John Wood (speaker)

Member of the Parliament of England

Sir John Wood (died 20 August 1484) was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between January 1483 and February 1483.[1]

He was probably born in Sussex, the son of another John Wood.

In 1444, he began a long career in the Treasury, holding the offices of under-treasurer of the exchequer (1452–1453 and 1480–1483), Keeper of the Great Wardrobe of the Household (c. 1458–1460), and Treasurer of the Exchequer (1483–1484).

He was appointed High Sheriff of Sussex and Surrey for 1475 and was elected knight of the shire for Sussex in 1449-50, for Surrey in 1460-61, Sussex in 1472-75, Surrey in 1478 and January 1483. During the latter Parliament, he was elected speaker of the house for a brief period in 1483, after which he was knighted. He may also have served in the 1484 Parliament.[2]

He died in 1484. He had married twice: firstly Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of John Michell, Lord Mayor of London, and widow of the former royal physician Thomas Morstede, and secondly Margery, daughter of Sir Roger Lewkenor of Trotton in Sussex. He had no children.

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1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. ^ Wedgwood, Josiah C. (1936). History Of Parliament (1439-1509). p. 567.

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Preceded by

James Strangeways

|  Speaker of the House of Commons
1483  | Succeeded by

William Catesby

Preceded by

Henry Bourchier

|  Lord High Treasurer
1483–1484  | Succeeded by

John Tuchet

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English lord high treasurers under the House of York (1461–1470; 1471–1485)

Edward IV
(1461–1470)
(1471–April 1483)|

* John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester (1462–1463)
* Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (1463–1464)
* Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy (1464–1465)
* Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1466–August 1469)
* John Langstrother (August–October 1469)
* William Grey (October 1469–July 1470)
* John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester (July–October 1470)
* Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (April 1471–April 1483)

Edward V
(April–June 1483)|

* John Wood (May–June 1483)

Richard III
(June 1483–1485)|

* John Wood (June 1483–1484)
* John Tuchet, 6th Baron Audley (1484–1485)

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Speakers of the House of Commons (list)

House of Commons
of England|

| 14th century|

* de Shareshull
* De la Mare
* Hungerford
* De la Mare
* Pickering
* Guildesborough
* Waldegrave
* Pickering
* Bussy
* Cheney
* Doreward
* Savage
* Redford
* Savage

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15th century|

* Esturmy
* Tiptoft
* Chaucer
* Stourton
* Doreward
* Hungerford
* Chaucer
* Redman
* Beauchamp
* Flower
* Hunt
* Chaucer
* Baynard
* Flower
* Russell
* Walton
* Vernon
* Tyrell
* Alington I
* Tyrell
* Russell
* Hunt
* Bowes
* Tyrell
* Burley
* W. Tresham
* Burley
* W. Tresham
* Say
* Popham I
* W. Tresham
* Oldhall
* Thorpe
* Charlton
* Wenlock
* T. Tresham
* Green
* Strangeways
* Say
* Alington II
* Wood
* Catesby
* Lovell
* Mordaunt
* Fitzwilliam
* Empson
* Drury
* Englefield

16th century|

* Dudley
* Englefield
* Sheffield
* Nevill
* More
* Audley
* Wingfield
* Rich
* Hare
* Moyle
* Baker
* Dyer
* Pollard
* Broke
* Higham
* Cordell
* Gargrave
* T. Williams
* Onslow
* Wray
* Bell
* Popham II
* Puckering
* Snagge
* Coke
* Yelverton

17th century|

* Croke
* Phelips
* R. Crewe
* Richardson
* T. Crewe
* H. Finch
* J. Finch
* Glanville
* Lenthall
* Pelham
* Lenthall
* Rous (Barebones Parliament)
* Lenthall
* Widdrington (2nd Protectorate Parliament)
* Chute, Long & Bampfield (3rd Protectorate Parliament)
* Lenthall
* Grimston
* Turnour
* Charlton
* Seymour
* Sawyer
* Seymour
* Gregory
* W. Williams
* Trevor
* Powle
* Trevor
* Foley
* Littleton

18th century|

* Harley
* Smith

House of Commons
of Great Britain|

| 18th century|

* Smith
* R. Onslow
* Bromley
* Hanmer
* Compton
* A. Onslow
* Cust
* Norton
* Cornwall
* Grenville
* Addington

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House of Commons
of the United Kingdom|

| 19th century|

* Addington
* Mitford
* Abbot
* Manners-Sutton
* Abercromby
* Shaw-Lefevre
* Denison
* Brand
* Peel
* Gully

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20th century|

* Lowther
* Whitley
* FitzRoy
* Brown
* Morrison
* Hylton-Foster
* King
* Lloyd
* Thomas
* Weatherill
* Boothroyd
* Martin

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* Martin
* Bercow
* Hoyle

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