John Reynell (politician) explained

John Reynell (floruit 1427/28) was a Member of Parliament for Devon in 1427/28.^[1]

Origins

He was a son of Walter Reynell (fl. 1404) of Malston in the parish of Sherford, Devon, and of Badlingham in Cambridgeshire, a Member of Parliament for Devon in 1404,^[2] by his second wife Margaret Stighull,^[3] daughter and heiress^[4] of William Stighull (alias Styl, Stigill, etc) of Malston and East Ogwell,^[5] by his wife Elizabeth Malston, daughter and heiress of Robert Malston of Malston. His elder brother was Walter Reynell (died 1478) of Malston, a Member of Parliament for Devon in 1454/55.^[6]

Marriage

He married Agnes Chichester, a daughter of the Chichester family^[7] then recently seated at Raleigh in the parish of Pilton, Devon.^[8]

Death

He predeceased his father without progeny.^[9]

References

1. [John Lambrick Vivian|Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L.]
2. Biography of "Reynell (Reynald), Walter, of Malston, Devon and Badlingham, Cambs.", published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/reynell-%28reynald%29-walter
3. Biography of "Reynell (Reynald), Walter, of Malston, Devon and Badlingham, Cambs.", published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/reynell-%28reynald%29-walter
4. Vivian, p. 643
5. Pole, p. 251; Prince p. 695
6. [Regnal date]
7. Vivian, p. 643
8. Not shown in the pedigree of Chichester in Vivian, p. 172
9. Vivian, p. 643, ante patrem s(ine) p(role)