John Champneys
Sir John Champneys (1495–1556) was City of London Sheriff in 1522 and Lord Mayor of London in 1534, when he was knighted.[2]
John Champneys Kt | |
|---|---|
 Coat of Arms of Sir John Champneys. Per pale argent and sable, within a bordure engrailed counterchanged a lion rampant gules.[1] | |
| Lord Mayor of London | |
| In office 1534–1535 | |
| Monarch | Henry VIII |
| Preceded by | Sir Christopher Askew |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Alleyn (mercer) |
| Sheriff of London | |
| In office 1522–1523 | |
| Monarch | Henry VIII |
| Preceded by | Thomas Pargiter |
| Succeeded by | Michael English |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1495 |
| Died | 3 October 1556 (aged 60–61) |
| Resting place | St Mary the Virgin, Bexley, UK 51.4402°N 0.153729°E |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Murfyn Meriel Barret |
| Children | Francis Clement Justinian |
Life
A merchant, Champneys began the building of Hall Place, Bexley, in about 1537. The son of Robert Champneys of Chew Magna, Somerset, he was a member of the Worshipful Company of Skinners. A contemporary chronicler, John Stow, noted that he was blind in later life: a divine judgment for having added 'a high tower of brick' to his house in Mincing Lane, 'the first that I ever heard of in any private man's house, to overlook his neighbours in this city.'[3]
He married twice. His first wife was Margaret (died by 1515), daughter of Thomas Murfyn, and widow of Roger Hall.[3][4] His second wife was Merial Barret (died 1534) by whom he had three sons:
He died on 3 October 1556 and was buried on 8 October at St Mary the Virgin, Bexley.[3][6]
See also
- List of Sheriffs of the City of London
- List of Lord Mayors of London
Notes
- Wadmore 1881, p. 138.
- Beaven II 1913, p. 26.
- Betteridge 2006.
- Vere-Hodge 1953, p. 30.
- Hyde 1981.
- Machyn 1848, p. 115.
References
- Beaven, Alfred B. (1913). The Aldermen of the City of London. II. London: Corporation of the City of London. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- Betteridge, Tom (September 2006) [First Published 2004]. "Champneys, John (d. in or after 1559), religious radical". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5096. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Hyde, Patricia (1981). "Champnoies, Justinian (c.1562-1622), of Wrotham, Kent". In Hasler, P. W. (ed.). Members. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1558–1603. Historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- Machyn, Henry (1848). Nichols, John Gough (ed.). The Diary of Henry Machyn, Citizen and Merchant–Taylor of London, from A. D. 1550 to A. D. 1563. [Camden Society. Publications]. XLII. Edited by John Gough Nichols. London, UK: Camden Society by J.B. Nichols and Son.
- Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). . Dictionary of National Biography. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Vere-Hodge, H. S. (1953). Sir Andrew Judde, Lord Mayor of London 1550-1551, Mayor of the Staple of Calais, six times Master of the Skinners Company, Founder of Tonbridge School 1553. Tonbridge School Shop.
- Wadmore, J. F. (1881). "Some Account of the History and Antiquities of the Worshipful Company of Skinners, London". Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society. London: J. H. & J. Parker. 5: 92−182. Retrieved 12 May 2020.