Baldwin, Chief Justice of Common Pleas. [1] [2] Through his mother he inherited a substantial estate in Buckinghamshire, which he subsequently extended by purchase [1] [3] and through his marriage to Anne, the daughter and co-heir of Robert Lytton of Knebworth. [2]

He served as a justice of the peace in Buckinghamshire and in 1567-8 served as Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1588-9. [1] As a substantial but not leading Buckinghamshire gentleman, he took his turn of serving a single turn in parliament as the junior knight of the shire in 1586. [4]

John and Anne had one son William Borlase (died 1629) and several daughters, [2] including:

John died in May 1593 and was buried at Little Marlow. He was survived by his wife, who he left well provided. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "BORLASE, John (c.1527-93), of Little Marlow, Bucks". British History Online. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lipscomb, George (1847). The history and antiquities of the county of Buckingham. Vol. 1. pp. 309–10.
  3. ↑ Lipscomb 1847, p. 308.
  4. ↑ "Constituencies 1558-1603:Buckinghamshire". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Burke, John (1852). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. 1. p. 548.
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1586
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